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…
Indievelopment - 1 day indie games symposium, Utrecht, the Netherlands. From the website: Indievelopment is a symposium about independent game development organized for and by students. With talks from programmers, artists, composers and many other people from the indie game development scene, we want to inspire and educate students on the diverse world of game…
Playful Arts Festival presents Play in the Dark at SHINE festival 2015. Play in the Dark is an evening with playful installations and experiences that play with light one way or the other. Line-up: Alejandra Huerta and Jara López: Air Match; Cardboarders: Wajang workshop; Studio Bean: Soundodger; Philip Ehrmann: Weeping Angels. More TBA ------- PAF Play…
"Indie Games Concert by the Residentie Orkest in Paard van Troje, The Hague. With (epic) orchestral versions of Castle Crashers, World of Goo, Minecraft, Super Meat Boy, VVVVVV, Journey and many other Indie Game Classics (to be announced)."
For this year’s Day of Architecture, Expodium invited Playful Arts Festival to organize a day about play and the city. Goal: to publicly research the way play influences the city. Actually, it is more than a public research, it is an experiment in which you are invited to participate. We invited artists Abner Preis, Ieke Trinks, Phoenix…
From the FB Event page: In this 8th edition of the Indie Pendant Games Gathering the formula remains largely the same. Two speakers, four games, and room filled with people passionate about the medium of games and its industry. Speakers: - Rene Derks Rene is a lecturer at NHTV versed in the area of Design…
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