Festival of Games 2013
- Utrecht, Netherlands"The Festival of Games is Europe’s most effective business event for everyone who wants to make profit with digital games" More info when available. Website
"The Festival of Games is Europe’s most effective business event for everyone who wants to make profit with digital games" More info when available. Website
Indievelopment 2013: Indie Game Development Conference 2013 in Amsterdam organized by DGDARC Independent Game Development conference in the Netherlands with an international approach. Organized by Utrecht University developers club DGDARC. Announced names: Robin Hunicke, Austin Wintory, Tomáš Dvořák The conference also includes an award show: Indievelopment Awards. Website Twitter Facebook
A Local Multiplayer Picnic plus more! From the event page: We've decided to spice up the usual games, food & good times by starting the night with a couple of talks. SPEAKERS: •Livestream with Douglas Wilson, Ramiro Corbetta, Bennett Foddy, Noah Sasso (SPORTSFRIENDS) •Adriaan de Jongh (Fingle, Bam Fu) •Joost van Dongen (Cello Fortress, Proun)…
Molyjam - worldwide game jam in the spirit of Molydeux & Molyneux. MolyjamNL is returning to Utrecht for the second year in a row. Sign up for MolyjamNL here: http://www.molyjam.nl/sign-up.html From the worldwide Molyjam site: What Would Molydeux, affectionately referred to as Molyjam, is a 48 hour game jam inspired by the works of @petermolydeux, a loving parody…
Control Gamelab: Regular live talkshow about games & development. Theme: Game Trailers. Hosts: Matthijs Dierckx (Control Magazine) en Rik Nieuwdorp (Claynote) Website: http://www.dezwijger.nl/77465/nl/control-gamelab-9-game-trailers Program: • How do you make a trailer? (Teun Vermeer, Net 5) • Copyright issues: what can and can't you use? (Mr. Olivier Oosterbaan) • Lessons from a film trailer expert • Successful…
Control Conference - a day about game development From the website: The brand new one-day conference brought to you by the people from Control Magazine. A conference with a clear focus: development. No talks on business, marketing, and management — this one’s about code, art and game design. Our goal is to provide attendees with…
Independent games conference day, Utrecht, the Netherlands http://www.indievelopment.nl
"One Day Masterclass about implementing real life games and stories, to learn, discover and develop" http://www.societyofplay.org
SUPER GAME JAM is a documentary series about making video games in 48 hours. Created by Daniel Oliveira Carneiro and Bram Ruiter. The first four episodes will be screened at film theatre 't Hoogt in Utrecht, the Netherlands, followed by Utrecht Indie Meetup. Tickets for the screening available via 't Hoogt website or at the door.
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.
Playful Arts Festival founders Wave of Tomorrow and zo-ii partner up with Incubate in Tilburg to bring music and games to the internationally renowned cutting edge culture festival. Exhibited Games: Fract Icefishing V Memory of a Broken Dimension Soundself Remembering 140 Johann Sebastian Joust Bounden Cave! Cave! Deus Videt Panoramical Soundodger Proteus Pulse Beatbuddy Karmaflow:…
Inviting spectators and players to Incubate Arcade Live, meet composers of game soundtracks. Experience the games on a big screen while the composers play the soundtracks live. Incubate Arcade Live is a live event at theatre De NWE Vorst where composers of game audio/ soundtracks accompany live play sessions of the respective games. Visitors can…
Showcase for Dutch indie games organized by Dutch Game Garden. Deadline for game submission: 4 August 23:59. News item with submission deadline. (in Dutch) News item (English) From the website: Dutch Game Garden presents 32 new games by developers from the Netherlands at their yearly INDIGO showcase. Among the games are RIVE, the new game from…
Playgrounds International Digital Arts Festival is a festival for innovative and creative digital art. During the four-day festival in Tilburg and Amsterdam, Playgrounds presents an impression of the latest developments in technology as well as creativity. The festival programme offers an inspiring mix of artist talks, inventive films, animation, graphic design, character design, games, interactive installations and performances. Website: http://www.playgroundsfestival.nl/ Locations: Tilburg:…
New Horizons - De Kunst Achter Games (the art behind games) Exhibition on the mutual influence of game art, contemporary art & pop culture. Part of Next Gen Art Event 2014. From the website: By displaying games and other art forms next to each other, the New Horizons exhibition in the Fries Museum is one…
TonTon Club XL - newschool arcade event, Amsterdam - Netherlands From their FB event page: The TonTon Club, Amsterdam’s most newschool arcade, will go big, large, extra large! From the 13th till the 15th of March, the Zuiveringshal on the Westergasterrein will turn into pinball and gaming heaven during TonTon Club XL. While outside the…
The Ludomusicology research group will be hosting a two day conference on video game audio to take place on the 9th and 10th of April, 2015 at Utrecht University. Call for Papers (deadline 31 Jan 2015)
One day masterclass about play, nature and culture. During the masterclass, participants explore the boundaries between inside and outside, play and learning, nature and technology, analog and digital. Expect inspiring lectures, workshops, game scenarios and games. Experts will talk about the importance and the creation process of games, playgrounds, play and stories to learn, explore and develop.…
New Gamegrounds at De Brakke Grond is a minifestival on games, theater and the ‘tyranny of the creator’. Collaboration between De Brakke Grond, Playful Arts Festival, zo-ii, SETUP and DeBuren During this two-day festival, game developers, interactive artists and theatre-makers will investigate the role of interactivity in games and theatre. Each day will start with workshops,…
SHINE is a multidisciplinary art festival which reshapes 's-Hertogenbosch into a surrealistic world. SHINE explores the temptations of daily life, serenity and darkness, surrender and pleasure. SHINE presents a wide selection of monumental installations, playful interactive art, short and long film, animations, art games, music, food & drinks, inspired by Jheronimus Bosch' triptych The Garden of Earthly…
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