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…
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…
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…
PLAY is a games conference that brings together world-renowned speakers and indie developers on October 3rd for a day packed with talks. The event is part of the Viborg Animation Festival and takes place right next to the Games Expo, where visitors are encouraged to stop by and try out new games. Talks from industry-leading…
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,…
Poznan Game Arena 2014 - Games, Entertainment and Multimedia Fair http://www.gamearena.pl/en
The Italian Game Developers Summit (IGDS) is an event dedicated to the community of Italian game developers to exchange their experiences, meet with each other and inspire from international speakers. The event is based on a “360° degree development” concept, meaning that in order to be successful in the video games field, besides being able…
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.…
Biggest game dev convention in Central Europe. 60+ talks, 50+ speakers Website: http://gdcon.com/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/ztgpl
GameCity 9 - video game festival all around the city of Nottingham, UK. From the website: The GameCity festival returns to Nottingham this October for another half-term week of adventure! Every year, the best people in video games from around the World come to Nottingham to have the most fun. GameCity is about playing, watching,…
QGCon is a free, weekend-long, interdisciplinary event. The goal of QGCon is to create an open and inclusive environment for discussing the intersection of video games and LGBTQ issues, however you define them. QGCon brings together academics and game developers to foster dialogues that break traditional disciplinary boundaries. The QGCon organizers believe in the importance…
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:…
Formerly known as the ArtGame Weekend, Zoo Machines Festival, the interdisciplinary event to envision new species of video games, will happen on November the 7th, 8th, 9th 2014 in L’Imaginarium, the cluster for digital creativity and innovation. SHARE Talks will be fast, will stimulate creativity, will open discussions about issues faced by developers, artists and…
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…
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