w00t is Copenhagen’s new games and play festival offering something for every taste and age. w00t will offer: Street games Game talks Game workshop Board game galore Kids games Website Call for playmakers Call for presenters (deadline March 15) Open Call for games for kids
Urban Games festival, Poland. From the website: For several years urban games have been gaining an expanding an enormous group of fans around the world. Also, many Polish cities from time to time become a big game board. One of them is Poznań, where since 2006, players face in games variety of topics, from Middle…
Local Multiplayer Picnic and Talks in Antwerp. Program in Dutch: 13:00-15:00 FREE-FOR-ALL PICNIC AT A NOT RAINY PLACE.. TBC. Een picnic voor alles en iedereen. Ontmoet elkaar buiten, geniet van de zon. Breng binnen en buitenspelletjes mee, vrienden en gekken, hapjes en drank. Ontdek folkgames! En speel, speel, speel. 16:00-18:00 TALKS AT DESIGNCENTER DE WINKELHAAK…
Hovergarden is all about contributing to and celebrating the culture of independent games. "Hovergarden organizes get-togethers where people can play cool indie games that are unique, experimental or just plain amazing." ▨▨ GAMES LINEUP ▨▨ Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime http://www.asteroidbase.com/dangerous-spacetime/ Filo Filo Disco http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=32783.0 Barabariball http://barabariball.com/ TowerFall http://towerfall-game.com/ Facebook Event Website
Beta Public: new games and performance. From the event page: Videogames. Performance. Maybe these words mean nothing to you, but trust us: you've been waiting your whole life for a night that combines the two. Wait no longer: it's here. Beta Public is about: New games and performance. Experimenting, collaborating, and sharing awesome stuff. Having a…
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)…
Graduation expo Interactive Performance Design and Games (HKU) Eleven interactive projects that have never been shown to the public before. Come join the Interactive Performance Design and Games (IPDG) graduation students and experience their work at the exhibition! Games, installations, interactive performances and more. Line-up + info: http://www.zo-ii.com/ipdg-2013-graduation-projects/
Talk & Play is a bi-monthly meetup whose goal is to give a better idea of what it's like to create and play games today, providing the opportunity to local independent game makers to showcase their work in a friendly and relaxed environment From the Open TechSchool Event website: It's never been easier to make video…
Game City @Roskilde Festival is the place for festival guests in mood for playing. From the website: "At Game City you will have the opportunity to test your strength on rock climbing where you can win great prizes. Or you can relax over an exciting board game in Boardgamers Lounge, where nice hosts will help…
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…
Come Out & Play is an annual festival of street games that turns New York City & San Francisco into a giant playground. From the FB Event page: The festival features three events over two days: AFTER DARK - An evening of night games. July 12, 7 PM till the wee hours. South Street Seaport,…
"Co-presented by MODA and Georgia Tech’s Digital Media Program, XYZ: Alternative Voices in Game Design is the first-ever exhibition that highlights the work of women as game designers and artists." From the website: A response to the popular misconception that women neither play nor create video games, this interactive exhibition redefines viewers’ perceptions of what…
Indie games festival A MAZE. is participating in Republika Fest in Rijeka, Croatia. A MAZE. Indie Pop Up during Republika Fest will consist of: Game showcase, machinima screening, talks, game jam and workshops. From the A MAZE. website: A MAZE. Indie Pop Up is a mobile event format with the goal of presenting Indie Games…
Hovergarden presents: "A Night of Sweet Games" - Hovergarden's colossal indie games arcade night: Hovercade! Preliminary line-up: Tuning by Cactus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji-OPheJGdk QWOP 3D by Bennett Foddy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfHCUM_OBCc TowerFall by Matt Thorson http://towerfall-game.com/ Hokra by Ramiro Corbetta http://www.ramirocorbetta.com/hokra/ Super Space ____ by David Scamehorn and Alexander Baard http://superspaceblank.com/ Laza Knitez!! by Glitchnap http://lazaknitez.com/ Super Hexagon by…
Burning Bridges – A game developer unconference From the website: Burning Bridges is a game developer unconference, a meet up for game developers ranging from production level people at bigger companies, post-indies and to people that are new to the indie scene. It’s a get together where people can casually meet under very friendly conditions…
After the great success in 2011 and right in time for the big games events in the city, the Notgames Fest returns to Cologne with a five days exhibition curated by Tale of Tales and the Cologne Game Lab. From the website: If games form the top of an iceberg, notgames provide the remainder. Videogames…
PLATINE festival focuses on electronic media, covering the realm from art statements up to alternative gaming forms. Cologne, Germany. From the website: PLATINE festival focuses on electronic media, covering the realm from art statements up to alternative gaming forms. Developers and artists from all over Germany, as well as guests from six other countries, use…
Play:Vienna is an annual play festival in Austria, turning the city of Vienna into a playground. From the website: The Play:Vienna festival 2012 was Austria's first festival for games in public space. It took place at the Museumsquartier Wien and throughout the whole city on a weekend in September 2012. Over the whole weekend we had…
igfest: "a festival of interesting games you play in the street." From the website & organizer: "Igfest is a festival like no other. Where other festivals feature mud, crippling ticket prices and questionable hygiene, we are more in the market for robots, ninja death cows, sweetshop bank heists, biblical sized water fights and powdered…
A MAZE. / JOHANNESBURG 2013 - 2nd International Games/ Media Art Festival The goal of A MAZE. / Johannesburg (former A MAZE. Interact) in South Africa is to create an annual evolving platform for African and European media artists and game developers. A playground for everyone who wants to experience the Human-Human-Machine interaction. A MAZE.…
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