"The Irish Games Community welcomes you to come, chill and hang out on an Island. Switch off your computer and think and talk about games differently for a while. Stress-less activities, open sessions and a rad setting, for a small and cosy weekend of rediscovery. Also, tea." FB Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/507913632648318 Website: http://www.inisspraoi.org Potential events include: - “Race for…
XOXO Festival features XOXO Arcade: "Play some of the best of the modern indie gaming scene, with a focus on experimental multiplayer games, and meet the designers who made them." Line-up: Quadrilateral Cowboy Musclecat Showdown Killer Queen eleVR Bennett Foddy’s Speed Chess Tenya Wanya Teens Close Castles Night in the Woods Panoramical Please Don’t, Spacedog!
Zürich Game Festival. From the press release: From 18 to 21 September 2014 the first edition of Ludicious – Zurich Game Festival will turn the town into the computer game industry meeting point for innovative emerging talents. From 19 September 2014 a varied programme will also be offered for interested members of the public. Special…
From the website: Fantastic Arcade is a specially selected power-pack of videogames presented during the first week of Fantastic Fest (Sept 18th - 21st) with accompanying tournaments, events, opportunities to meet the creators, and custom old-school arcade cabinets built for the 'arcadiest' of the bunch. All the games selected will be accessible to both festival…
Games and game design festival in Zurich. gameZfestival is a festival for game design and games. The initial Festival was all about game mechanics. This year's dominant topic is "play together". The first video games were all multiplayer games, from Spacewar and TennisForTwo to Pong. The game was the Tabula Rasa that featured odd rules. With…
Fifth annual No Quarter Exhibition. http://gamecenter.nyu.edu/event/no-quarter-exhibition Featuring four new games from established and emerging independent game developers, this year’s show will be hosted at the new Waka Waka space in the Lower East Side in Manhattan. THE GAMES This year’s No Quarter will feature four new games by veteran and rising New York stars: Dog…
Indie Video Game Night Time Roughhousing. Tickets: http://wildrumpus6.eventbrite.com/
Multimedia Arts Festival - Exhibition, performances, meet-ups. Official Website: http://www.festival-gamerz.com From the Lab GAMERZ website: Exhibition : Fondation Vasarely : Exposition Copie Copains Club – Guillaume Stagnaro – Paul Destieu – Isabelle Arvers – Georgie Roxbie Smith – Angela Washko – Anita Fontaine – Art of Failure – Yro, Bernard Szajner, Jesse Lucas & Erwan Raguenes – Lucien…
Festival for Playful Public Spaces in Kraków, Poland. Curated by Invisible Playground. Theme: Momentary States From the website: Take a moment and consider your world as a playground. Think of the busy intersection you cross every day and the building you live in. The majestic church or the shady bar you might visit on the weekend. Follow…
Indie Games Festival. From the website: The IndieCade Festival is the biggest independent game celebration in the United States. This premiere event is held each October in the Los Angeles Area and is open to the industry and to the public. Events October 9th - 12th, 2014 include a professional conference track, business networking, social…
Prototype, a weekend of Playful Design and Novel Interactions. Running over three days, Prototype will invite local and international designers and artists to host a selection of games, exhibits and playful interventions in Project Arts Centre and beyond. Prototype embraces the concept of play in all its guises; playful design, play as formal structures in…
Play festival San Francisco. From the website: The Come Out & Play Festival is back! Celebrating a fifth year of bringing play to the Bay, Come Out & Play SF will continue its tradition of bringing new and innovative real-world games to San Francisco this Fall. This year’s festival will take place on October 24-25,…
Playful 2014: A one-day conference full of thought, talk and play. Expect a day of the unexpected, the funny and the bizarre in games, interaction, technology, design and beyond. The Seventh Playful exposes secrecy and subterfuge as both problem and opportunity for the brilliant thinkers and creators who will unencrypt new worlds of play and supercharge your imagination.…
PRACTICE: Game Design in Detail. From the website: PRACTICE is an annual event that takes a close look at the concrete challenges of game design, bridging dialog across industries. Where else can a console developer discuss level design with a tabletop RPG writer? Or an iPhone puzzle creator debate economy balancing with collectable card game…
Vector 2015 - Games, Art, New Media festival - Toronto, Canada From the website: The Vector Festival is a participative, not-for-profit, and community-oriented initiative dedicated to showcasing experiments in digital games and interactive experiences. New media art is a diverse field characterized by a wide variety of creative practices; the works shown at Vector act…
Venus Patrol and the Wild Rumpus team up again to throw an amazing party during the week of GDC in San Francisco. Local Multiplayer Games, DJs, Music, Dancing, Drinks. Website: http://thatvenuspatrolwildrumpusparty.com Tickets:
Fresh Air Festival 2015 - Festival of games & play. Melbourne, Australia From the website: Melbourne’s International Games Festival, Fresh Air, is back for 2015, hosted by Pop Up Playground and commissioned and presented by Federation Square’s Creative Program. Headlining Fresh Air this year are Fire Hazard Games from the UK, who are running the…
Freeplay, Melbourne, Australia. Independent Games Festival. Freeplay is Australia’s longest-running and largest independent games festival, located in Melbourne, Australia. Freeplay draws Australia’s independent game community together at its conference, public events program, arcade, and awards. The festival joins players, makers, critics, artists, academics, and students for a critical celebration of the artistry of games and…
Contours - "Charting the fringes of independent games in Melbourne and Australia A month-long exhibition of playable games, zines, artwork, sculptures, videos, photography and other cultural gems http://contours-exhibition.com/ Events Opening Night Event: 10 October 2016: 6PM https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/contours-opening-night-tickets-27674861255 In Conversation Series: HELEN STUCKEY - October 13 MARIGOLD BARTLETT - October 19 NICO DISSELDORP - October 27…
Welcome to Play by Play! Aotearoa New Zealand’s games conference with a difference! Play by Play is an open-to-the-public industry conference for game developers, hobbyists and those interested in the sector. Kicking off again in April 2025 in the country’s beating cultural heart, Wellington, Play by Play is a New Zealand games conference with a…
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