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  • 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/

  • Playful Revolution – Play Out #4

    Blijburg aan Zee Amsterdam, Netherlands

    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…

  • Game Happens! 2016

    Villa Durazzo Bombrini Genova, Italy

    The annual international festival in Italy where game design, interaction design and virtual reality collide. http://2016.gamehappens.com/

  • LYST 2016

    Domkirkeodden Hamar, Norway

    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 Festival 2016 New York - photo by Lia Bulaong

    Come out & Play New York 2016

    Several locations New York New York, United States

    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 2016

    Birley Campus Manchester, United Kingdom

    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 2016

    TBA - Vector 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.

  • Bit Bash 2016

    venue_ Revel Fulton Market, Chicago, United States

    "Chicago's Alternative Games Festival  - showcasing an international collection of lesser but culturally significant videogames" http://bitbashchicago.com/

  • A MAZE. / Johannesburg 2016

    A MAZE Johannesburg 2016 TBA Johannesburg, South Africa

    A MAZE. / Johannesburg 5th edition independent videogames festival http://www.amaze-johannesburg.co.za/

  • Incubate Arcade 2016

    De NWE Vorst WillemII-straat 49, Tilburg

    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…

  • Incubate Arcade 2016: Conversations_

    De NWE Vorst WillemII-straat 49, Tilburg

    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 - photo by Dean Tomlinson

    The Society Ball 2016

    Society Ball Venue - TBA Toronto, Canada

    Hand Eye Society Ball. Video game party: Elegant evening of electronic entertainment.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=habndudJ-bY

  • INDIGO 2016

    TivoliVredenburg Vredenburgkade 11, Utrecht, Netherlands

    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…

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