Come out and play! Sand, Sun and Sweat on Amsterdam’s favourite city beach, Blijburg aan Zee! We’ll start with some Folk games and a playful warm-up (you’ll need it, trust me) and then move on to the Big Ball Games! As tribute to the New Games movement we’ll be playing some massively fun games with an equally…
The annual international festival in Italy where game design, interaction design and virtual reality collide. http://2016.gamehappens.com/
Summit about romance, love in games http://lyst-summit.dk/ Open Call: http://lyst-summit.dk/open_call.html Programme Gemma Thomson will be the Conférencier during the event. 9.00 - Registration opens - 9.45 - Welcome by the Organizers and Gemma Thomson 10:00 - Ste Curran Love & Violence - How we tell stories of love and violence, where we fail, and why.…
Come Out & Play returns to New York City in 2016 for another year of extraordinary outdoor games. We’ll take over DUMBO on July 8 with an evening of street games and play. Then we’ll move the fun to Governors Island on July 9 for a day of field and family-friendly games. Lace up your…
Playful Learning is pitched at the intersection of learning and play for adults. Playful in approach and outlook, yet underpinned by robust research and working practices, we’ll be providing a space where teachers, researchers and students can play, learn and think together. A space to meet other playful people and be inspired by talks, workshops, activities and…
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.
"Chicago's Alternative Games Festival - showcasing an international collection of lesser but culturally significant videogames" http://bitbashchicago.com/
A MAZE. / Johannesburg 5th edition independent videogames festival http://www.amaze-johannesburg.co.za/
Ever thought of your body as a game controller? The alternative controller movement is picking up steam in the independent game developer community. A game where your clothing functions as a controller to a chicken simulation that has you peck corn off of a computer screen; Incubate Arcade invites the worlds most inventive and creative game developers…
Join the Incubate Arcade artists in conversation! Incubate Arcade explores intimacy, weird interfaces and the work by female indie devs in an exhibition with 35+ games & installations. Several of the artists are present and we're going to explore the themes further with them through workshops, panels and talks on 10 September. 10 September 2016…
Hand Eye Society Ball. Video game party: Elegant evening of electronic entertainment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=habndudJ-bY
INDIGO takes place September 27th in Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht. Dutch Game Garden invites game developers from the Netherlands and Belgium to showcase their games! INDIGO is Dutch Game Garden's games showcase, presenting the finest, most outstanding games in the Netherlands and Belgium. The games range from brand new playable prototypes to completed games offering impressive…
Control - game conference.
Contours - "Charting the fringes of independent games in Melbourne and Australia A month-long exhibition of playable games, zines, artwork, sculptures, videos, photography and other cultural gems http://contours-exhibition.com/ Events Opening Night Event: 10 October 2016: 6PM https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/contours-opening-night-tickets-27674861255 In Conversation Series: HELEN STUCKEY - October 13 MARIGOLD BARTLETT - October 19 NICO DISSELDORP - October 27…
The IndieCade Festival is a celebration of indie games, its creators and the innovation within the industry. We also curate and recognize those that we identify as the top indie games of the year. More than 200 games of all types are selected by our esteemed Jury and are made available to play. Attendees also…
Videogame festival Nottingham, UK From the website: Now in it’s eleventh year, Nottingham’s world-renowned video game festival returns, promising to be bigger than ever! Headlining games industry speakers from across the world will provide a free talks and workshops programme throughout the festival- all hosted at The National Videogame Arcade Operating as a fringe festival,…
PLAY – Creative Gaming Festival is the first and unique festival, which combines media art, discourse and education with the culture of digital games. Discuss games with new perspectives at our confernce and panels, learn how to use games creatively in our workshops and play experimental indie games in our interactive exhibition.
"Three nights of experimental games and theatre" Website: https://www.cptheatre.co.uk/production/beta-public-vi/ Poster design by Musbuh
Festival for innovative art and experimentation in games. Game Jam, Talks, Exhibition http://zoomachines.com/
'A game seems so simple, but in the end it is a complex phenomenon that gives us the possibility to think outside the box. Playing makes it possible to reinterpret reality, to explore taboos and to experiment with the impossible. In Games People Play, eight artists and artist collectives explore the social function of playing…
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