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…
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…
International festival and community that brings together a diverse group of professionals to cultivate a more playful world. http://www.counterplay.org/counterplay-16/
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 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,…
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 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…
A one day event where we will explore playful arts that are still in development. More info soon.
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
game maker un-weekend - More info tba: http://inisspraoi.org/
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…
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