Vector festival is a participatory and community-oriented initiative dedicated to showcasing experimental new media art that draws on digital game technologies and wide-ranging creative media practices. Presenting exhibitions, screenings, performances, lectures, and workshops, Vector festival is organized by Interaccess in Toronto, Canada, and acts as a critical bridge between emergent digital platforms and new media…
Isle of Games 002 is the second installation of Isle of Games, a one day event that showcases alternative games and playful media from Iceland and abroad. At Isle of Games you can experience the weird, the beautiful, the artistic, and the cultural side of modern video games and its extended family. Before the exhibition…
IndieCade: Evolving the Game IndieCade accepts and encourages a host of interactive experiences and honors all types of innovative play. From cutting edge digital narratives, large scale social mobile, tabletop games, alternative controller, and augmented reality to LARP's, immersive theater, 360 videos, and procedural strategy games, IndieCade highlights the breadth and depth of innovation in…
IndieCade supports the development of independent games and organizes a series of international events to promote the future of indie games. It encourages, advertises and cultivates interactive media and their talent for innovation and art, in order to create a perspective as rich, varied and artful as possible for the public. IndieCade events, their productions and…
Game Happens (8-10 November @ Genova, Italy) is the international festival dedicated to the cultural, political and social impact of video games. The 2019 theme is Elements of Change. From 8th to 10th November 2019, Game Happens – the International Festival in Italy dedicated to the cultural, political and social impact of video games –…
"PLAY is the first an only festival worldwide to unite media art, discourse and education with the culture of digital games. It focuses on the creative utilization of digital games: invent, build, tinker, modify, program, dance, discuss - anything goes! PLAY is the festival for game enthusiasts and gamers, indie game developers and media artists,…
Game Festival From the website: The Overkill is a playful festival which regroups an art exhibition, a selection of indie games (+ retro games + a mini LAN), an alternative movie program, live performances and many activities such as workshops, masterclasses, talks… all selected around our theme and presented together in an original and immersive…
It is the first and only exhibition of art and video games in Argentina. This year the international event celebrates its 6th edition in the framework of November Electronic, the flagship event of Buenos Aires that invites dialogue between electronic arts and digital culture. Game On! explores the universe of artgames, experimental video games, alternative controls, interactive…
First International Think Tank of curators and producers of videogames cultural events. The first edition of GAIA is co-organized by Game ON! El arte en juego and Game Arts International Network. The symposium is loosely structured into three themes. Day 1 is Past Successes, Day 2 is Current Challenges, and Day 3 is Future Opportunities. I will…
"Now Play This is a festival of experimental game design running at Somerset House in London from 3-5 April 2020, showcasing interactive and playful work as part of the London Games Festival." "In 2020 we'll be looking at games that relate to our theme of 'Breaking Point' - games are the aesthetic forms of systems,…
"BitSummit: Japan’s Industry-Leading Independent Game Development Festival in Kyoto Established in late-2012, BitSummit was founded with the goal of giving Japanese independent game makers a chance to show their games to the world, and we succeeded, growing from a small, industry-only event for around 200 people in 2013, to a groundbreaking festival that held court…
"Feral Vector is not like other game design events. If you feel like an impostor at games events, you’re not only welcome here, we encourage you to attend. If you are in the videogames industry, but looking for more than it can give, Feral Vector is for you. Feral Vector is fundamentally about outside influences,…
INDIGO is the largest game business and showcase event in the Netherlands. Organized annually by Dutch Game Garden, INDIGO brings together the game industry from the Netherlands and abroad. This year, INDIGO celebrates its 11th edition. Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/indigo-2020-tickets-83771028401?aff=INDIGODGGweb1
Ludicious is a developer conference, a business platform, a beautiful games exhibition and also a public event. Call for games open until 14 February 2020
Games, Art & Playful Media festival
"Now in its second decade, IndieCade is the premiere international event dedicated to celebrating independent interactive media from around the globe."
Different Perspectives: Art Games Festival is a triptych of activities, each of which plays a unique role in supporting and helping to grow games as an art form. The exhibition Relive/Herleef showcases autobiographical video games. (20 - 23 January 2022 & 27 - 30 January 2022) The Networking Day brings creators together to meet, exchange…
Different Perspectives: Art Games Festival is a triptych of activities, each of which plays a unique role in supporting and helping to grow games as an art form. The exhibition Relive/Herleef showcases autobiographical video games. (20 - 23 January 2022 & 27 - 30 January 2022) The Networking Day brings creators together to meet, exchange…
Exploration mode is back ! Marie (from Sickhouse) and Zuraida (from Zo-ii) are diving into virtual spaces online. Wondering what happens to these spaces when events are past, physical world open again or concerts irl, Marie and Zuraida travel the virtual worlds looking for the last traces of presence... You can join them and explore…
"Almost 2 years have passed since we could visit game events, hang out with players and devs, and play games together! Noio and Second Maze are now teaming up to host Indie Showcase - the very first indie games festival in A Lab, Amsterdam, on the 2nd of April 2022*! 🔥" 👾 Games: De Koude…
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