Now Play This is a festival of experimental game design running at Somerset House in London each Spring, showcasing interactive and playful work as part of the London Games Festival. Now Play This 2022 will take place April 8-10. Themed around the relationship between games, play and democracy, the festival will include a physical exhibition,…
11th International Games and Playful Media Festival from May 13-17, 2022 A MAZE. / Berlin is back in 2022, bringing together the worldwide community of arthouse game developers, artistic worldbuilders, digital artists and playful media creators. From May 13-17th 2022 the international Games and Playful Media Festival will combine a digital programme in the A…
"INDIGO brings together the game industry from the Netherlands and beyond! This leading game business and showcase event in the Netherlands is organized annually by Dutch Game Garden. We’re extra excited this year to host both virtual and on-site activities! " Discover Showcase. Discover the latest and hottest BENELUX games in our online Discovery Showcase,…
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IndieCade Anywhere and Everywhere is IndieCade’s online festival for 2022 and will be held the weekend of October 1st. This online event is built from the ground up specifically to highlight and feature games of all types, along with their creators, from around the world.
The Overkill 2023 - Theme: The Outburst of the Digital Swamp Welcome to the Meta-swamp Rather than draining the (digital)wetlands, The Overkill wishes to design a route through its intoxicating everglades. Artists navigating through the post-digital now think of the swamp as a scape of hybridization, material transformation, monstrous mutation – a new space for…
A MAZE. / Berlin is the annual arthouse games and playful media festival. A MAZE. / Berlin invites the globally diverse experimental and independent games and playful media scene to also explore the works of worldbuilders, digital artists, hybrid performers, virtual musicians, immersive theater and more playful creatives to Berlin: with the goal to connect,…
The Overkill is the playful festival celebrating indie and arthouse games, interactive arts and alternative films within a cultural and social context. Interdisciplinary, experimental and international, The Overkill presents and welcomes game makers, digital creators and playful artists from all over the world. Following a theme, the festival tells a story, connecting one piece to…
Every year The Overkill hosts the Playful Friday to connect professionals around playful arts with the theme of the year and with each other. Playful Friday - Curated by Zuraida Buter Come join us for a day with new friends, playful and interactive sessions and exciting ideas & Insights. On this second day of the…
From the website: 🐆👟🌿🐆👟🌿🐆👟🌿🐆👟🌿🐆👟🌿🐆👟🌿 It's time for the monthly Gæmz in Tokyo! GÆMZ MEETUP is a place/gathering for people who are interested in the following things: - Developing art/experimental games or playful media of that sort - Thinking about games as an artform - Talking about cool ways to make art for interactive media -…
COLLIDERS is an our monthly meet-up for playful makers, welcoming any creative, regardless of the engine they are working in. At Colliders we brainstorm, present our progress, give feedback, enjoy creations and, of course, we play! Colliders purpose is to develop a local network for the indie / arthouse / serious game industry in the east…
Talk & Play is a free event organised since 2013 by BerlinGameScene.com, taking place every two months, that provides the opportunity to game enthusiasts, players and makers to meet and exchange knowledge in a friendly, relaxed and safe environment. Everybody’s welcome, regardless of their background and knowledge level: if you like games, we’ll make sure…
(from the websites): SODA and POC in Play invite you to attend the first international diverse games festival in person in Manchester Metropolitan’s School of Digital Arts. In SODA’s state of the art new building we will host two days of talks and a networking event showcasing diverse speakers and topics across games development as…
Now Play This is a festival of experimental game design and playful art running at Somerset House in London, showcasing interactive and playful work as part of the London Games Festival. This year, Now Play This presents Folk Games: The Stories We Play Together — we’ll be exploring how communities get together to create, reinterpret,…
ALT: GAMES is a new festival that brings together the Australian games community and industry. Featuring digital showcases, sessions with industry leaders and a large-scale interactive game installation. A Powerhouse initiative, presented in partnership with City of Parramatta, Screen Australia and Screen NSW Date: 12–13 April 2025 Time: 10am-3pm, Features 5pm-7pm Location: Parramatta Square /…
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…
A MAZE. / Berlin is an international festival, a platform for independent and arthouse games and explores the world and culture of playful media. A MAZE. / Berlin is back in 2025 for the 14th time, bringing together the worldwide community of arthouse game developers, artistic world builders, digital artists and playful media creators. From…
The Ultimate IndieMash is a contest for unique playful makers of the world, to present their work to an international audience. Hosted live from Bristol, UK and Enschede, NL, and streamed all over the world, the participants get three minutes each to show their game, interactive project, immersive installation or playful performance, through an online…
The Overkill is a playful art, games and film festival focused on the impact of digital culture on our society. The festival showcases a selection of interactive and participative art installations, indie/arthouse games, presents an alternative film program, experimental live performances and activities such as workshops, network meet-ups, talks, hybrid symposium Theme 2025: Return to…
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