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  • GameCity 2015

    Nottingham Nottingham, United Kingdom

    Tenth edition of the GameCity festival in Nottingham (UK). http://gamecity.org/festival

  • Parallels: The Freeplay 2015 Showcase

    ACMI Cinema 1 Melbourne, Australia

    Game showcase http://www.acmi.net.au/live-events/talks-performances/parallels-the-freeplay-2015-showcase/ From the artsy, to the weird, to the provocative, to the punk. For over ten years, the Freeplay Independent Games Festival has been exploring these vital margins of game culture in Australia, from bedroom coders and artists exploring the possibilities of games, to game culture’s punk rockers and agitators. Returning after the…

  • ZooMachines 2015

    http://zoomachines.com/ 10 special guests will present their innovative projects, initiatives and approaches in arts, games, production and distribution. It's all about sharing new ways to create digital games, to impulse creativity and to inspire you! Zoo Machines is also a super-duper Game Jam! You will develop and build incredible new game experiences. Crazy controllers, amazing…

  • Beta Public 2015

    Camden People's Theatre London, United Kingdom

    Beta Public - three curated nights of videogames and performance. Play through a menu of the weirdest and most wonderful videogames, watch a selection of performances, and witness a world-first experiment in merging the live and digital worlds! Engaging performances and talks from exciting and provocative artists. Beta Public is about: New videogames and performance.…

  • A Scratch Night Of Play 2015

    Camden People's Theatre London, United Kingdom

    A Scratch Night Of Play - Curated by William Drew for Coney Coney return to Camden People's Theatre to present another evening of playing theatre. We’ll again be presenting short pieces and works-in-progress that invite the audience to play (in some way or other) either in the theatre or elsewhere in the building: standing up,…

  • Zürich Game Festival 2016

    TBA

    International Competition/ Workshops / Conference More tba

  • Screenshake 2016

    Het Bos Ankerrui 5-7, Antwerp, Belgium

    Screenshake 2016 is the fourth edition of Belgium's only international indie game festival and takes place February 19-21 at Het Bos, Antwerp. Support the festival via their IndieGoGo campaign: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/screenshake-2016-indie-game-festival--2#/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XryQDGy0pTs

  • Now Play This 2016

    Somerset House Strand, London, United Kingdom

    Event about games and play. More info tba. See 2015 event: http://nowplaythis.net/2015

  • PAF Presents: The Art of Play 2016

    De Verkeerstoren Distelweg 83, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    The Art of Play: A day with masterclasses for creative professionals interested in a playful perspective. Theme: Stimulate the Senses Tickets https://the-art-of-play-2016-masterclasses.eventbrite.nl Location: De Verkeerstoren, Amsterdam (NL) Design, discuss and explore concepts focused on playful, sensory and interactive experiences using sound, wearables or immersive space. Join our extraordinary experts in the masterclasses and play &…

  • EGX Rezzed 2016

    Tobacco Dock London, United Kingdom

    EGX Rezzed will return to London's Tobacco Dock on the 7th to 9th April 2016.

  • Different Games 2016

    NYU MAGNET Lawrence ST, New York, United States

    Game conference In each of its past years, Different Games has worked to foster diversity and inclusivity in games by amplifying the creative and critical voices of marginalized participants in games culture. Geared towards accessibility and radical inclusivity, the annual volunteer-led conference welcomes panels, workshops and playable games from presenters of all professional backgrounds and levels…

  • FAQ W2N8

    W2 Poppodium Boschveldweg 473, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

    Electronic Music Festival FAQ Festival collaboration with Playful Arts Festival for the Saturday night line-up mixing music and visual/ playful arts. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/244900439177969/ Website: http://www.faqfestival.nl/?cat=18 Music: Aardvarck x Steven de Peven (Rednose Distrikt) Legowelt Elias Mazian Awanto3 (Rushhour, Dekmantel) Spatial Collective Benn Rogue Sugarbelly Playful Arts: Flowtools by Matthias Oostrik Soundodger+ - Studio Bean Maze of the…

  • Counterplay 2016

    Dokk1 Aarhus, Denmark

    International festival and community that brings together a diverse group of professionals to cultivate a more playful world. http://www.counterplay.org/counterplay-16/

  • Beta Public Presents. 2016

    After five sellout dates at CPT, Beta Public returns to programme four late nights of the wildest and weirdest crossover experiments in theatre and videogames. Expect artist-led Let’s Plays, audience-driven adventures, talks from cutting-edge game developers, and much, much more! Investigating a different theme each night, Beta Public Presents the newest work at the intersection of…

  • A MAZE. / Berlin

    Urban Spree Berlin, Germany

    "A MAZE. / Berlin turns 5! A birthday special you don't wanna miss." - Thorsten S. Wiedemann, Artistic Director and Founder of A MAZE. A MAZE. / Berlin brings together international independent game developers, digital creatives and game enthusiast in Berlin. A MAZE. / Berlin is also a public festival with an mind-blowing music lineup,…

  • IndieCade East 2016

    Museum of the Moving Image New York, NY, United States

    Join us for three days of talks, panels, workshops, exhibits, and games throughout the museum, curated from IndieCade’s diverse and brilliant community of designers, thinkers, and players. The conference is complemented by workshops covering a range of topics, from introductions to popular digital gamemaking tools to hands-on game design lessons. IndieCade East will include the…

  • Feral Vector 2016

    Hebden Bridge Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, United Kingdom

    Feral Vector is a festival about making games and gamelike things. Feral Vector has workshops, talks, interviews, live games, Q&As, performances, walks, and other things. It’s centred on the subject of game design, its wider cultural influences, the places people think it should go next, and the neglected, ignored places it’s already been. This is…

  • Playful Arts Sessions 2016

    Willem II Fabriek ‘s-Hertogenbosch

    A one day event where we will explore playful arts that are still in development. More info soon.

  • Future Flux Festival – Playground Sessions 2016

    Onderzeebootloods RDM-straat 1, Rotterdam, Netherlands

    Maker festival Rotterdam. Creative makers coming from technology, art, innovation and design.  Evening programme with installations, performances, talks and a music line-up. www.futurefluxfestival.nl

  • Inis Spraoi 2016

    Inishbofin Island Connacht, Ireland

    game maker un-weekend - More info tba: http://inisspraoi.org/

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