“What we will do on the Discovery Day is to attack the topic of passion from these different angles and give you a variety of takes on what it means when creating games. From the drive that keeps you going to empathy for players with less and less time at their hands, from the pleasure…
Kyoto Indiegames Festival http://bitsummit.org/2017/
Student Game Development Conference - Utrecht
Feral Vector takes place in an old church next to a wooded ravine, in the town of Hebden Bridge. It has workshops, talks, interviews, live games, local multiplayer, Q&As, performances, walks, and other things. It’s centred on the subject of game design, its wider influences, the places people think it should go next, and the…
Interactive Performance evening. Playful Arts Sessions is an exciting evening where you can get acquainted with leading and emerging artists at the intersection of visual arts, performing arts and playful design. Includes Dinner! During the first Playful Arts Sessions we dive into the work of artist duos The100Hands (NL) and Louise Orwin & Eugenie Pastor (UK),…
Lyst is a conference and a cooperative prototyping environment focused on the arts and crafts of games. Lyst is a free space to explore your ideas. "This summit aims to bring light and love to a somewhat controversial subject in games; even though romance, love and sex are some of the most natural aspects of human…
No More Sweden is a gathering of independent game developers from the whole world meeting up somewhere in Sweden. The event has been arranged every year since 2008.
From the website: "The PSF Games Program for 2017 will be centered around a performative game jam event. To participate, contact the games curator at shalev.email@gmail.com Print Screen is Israel's International Digital Arts and Culture Festival. Just as the "PrintScreen" function captures a screenshot of a computer, so does the festival capture a contemporary screenshot…
23-24 June 2017, Genova (Italy) The international festival in Italy where game design looks beyond its own boundaries. This fourth edition features two days of talks and showcased games full of extra inspiration from performing arts.
Dutch Game Garden invites you to INDIGO, the showcase for the finest, most outstanding games by independent developers. The games range from brand new playable prototypes to completed games offering impressive and rich experiences. With the creators presenting them on our special custom-made arcade cabinets, the stage is set for you to meet the next rising star! The next INDIGO…
Vector Festival is a participatory and community-oriented initiative dedicated to showcasing digital games and creative media practices. Presenting works across a dynamic range of exhibitions, screenings, performances, lectures, and workshops, Vector acts as a critical bridge between emergent digital platforms and new media art practice. The 2016 Festival took place between July 14-17, 2016 across…
Come Out & Play returns to New York City in 2017 for a 12th year of extraordinary outdoor games. We’ll take over DUMBO on July 21 with an evening of street games and play. Then we’ll move the fun to Governors Island on July 22 for a day of new sports and family-friendly games. Charge…
Join us for our third Playful Arts Meetup on 9 August 2017! Location: Theatre Festival Boulevard ‘s-Hertogenbosch Share your projects and thoughts about the cross-over between visual art, performing art, playful design and social interaction. ::::::: CALL FOR TALKS::::::::: Do you have a project you’re working on which you would love to talk about from a…
A mixtape exhibition of contemporary Australian videogames, split into two sides: Side A explores "Not Quite Games", games that don't quite fit our understanding or expectation of what games are. Side B focuses on "Personal Games", games that are intimate, autobiographical, or personal in nature. Contours features playable games, zines, books, comics, artwork, paintings, sculptures, videos, photography…
What does it mean to create a virtual world? This one day international conference will bring together leading designers, thinkers and players who are creating entirely new worlds and communities in videogames. https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/Elb1YGqV/parallel-worlds-designing-alternative-realities
The IndieCade Festival is the premiere event dedicated to celebrating independent games in the nation. Now in its 10th year, IndieCade is held each October in the Los Angeles area and is open to the industry and to the public. IndieCade Festival 2017, October 6th - 8th, offers a unique opportunity to play and preview…
CHI PLAY is an international and interdisciplinary conference (by ACM SIGCHI) for researchers and professionals across all areas of play, games and human-computer interaction (HCI). We call this area “player-computer interaction.” The goal of the conference is to highlight and foster discussion of current high quality research in games and HCI as foundations for the…
Splash - game jam on a cruise ship "A GAME JAM that takes place on a cruise ship waaaay above the Arctic Circle." Follow along for more updates: https://www.facebook.com/splashgamejam/
From the website: All over the world, play is being embraced as an antidote to the anonymity of the urban environment. This one day conference will explore the theme of the Playable City and how public space, creativity and imagination combines to create unexpected interactions and a new kind of dialogue. We have gathered together…
Game festival "The Overkill is a 48+1 hour nonstop playful event focused on digital culture. The festival shows connections between different media and their influence on today’s society. During an intense weekend we invite you to play a great selection of games, watch an original movie program, interact and experience impressive art installations! The Overkill is…
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