SummerMeet DutchGameMusic - meetup for people interested in game music in The Netherlands. Schedule: 15:00 -18:00 • Half a year DutchGameMusic: What goals are reached and what are the plans • presentation collaboration project MiMM / UU / HKU: ”A history of the Game-Music" • presentation Buma / Stemra & discussionround special interest group gamemusic 'borrel;…
"Indigo, the yearly showcase of talented Dutch game developers, will be held in the city hall of Utrecht this year. On Friday 28th and Saturday 29th September 2012, game developers from the Netherlands present their latest work to an audience of industry professionals and the general audience. " More info: http://www.indigoshowcase.nl
PLAYGROUNDS INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL ARTS FESTIVAL "Playgrounds Audiovisual Arts Festival is a festival for innovative and creative digital art. During the two-day festival in Tilburg, Playgrounds presents an impression of the latest developments in technology as well as creativity. The festival programme offers an inspiring mix of inventive films, documentaries, animation, graphic design, artist talks, character…
Game in the City is a 2-day game industry conference with talks, masterclasses, Dutch Game Awards, cross business opportunities and more. The fifth edition of Game in the City will take place on Thursday the 22nd and Friday the 23rd of November in the Rijtuigenloods in Amersfoort. This anniversary edition promises a very nice line-up.…
Annual Dutch Game Awards. From the website: The fifth edition of Dutch Game Awards will take place on Thursday the 22nd of November in the Rijtuigenloods in Amersfoort. The Awards will be awarded in 14 categories during the Control Industry Dinner. The awards are organized together with Control Magazine. New this year are the Guts…
"VERSUS: live music, games & way more!" VERSUS is EINDBAAS versus GEKKENHUIS versus LOCAL MULTIPLAYER PICNIC. For the first time: Eindbaas, Gekkenhuis & Local Multiplayer Picnic joining forces. VERSUS will be bringing together DJs, live acts, local multiplayer games, performances and playful visuals in WORM, one of the most interesting venues the Netherlands has to…
Playful Arts Festival - Celebrating Playful Culture with a 3 day exhibition + Special Guest: Kaho Abe (NYC) + A Performance Night Out The inaugural Playful Arts Festival focusses on the interaction between players and the spaces in between. Collaboration and performance are key to play the games and installations from around the world selected…
zo-ii & bART are proud to announce that Playful Arts Festival will be joining Art at the Warehouse taking place in Rotterdam, with a selection of games from the PAF12 edition. Games include Hokra, JS Joust, Recurse, Cello Fortress and ibb and obb. "Art at the Warehouse - is a new Art Festival in Rotterdam,…
Indie Meetup in Utrecht The irregular scheduled indie game dev meetup is back: "We're back with what will be the indiest meetup in the history of meetups! You know the drill: good people, drinks, conversations, video games, knuckle tats, all that indie stuff. " Event page
Control Gamelab - talkshow about game development. Theme: Global Game Jam 2013 Each year thousands of developers participate in the Global Game Jam worldwide. In the Netherlands, five locations hosted Global Game Jam NL in January. 86 games were developed. During Control Gamelab #7 the winners of the five locations will present their games to…
DutchGameMusic presents: A concert evening with Indie Game Music, performed by LUDWIG. First Indie Game Music concert in The Netherlands. Confirmed music from composers such as: Daniel Rosenfeld (Minecraft), Magnus Pålsson (VVVVVV), Rich Vreeland (Fez), Kyle Gabler (World of Goo), Jim Guthrie (Sword & Sworcery), Jessica Curry (Dear Esther), and many others. Also, there will be…
Dutch Games Association presents: DGA Day 2013 with the theme: "Player Experience" hosted by NHTV in Breda. How do players experience games? That is an interesting question for people that make games. On March 7 the Player Experience theme will be discussed from various points of views, both academic and more practical. The DGA day…
A new Indie Game Developer Festival in Groningen, the Netherlands on March 8,9,10,11 2013 hosted by the ORKZ in Groningen. "Indie Gameleon is a non-profit festival to celebrate and support Indie Game Developers in the Netherlands, The festival features: - Several lectures and workshops from within the lregional Games Industry - Documentaries on Game development…
bART & Digitale Werkplaats present: Game-City An Artistic Experience exhibition Game-City was a 7-week spanning event in 's Hertogenbosch in 2011. Now it tours around the country with Enschede being the first touchdown. Game-City explores the connections between art, daily life and games. A combination of old and new classic Independent Games will be…
"International TableTop Day is a celebration for all the fans of tabletop gaming. A single day where the whole world is brought together in a common purpose of spending time together and having fun" From the website: On March 30th, 2013, premium YouTube channel Geek & Sundry (The Guild, TableTop, Written By A Kid) asks…
"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…
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