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SUMMARY:Now Play This 2025
DESCRIPTION:Now Play This is a festival of experimental game design and playful art running at Somerset House in London\, showcasing interactive and playful work as part of the London Games Festival. \nThis year\, Now Play This presents Folk Games: The Stories We Play Together — we’ll be exploring how communities get together to create\, reinterpret\, and adapt the rules of play. Join us for a hands-on programme featuring inspiring talks\, workshops\, and playful sessions. \n  \n\nNow Play This started in 2015 as an experiment for us and for Somerset House. A way to show that games had already moved past the “but is it art” conversation and was forming complex interrogations into all sorts of spaces. Over the years we’ve grown from a couple of rooms and a couple of days\, to an expansive nine day festival of games\, workshops\, talks\, walks and a conference! Co-founded by Holly Gramazio and V Buckenham with support from Sophie Sampson and Jo Summers\, the team has grown and changed over the years.
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/play-2/
LOCATION:Somerset House\, Strand\, London\, WC2R 1LA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Europe
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SUMMARY:ALT: GAMES 2025
DESCRIPTION:ALT: GAMES is a new festival that brings together the Australian games community and industry. Featuring digital showcases\, sessions with industry leaders and a large-scale interactive game installation. A Powerhouse initiative\, presented in partnership with City of Parramatta\, Screen Australia and Screen NSW \nDate: 12–13 April 2025\nTime: 10am-3pm\, Features 5pm-7pm\nLocation: Parramatta Square / PHIVE / Parramatta Town Hall \n  \nALT: Play\nALT: Play is an Australian digital games showcase\, that puts the spotlight on independent game makers. Featuring local works-in-progress and newly released games. Join us to discover and playtest upcoming Australian titles.  All ages welcome. FREE \nDate: Saturday 12 April – Sunday 13 April 2025\nTime: 10am–3pm\nLocation: PHIVE\nTickets: Free \n  \nALT: Ex\nALT: Ex will showcase experimental games that explore and emphasise the breadth of the medium. Curated by Serenade\, a NSW based collective of artists and developers Cuauhtemoc Moreno\, Duncan Corrigan\, George Mak\, Jae Stuart and Kaveh Tabar. All ages welcome. FREE \nDate: Saturday 12 April – Sunday 13 April 2025\nTime: 10am–3pm\nLocation: PHIVE\nTickets: Free \n  \nALT: Sessions\nALT: Sessions is a series of deep dive sessions for emerging developers to gain industry knowledge. Hosted by industry leaders the workshops are designed to elevate the growing games community in NSW and provide opportunities for local industry. \nDate: Saturday 12 April – Sunday 13 April 2025\nTime: 10–3pm\nLocation: PHIVE \n  \nALT: Installation [Australian Premiere]\nJapanese and UK artist collective Playfool will present their work How (not) to get hit by a self-driving car for the first time in Australia. The work challenges audiences to avoid being detected by an AI-powered camera and aims to become a platform to understand how these systems work. Playfool’s work has been presented at institutions including Victoria and Albert Museum\, London and the MAK\, Vienna. \nDate: 12–13 April 2025\nTime: 10am–4pm\nLocation: Parramatta Square\nTickets: Free \n  \nALT: Features\nALT: Features will connect Australian game makers with the wider international industry for networking and knowledge-sharing. Join us for a keynote address from leading artist\, game developer and writer Ally McLean-Hennessy\, who will reflect on why we make games\, and an in-conversation with the esteemed US game designer Richard Garfield (creator of Magic the Gathering) and Canadian game developer Daniel Mullins (creator of Inscryption) discussing deck building and design process. \nDate: Saturday 12 April\nTime: 5–7pm\nLocation: Parramatta Town Hall\nTickets: $10\, ages 16+
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/alt-games-2025/
LOCATION:PHIVE\, 5 Parramatta Sq\, Sydney\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Australia and Oceania
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