HEADSTART 2015 is a week-long, international summer school, aimed at starting indie developers. From the website: Whether you're a recent graduate or a budding company: as an indie, there's much that demands your attention, and so much still to learn. You need to know how to do everything yourself, and you only have so much…
The conference starts at 9.30 am on 2nd September, 2015 and finishes at 5.00 pm European Women in Games Conference features: 2 Keynotes Panels: Panel 1: Expanding Horizons: Virtual Reality Panel 2: Expanding Horizons: Making games for Kids/ Education software Panel 3: "A new job in the games industry" Panel 4: "The benefits of mentoring"…
A Weekend of Games and Play. From the website: The underlying idea is that this is about games in whatever form: board games, digital games, pervasive games, playable sculptures, objects you poke at, guided walks that were secretly games all along. Talks Line-Up Games and Poetry on Wednesday 2 September, 7pm-8:30. We look at the intersection of games…
“For the forth year A MAZE. is welcoming african and international game developers, digital artists, forward thinkers, entrepreneurs, and digital activists in Johannesburg to exchange tools, skills and ideas in the fields of independent games and playful media. Since A MAZE. is the first festival of that kind in Africa we have the responsibility to…
Indie Gameleon is a festival organized by indie game developers, for indie game developers, game design students and indie game enthusiast! The festival includes lectures, indie game showcase, game jam and a chiptune dance party. http://www.indie-gameleon.org
XOXO Arcade - part of XOXO Festival From the website: Every year, we bring some of the most interesting indie games to XOXO, projecting their games huge onto the walls of the YU. This year, we have our biggest lineup yet: 12 of the most interesting, unreleased, eagerly-anticipated indie games we could find, with each…
PLAY15 - Festival for creative computer games. PLAY15 brings game culture to the city. What do art, science, politics, economy, education and games have in common? This question will be answered through exhibitions, workshops, talks, game jams, performances, a two- day conference and many other things. From 15 to 19 September 2015: Under the banner…
From the FB Event page: In this 8th edition of the Indie Pendant Games Gathering the formula remains largely the same. Two speakers, four games, and room filled with people passionate about the medium of games and its industry. Speakers: - Rene Derks Rene is a lecturer at NHTV versed in the area of Design…
Press Fire to Win presents: Pop Up Arcade 2015 Part of the Brighton Digital Festival Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pop-up-arcade-launch-party-2-tickets-18158437375 Line-Up: Games Super Hexagon Höme Improvisåtion JS Joust Gang Beasts Realistic Kissing Simulator Line Wobbler Mount Your Friends Push Me Pull You Music: Chipzel Shirobon Captain Bleepheart Cisco & Paris
From the announcement: The Leftfield Collection provides a free platform for indie developers to show their latest projects at EGX. Once again, competition for places has been high with over 200 games submitted, displaying an exceptionally high level of quality throughout. The eclectic mix of games include: ‘atmospheric, relaxing, childhood countryside exploration simulator’ Quiet as…
Fantastic Arcade 2015 - games, talks, tournaments, special events. From the announcement: For the sixth year we'll be bringing you the best new indie videogames, plus talks, tournaments and special events, but this year we'll be bringing you six games in custom arcade cabinets that will ALL be ORIGINAL titles premiering for play at Fantastic…
Game Development Conference - Utrecht http://controlconference.com/ This year’s Control Conference is going to be the biggest ever. We’ve grown from a one-day event to a fully-fledged three-day conference. New this year are the Worldbuilding Seminar and the Applied Games Summit. Furthermore, on Tuesday we’d like to welcome our attendees to an overview of the best Dutch indie games at…
Annual Dutch Games showcase The next edition of INDIGO will take place on 29 and 30 September in TivoliVredenburg, Vredenburgkade 11 in Utrecht, the Netherlands, in collaboration with the Dutch Film Festival and Control Conference. This year, INDIGO consists of a main day with international guests (Sep 29th) and a public afternoon (Sep 30th). Tue 10:00 - 21:00 | Wed 13:00 - 17:00
Game Industry Conference - Poznań
Game Seminar http://www.dfi.dk/Branche_og_stoette/Creative-Europe-Desk/Aktiviteter/Play-for-Real/Programme.aspx PLAY FOR REAL Games are getting real. Games are often considered – and can well be – lighthearted entertainment happily detached from our everyday life. But as games grow as a medium for all and with more diverse developers behind them, games also starts to reflect a wider variety of emotions and start…
"Flagship festival featuring indie games from around the world, our annual award show celebrating the winners, and a three-day conference in beautiful Culver City, California. October 22-25, 2015. IndieCade is dedicated to the discovery, development and recognition of independent artists and developers from around the world. Their mission is to encourage, promote and cultivate innovation and artistry…
Tenth edition of the GameCity festival in Nottingham (UK). http://gamecity.org/festival
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…
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 - 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.…
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