[Cancelled] Screenshake 2018
Indie game festival, Belgium
Indie game festival, Belgium
"Now Play This is a festival of experimental game design, showcasing some of the most interesting games and playful work being made around the UK and the world. It will run for the fourth time at Somerset House in London from 6-8 April, 2018, as part of the London Games Festival." http://nowplaythis.net/
"Playgrounds Blend. This time around we're looking at the relationship between creativity, art design and technology. We’re gathering the most talented and innovative creative professionals in animation, game, interactive design, robotics and creative technology to discuss the 'blend' over a three days fest and conference in Breda. Get ready for an exiting and inspiring program…
A MAZE. / Berlin 2018 - games and playful media festival
Game dev holiday
Play Conference «Playable Cities» & Pop up Play Action How can public urban areas be organised to improve play for children and adults? Can play be used in the public domain as a catalyst for urban development? How can play instigate participative processes of appropriation? How can playgrounds become spaces for the live culture of…
Feral Vector is a festival about making games and gamelike things. Previously we fixed up the Doom Piano. We did Curiosity Live with an actual cube of concrete. We put on a screening of Andy Kelly’s Other Places. Every year we revel in the beauty of nature, videogames, and virtual worlds. We carve out a space unlike any other…
Playful Arts Festival presents 20+ (inter)national established and upcoming artists who stimulate social and playful interaction in their work. They will present their work in an exhibition, a pop up programme and conversations. Through a symposium, masterclasses and live workshops the festival offers a more in depth look at the 2018 theme (t)HERE & NOW.…
Quoted from the website (in Dutch) Wie wil het niet: voor één dag Super Mario zijn. Tijdens festival PLAYRAUM op zondag 12 augustus heb je spreekwoordelijk zijn bekende rode pet op en zie je de stad vanuit een nieuw perspectief. Kom langs en game mee: van pratende lantaarnpalen tot hardloopparcours! De games die je kunt…
From the website: The IndieCade Festival is the premiere international event dedicated to celebrating independent games from around the globe. Now in its second decade, IndieCade is held each October in the Los Angeles area and this important, fun-filled event draws industry and public from around the world. IndieCade Festival 2018, October 12th - 13th (preceded by…
https://indiecade-europe.eu/
Parallels highlights some of the most unique, experimental, and personal games being made in the independent games scenes of Australia and beyond. Come and watch as our speakers demonstrate and play their creations live on stage, and share their creative inspirations and journeys. Discover new games and game makers, and find out what makes them…
An international and interdisciplinary conference (by ACM SIGCHI) For researchers and professionals across all areas of play, games and human-computer interaction (HCI).
An exhibition of games and playthings exploring the aesthetics of computer errors and data corruption. In an increasingly digitized world happy accidents can contami̵n̵a̴t̷e anything: gli̵t̸ch music, glic̷h̸ ̶p̴a̸i̷n̶t̸ing, ̷g̵l̷i̷t̶c̸h̷ ̸k̸̛̰n̴͔̂i̶̭̿t̸̟͝t̵͍̐ḯ̶̳n̶̥̆g̷͉͂,̷̺̌ ̸̖͑g̴͔̒l̶̟̊í̸͜t̶̘̑c̸̨̀h̶̗̑ ̶̖̀ả̵̪̹̀̂͝r̵̳̹͓̟̓͊̄̕̕c̷̟̈́̐̕h̸͔̲͍͚͔͐͆͛̎̇i̴̲̊t̴̺̋͋͗e̷̺̒̐̓̉̆c̸̻͊̿̉͘ͅṫ̸̯̙̜̖̲ṵ̸̂̍̚r̸̡͈̪̫̐̓e̴͕̣̼͍̱̓́̍͒̕.D̵̼̬͎̞̍̒͝ò̸͔̫̬͔̜n̵̢̨̳͗̍̎’̴̲̒̔̏̚͝t̶̠̤̅̒̀́̚ ̵̠̆͆͌͠͠m̷̮͖̙̰̂͊̄̈́͠ị̶̻̱̱̪͂̅̅̇s̵̯̟̎͒̕̚ș̴̚ ̷̢̧̋ṱ̴̙̆h̶͔̃ẻ̵̞̪͒ ̵̹͉̜͍̯̔͂̈́̈̚l̸̛̰͎̮͚̝ȃ̷̜͒͋̚s̸̞̯͔̤͋͌̒̍͜t̵̢̛͐̒̿ ̵͎̝̜̠̺̄̇L̶̨̩͈̺̝̀̍Î̴͙́K̵̛̙̈̏Ė̸̟̭̃̽̈́ͅL̷̟̝͖͑͜Ḯ̷̦̳͆̔̃̚K̵͉̞͇̓͛͛͜͝E̶̺̮̤̊͜ṡ̷͙͉͍͓̟̳͓̥̱̿̈́̈́̑́̔͊͌̈́̆̏̆͋̃̿̃̈̓̒̆̇̏̈́̽́́̚ḩ̶̛̲͚͚͉̬̲̼̫̩̥̻̫͔̇̋̈̓̉͗͋̽́̈́͗͆̀̏͒̏͛̐̆͐͗̏̔̈́̏͆͠ơ̸̡͙͍͕̜̯̼̬̠͉̙̥͓͙̦̮͕̬͎̗̘͙͉̰̤̣̹̱̞̘̞̱͔̊͑͐̒̋̂̓͐̔̿̑́́̾͒͑̀̎̕̕͘̕͘͠ͅw̵̡̨̡̨̛̛̗͍͍̞̞̣̗͍̯̲͙̙͖͎͇̤̦͇̫͙̗̯͙̬̬̬̞̮̉̍̿̽͂̌̈́̎̓̆̌̈́̌͊̄̎̀̉̀̓̅̂̔͑͐͊́̀̽̀͋͂͝͠ͅͅ ̷̧̛̜̬̤̥͈̠͕̻͎̠̹̙̳̣̆̎̐̇̈́͑͗̍́͊͊͊͒̇̈̒̈́́͐̄̂̀́̚͘͠͠o̶̧̹͕̹̘͕͉̝̻̻̐f̵̢̨̡̢̛̟̠̙͚̬̟̹̭͍̺͙̳͚̟͚͖̖̥̲̼͓̠̺͕̻͈̜̜̳̗͈̀̉͆́̐̈́̾͑́͐̒̅̍̓̑̈͛̋̏͋̔̀̈́̐͊̕̚̕̕̕͝͝͝ ̴̡̢̧̡̛̛͚͓̠̤̠̣̹̝̘̺̻͈͈̠̦͚͍̥̲̜̙͉̪̻̭̬͖̦̀̉́̿̈̎̔̎̔͊̈͛̇̄́͊̎̑̊̃̄͐͂̔͘͘2̶̡͆͊͋͒ͅ0̸̧̧͍͈̦̰̝̤̺͚̭̣͎̹̘̞̳̯̰̞͈̞̰͎̘̞̙̿̾̋̋͑̀̅̓͝͝͝͝1̷̡̨̡̛̹͍̻̜͖̜̠͙̖̩͍͙̜̣͚̩̳͉̮͚̤̣̖͉̤͖͙̠̉͑͐̇̓̽͑̽̔̓͋͌̂̀̓̽̔̒̿̓͌́̂̔̓͌̄̀͘ͅ8̴̴̛̛̛̛̠̪̪̣̯͇͚̪͓̥̤̦̲͚̩̯̮͔̱͙̼̭̳̠͙̖̼̟̭͔͍̰̫͉͛̅̅͋͒̇̂̀͋̍́̈́̎̈́̂̋͛̍̐͊́͂̒̈̃̂̑̍̈́̔̌͒̒̇̋͐̔͗̇͛͘͜͝͠ͅ Works by: Andi McClure /// Michael Brough /// XRA /// Farbs // Rachel Simone Weil ///…
A playdate for artists interested in making work with real-time technologies. Space for inspiration, discussion and sharing. The Random String Symposium is a one-day event for artists and arts professionals, exploring the use of interactive & networked technologies in the creative process. Hear from practitioners from across the UK and overseas, join frank conversations about…
The Overkill is a 48 hours nonstop festival which regroups an art exhibition, a selection of indie games, an alternative movie program, live performance and many activities such as workshops, master class, talks… all selected around our theme and presented together in an original and immersive setting. The Overkill is an open platform, a flexible…
From the event site: The NYU Game Center is proud to announce the 9th annual No Quarter Exhibition. Each year we commission four new games from four artists — our mission is to help nurture game design for public spaces and to support unique and bold voices in the game design community. Please join us…
Welcome to BlackBox Cph – a festival for experimental role play at the centre of Copenhagen. At Blackbox Cph you can choose between a number of larps of about 3-4 hours’ duration. The larps will apply theatrical lighting and sound for controlling the play and several of them will be experimenting with other theatrical techniques.…
The Global Game Jam® (GGJ) is the world's largest game jam event (game creation) taking place around the world at physical locations. Think of it as a hackathon focused on game development. It is the growth of an idea that in today’s heavily connected world, we could come together, be creative, share experiences and express ourselves…
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