The Art of Play: A day with masterclasses for creative professionals interested in a playful perspective. Theme: Stimulate the Senses Tickets https://the-art-of-play-2016-masterclasses.eventbrite.nl Location: De Verkeerstoren, Amsterdam (NL) Design, discuss and explore concepts focused on playful, sensory and interactive experiences using sound, wearables or immersive space. Join our extraordinary experts in the masterclasses and play &…
EGX Rezzed will return to London's Tobacco Dock on the 7th to 9th April 2016.
International festival and community that brings together a diverse group of professionals to cultivate a more playful world. http://www.counterplay.org/counterplay-16/
After five sellout dates at CPT, Beta Public returns to programme four late nights of the wildest and weirdest crossover experiments in theatre and videogames. Expect artist-led Let’s Plays, audience-driven adventures, talks from cutting-edge game developers, and much, much more! Investigating a different theme each night, Beta Public Presents the newest work at the intersection of…
"A MAZE. / Berlin turns 5! A birthday special you don't wanna miss." - Thorsten S. Wiedemann, Artistic Director and Founder of A MAZE. A MAZE. / Berlin brings together international independent game developers, digital creatives and game enthusiast in Berlin. A MAZE. / Berlin is also a public festival with an mind-blowing music lineup,…
Feral Vector is a festival about making games and gamelike things. Feral Vector has workshops, talks, interviews, live games, Q&As, performances, walks, and other things. It’s centred on the subject of game design, its wider cultural influences, the places people think it should go next, and the neglected, ignored places it’s already been. This is…
A one day event where we will explore playful arts that are still in development. More info soon.
Maker festival Rotterdam. Creative makers coming from technology, art, innovation and design. Evening programme with installations, performances, talks and a music line-up. www.futurefluxfestival.nl
game maker un-weekend - More info tba: http://inisspraoi.org/
The annual international festival in Italy where game design, interaction design and virtual reality collide. http://2016.gamehappens.com/
Summit about romance, love in games http://lyst-summit.dk/ Open Call: http://lyst-summit.dk/open_call.html Programme Gemma Thomson will be the Conférencier during the event. 9.00 - Registration opens - 9.45 - Welcome by the Organizers and Gemma Thomson 10:00 - Ste Curran Love & Violence - How we tell stories of love and violence, where we fail, and why.…
Playful Learning is pitched at the intersection of learning and play for adults. Playful in approach and outlook, yet underpinned by robust research and working practices, we’ll be providing a space where teachers, researchers and students can play, learn and think together. A space to meet other playful people and be inspired by talks, workshops, activities and…
Ever thought of your body as a game controller? The alternative controller movement is picking up steam in the independent game developer community. A game where your clothing functions as a controller to a chicken simulation that has you peck corn off of a computer screen; Incubate Arcade invites the worlds most inventive and creative game developers…
Join the Incubate Arcade artists in conversation! Incubate Arcade explores intimacy, weird interfaces and the work by female indie devs in an exhibition with 35+ games & installations. Several of the artists are present and we're going to explore the themes further with them through workshops, panels and talks on 10 September. 10 September 2016…
INDIGO takes place September 27th in Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht. Dutch Game Garden invites game developers from the Netherlands and Belgium to showcase their games! INDIGO is Dutch Game Garden's games showcase, presenting the finest, most outstanding games in the Netherlands and Belgium. The games range from brand new playable prototypes to completed games offering impressive…
Control - game conference.
Videogame festival Nottingham, UK From the website: Now in it’s eleventh year, Nottingham’s world-renowned video game festival returns, promising to be bigger than ever! Headlining games industry speakers from across the world will provide a free talks and workshops programme throughout the festival- all hosted at The National Videogame Arcade Operating as a fringe festival,…
PLAY – Creative Gaming Festival is the first and unique festival, which combines media art, discourse and education with the culture of digital games. Discuss games with new perspectives at our confernce and panels, learn how to use games creatively in our workshops and play experimental indie games in our interactive exhibition.
"Three nights of experimental games and theatre" Website: https://www.cptheatre.co.uk/production/beta-public-vi/ Poster design by Musbuh
Festival for innovative art and experimentation in games. Game Jam, Talks, Exhibition http://zoomachines.com/
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