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  • ALT CTRL Hackathon

    TBA TIlburg Tilburg, Netherlands

    One day of experimenting with creating alternative controllers for games. More info tba

  • Global Game Jam 2017

    Everywhere

    The Global Game Jam® (GGJ) is the world's largest game jam event (game creation) taking place around the world at physical locations. Register a site or join one of the jams around the world. There will be locations in over 90 different countries! http://globalgamejam.org/ If you're in the Netherlands: There are about 10 locations around NL…

  • Ludicious 2017 – Zürich Game Festival

    TBA - Zurich Zurich, Switzerland

    Game Festival. The biggest professional game event in Switzerland returns for a third edition from January 26 to 28, 2017. With roughly 600 expected professionals from the game industry, Ludicious is the place to network and see great new games from emerging talents in our exhibition. Stay up do date by signing up for our newsletter. Three days…

  • Screenhake 2017

    Het Bos Ankerrui 5-7, Antwerp, Belgium

    Screenshake 2017 is the fifth edition of the only art festival in Belgium to showcase the video game medium, with a focus on independent or ‘indie’ games. These are often smaller, more personal and innovative games; think of them as the video game equivalent of arthouse films! http://www.screenshake.be/

  • Innovation, Play & the Future of Technology

    CNCFD- Condé Nast College of Fashion & Design 16-17 Greek Street, London, United Kingdom

    Talk by Steven Johnson, author of "Wonderland : How Play Made the Modern World." Steven Johnson, the international best-selling author of How We Got To Now, whose TED talk has had over 1 million views, in a talk on innovation and the future of technology seen through the history of play: the subject of his…

  • Playful Arts Meetup #1

    WILLEM TWEE Boschdijkstraat 100, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

    We nodigen je van harte uit voor de eerste Playful Arts meetup op 15 februari 2017! Deel je projecten en gedachtes op het snijvlak van beeldende kunst, podiumkunst, playful design en sociale interactie met onze community tijdens onze playful arts meetups. Wat zijn playful arts? In 2017 willen we met informele avonden in Amsterdam en…

  • Push the Button

    cc Deurne Rix de Gryspeerstraat 86, Deurne, Belgium

    Gamefestival - Deurne, Belgium Op 25 en 26 februari stellen cc Deurne, CultuurConnect en Devillé Arcade een heuse, moderne ARCADEHAL voor in cc Deurne Rix. We lieten 7 spellen ontwikkelen, die focussen op samen spelen, het creatieve en het artistieke. En dat doen we met de nodige toeters en bellen. Een heel weekend lang kan…

  • PlaySFMOMA Mixed Reality Pop-Up Arcade

    SFMOMA 151 Third Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    From the website: Do you prefer your reality shaken or stirred? In conjunction with the annual Game Developers Conference, PlaySFMOMA presents a day-long “blended reality” pop-up arcade. Play a selection of avant-garde and experimental games that explore augmented, virtual, shared, fractured, blended, and otherwise mixed realities. This event not only presents emerging augmented and virtual…

  • IDGAF 2017

    Bar SK 90 Smith St, Melbourne, Australia

    IDGAF: Independently Developed Game Art Festival of 2017 The wonderful Chad Toprak of Hovergarden has put together a short selection of contemporary independent videogames for our interactive pleasure. These were all featured in this year's IGF, coincidentally. ? OPENING NIGHT THURSDAY 23rd ? Come and see games never before shown on Australian shores Also drink…

  • Kraks@dekrook: games in De Krook!? Over het belang van spelen

    De Krook Miriam Makebaplein 1, Ghent, Belgium

    Evening in library De Krook in Ghent: the possibilities of videogames as form of culture. Waarom biedt de bibliotheek binnenkort videogames aan? Op deze avond verkennen we de mogelijkheden van videogames als cultuurvorm. Ontdek boeiende games over ernstige onderwerpen en denk mee hoe we ze kunnen inzetten om de wereld beter te maken. Tijdens deze…

  • CounterPlay 2017

    Dokk1 Aarhus, Denmark

    CounterPlay is a tribute to and an exploration of the many ways, in which a more playful approach can help us live better lives. We focus on the excitement, intense engagement and rich experiences of people involved in all kinds of playful experiences. This sparks an investigation of how play can be transformative, change our…

  • State of Play 2017

    Dublin Institute of Technology Dublin, Ireland

    Irish Game Maker Expo and Talks Info from FB: The State of Play is Ireland's premier Independant Game Maker Event hosted by the School of Media in the Dublin Institute of Technology, in conjuntion with IMIRT, the Irish Game Makers association. As usual we will have an exciting and ecclectic mix of Inspirational International &…

  • Now Play This 2017

    Somerset House Strand, London, United Kingdom

    From the website: 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 third time at Somerset House in London from 7-9 April, 2017, as part of the London Games Festival. There’ll…

  • International City-Gaming Conference 2017

    Het Nieuwe Instituut 25 Museumpark, Rotterdam, Netherlands

    Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/games-for-cities-conference-tickets-31317310920 From the website: The Games for Cities programme is hosting the first international conference with leading ‘city-game’ design experts from around the world. Games for Cities is an initiative started by Play the City and partners, and aims to create a platform for knowledge exchange on games that have the potential to facilitate…

  • GamesAreForEveryone – Volume 5

    The Caves 8-10 Niddry Street South, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    "A night of fantastic, raucous, beautiful games, mixed with drinks, music, and wonderful people. Join us on Friday 21st April as we turn The Caves in Edinburgh into an amazing, one-night-only combination of bar and indie arcade, full of incredible things." Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gamesareforeveryone-tickets-31598699561

  • A MAZE./ Berlin 2017

    Urban Spree Berlin, Germany

    Indie game festival. More TBA https://www.facebook.com/events/569951356538513/

  • Playful Arts Meetup #2

    TBA - Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Join us for our second Playful Arts Meetup on 10 May 2017! Location in Amsterdam TBA 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…

  • Nordic Game Discovery Day 2017

    Slagthuset Malmo, Sweden

    “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…

  • A 5th of BitSummit

    Miyakomesse Kyoto, Japan

    Kyoto Indiegames Festival http://bitsummit.org/2017/

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