Curated calendar with indie game events, conferences and play festivals worldwide.

  • No More Sweden 2017

    STPLN Stapelbäddsgatan 3, Malmö, Sweden

    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.

  • Print Screen Festival 2017

    Holon Mediatheque Holon, Israel

    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…

  • Game Happens! 2017

    Villa Durazzo Bombrini Genova, Italy

    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.

  • INDIGO 2017

    De LIK Wolvenplein 27, Utrecht, Netherlands

    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 2017

    InterAccess 9 Ossington Avenue, Toronto, Canada

    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 2017

    DUMBO & Governors Island New York, United States

    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…

  • Playful Arts Meetup #3

    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…

  • Contours 2017

    Library at the Dock Melbourne, Australia

    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…

  • Parallel Worlds: Designing Alternative Realities 2017

    Victoria and Albert Museum Cromwell Road , London, United Kingdom

    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  

  • IndieCade 2017

    Little Tokyo Los Angeles, United States

    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 2017

    Pakhuis de Zwijger Piet Heinkade 179, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    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 2017

    Cruise Ship Tromsø, Norway

    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/

  • Making the City Playable 2017

    Watershed Bristol, United Kingdom

    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…

  • The Overkill 2017

    Oude MST Ariënsplein 1, Enschede, Netherlands

    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…

  • IndieCade Europe 2017

    Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers 292 Rue Saint-Martin, Paris, France

    Independent games festival

  • PLAY17

    Barlach Halle K / Markthalle Hamburg / Zentralbibliothek Hamburg, Germany

    Creative Gaming Festival "From November 1st to 5th 2017 the PLAY17 - Creative Gaming Festival invites all game enthusiasts to Hamburg to join the festivities of its 10th anniversary and celebrate the culture of digital games." "PLAY is the first an only festival worldwide to unite media art, discourse and education with the culture of…

  • Next Level 2017

    NRW-Forum Düsseldorf Ehrenhof 2, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Festival for Games From the 9th to the 12th of November 2017 Düsseldorf will once again be about the future of digital games in art, education and business. For the second time, the NRW KULTURsekretariat together with many partners invites all friends, fans and experts of the digital game culture to the Next Level Festival in…

  • Fantastic Arcade 2017

    Alamo Drafthouse Mueller 1911 Aldrich St Suite 120, Austin, United States

    Fantastic Arcade is a celebration of indie and cult videogames, hosted by The Alamo Drafthouse and curated by Juegos Rancheros. Taking place during the weekend of November 17th-19th, Fantastic Arcade will feature more games, tournaments, special screenings, talks, parties and prizes than ever before. http://fantasticarcade.com

  • AZPlay 2017

    Azkuna Zentroa 4, Arriquibar Square, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain

    "VIII International Festival of Independent Games From November 29 to December 3, Azkuna Zentroa will be holding the 8th International Festival of Independent Games AzPlay, a not-to-miss event for independent sector professionals, fans worldwide and local companies who can use it to promote and publicise their work. AzPlay 2017 will be a meeting point for knowledge…

  • Control Conference 2017

    TivoliVredenburg Vredenburgkade 11, Utrecht, Netherlands

    Game Development Conference


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