PLATINE festival focuses on electronic media, covering the realm from art statements up to alternative gaming forms. Cologne, Germany. From the website: PLATINE festival focuses on electronic media, covering the realm from art statements up to alternative gaming forms. Developers and artists from all over Germany, as well as guests from six other countries, use…
Playable showcase with the best and latest Dutch indie games. Website: http://www.indigoshowcase.nl Organizer: Dutch Game Garden Control Magazine articles on INDIGO line-up games: http://www.control-online.nl/gamesindustrie/tag/indigo-2013/ http://vimeo.com/75020488
Mozilla Festival is an annual gathering of passionate thinkers and inventors from around the world who meet to learn from each other and help forge the future of the web. From the website: Catalysts: Mentoring, change agents and web literacy are a key focus of this year’s Mozilla Festival. Makers: Mozilla Festival opens up a world…
Playful 2013 - A one-day conference all about games, play, design, interaction, behaviour and everything else that comes from playing about. From the website: It's a boss day full of smart, silly, mouth-watering and brain-broadening things. A sticker-book of brilliant thinking designed to make you want to Make Stuff. Playful 2013 will happen on Friday the…
Independent games conference day, Utrecht, the Netherlands http://www.indievelopment.nl
From the website: Game Happens! is a workshop and a networking event focusing on the economic growth of the video game industry in Italy, especially in Genova and in the Liguria region. http://gamehappens.com/index.php/en
Join is a one day event about local multiplayer video games, which means “games that can be played by two or more people in the same physical location”. From the website: Why: Because the games that you can play together with other people are our favourite kind of games. Those games used to rule they world,…
The Game Developers Conference™ Europe (GDC Europe) is the largest professionals-only game industry event in Europe. The GDC Europe will be held in conjunction with gamescom, the leading European consumer show, creating a full week of activity and opportunity for the games industry. This confluence of industry professionals allows GDC Europe to address the development…
Afternoon about development of games, online and in public space. Games will be researched from different perspectives: entertainment, science and sociology. Speakers among others: IJsfontein, Hubbub. Launch MU Play & Learn. Launch urban game developed by Hubbub.
PLAY is a games conference that brings together world-renowned speakers and indie developers on October 3rd for a day packed with talks. The event is part of the Viborg Animation Festival and takes place right next to the Games Expo, where visitors are encouraged to stop by and try out new games. Talks from industry-leading…
Biggest game dev convention in Central Europe. 60+ talks, 50+ speakers Website: http://gdcon.com/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/ztgpl
Formerly known as the ArtGame Weekend, Zoo Machines Festival, the interdisciplinary event to envision new species of video games, will happen on November the 7th, 8th, 9th 2014 in L’Imaginarium, the cluster for digital creativity and innovation. SHARE Talks will be fast, will stimulate creativity, will open discussions about issues faced by developers, artists and…
Organised in the form of professional meetings, this event alternates conferences, round tables and feedbacks aimed at Independent Video Game professionals (not only founders and employees of independent studios but editors, companies, journalists and students too).
screenshake2015 - Indie Games Festival, Antwerp (BE) screenshake2015 (formerly called Free To Play Expo) is the third edition of Belgium's only international indie game festival and takes place February 6-8 at Het Bos, Antwerp. Three days and two nights will barely suffice to see, hear, do and play all of the things at screenshake2015, with a…
International festival of play and games in Aarhus, Denmark. CounterPlay is a tribute to and an exploration of the many ways, in which a more playful approach can help us live better lives. We focus on the excitement, intense engagement and rich experiences of people involved in all kinds of playing experiences. This sparks an…
State of Play, indie game developer conference. Dublin, Ireland. "The State Of Play is an informal review of the year gone by on the Irish Indie Game Developer Industry. The ‘State Of Play’ is a chance for new and experienced developers to network with each other, demonstrate and showcase their work to their peers and…
Inis Spraoi 2015 - game maker un-weekend, Ireland. "Come chill and hang out on Inishbofin island off the coast of Ireland. Switch off your computer and think and talk and play about games differently for a wee while. Stress-less activities, open sessions and a rad setting, for a cosy weekend of discovery/rediscovery. Also, tea. "…
Control - game conference.
The CounterPlay festival invites playful people from around the world to join the most caring, generous, inclusive and vibrant play community on a remarkable journey into the world of play. We welcome everyone eager to understand play better, no matter your background. If you wish to learn more about why play is essential for learning, working…
International festival around artistic, cultural and socially relevant videogames. First edition. Exhibition, Arcade, Documentaries, Concert Mount Venus. In collaboration with STUK, Cultuurconnect, VAF/Gamefonds, stad Leuven en Cinema ZED.
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