"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…
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…
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…
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…
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/
Hand Eye Society Ball. Video game party: Elegant evening of electronic entertainment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=habndudJ-bY
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…
From the website: Do you prefer your reality shaken or stirred? In conjunction with the annual Game Developers Conference, PlaySFMOMA presents a day-long “blended reality” pop-up arcade. Play a selection of avant-garde and experimental games that explore augmented, virtual, shared, fractured, blended, and otherwise mixed realities. This event not only presents emerging augmented and virtual…
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. The 2016 Festival took place between July 14-17, 2016 across…
Come Out & Play returns to New York City in 2017 for a 12th year of extraordinary outdoor games. We’ll take over DUMBO on July 21 with an evening of street games and play. Then we’ll move the fun to Governors Island on July 22 for a day of new sports and family-friendly games. Charge…
The IndieCade Festival is the premiere event dedicated to celebrating independent games in the nation. Now in its 10th year, IndieCade is held each October in the Los Angeles area and is open to the industry and to the public. IndieCade Festival 2017, October 6th - 8th, offers a unique opportunity to play and preview…
Fantastic Arcade is a celebration of indie and cult videogames, hosted by The Alamo Drafthouse and curated by Juegos Rancheros. Taking place during the weekend of November 17th-19th, Fantastic Arcade will feature more games, tournaments, special screenings, talks, parties and prizes than ever before. http://fantasticarcade.com
From the website: The IndieCade Festival is the premiere international event dedicated to celebrating independent games from around the globe. Now in its second decade, IndieCade is held each October in the Los Angeles area and this important, fun-filled event draws industry and public from around the world. IndieCade Festival 2018, October 12th - 13th (preceded by…
An exhibition of games and playthings exploring the aesthetics of computer errors and data corruption. In an increasingly digitized world happy accidents can contami̵n̵a̴t̷e anything: gli̵t̸ch music, glic̷h̸ ̶p̴a̸i̷n̶t̸ing, ̷g̵l̷i̷t̶c̸h̷ ̸k̸̛̰n̴͔̂i̶̭̿t̸̟͝t̵͍̐ḯ̶̳n̶̥̆g̷͉͂,̷̺̌ ̸̖͑g̴͔̒l̶̟̊í̸͜t̶̘̑c̸̨̀h̶̗̑ ̶̖̀ả̵̪̹̀̂͝r̵̳̹͓̟̓͊̄̕̕c̷̟̈́̐̕h̸͔̲͍͚͔͐͆͛̎̇i̴̲̊t̴̺̋͋͗e̷̺̒̐̓̉̆c̸̻͊̿̉͘ͅṫ̸̯̙̜̖̲ṵ̸̂̍̚r̸̡͈̪̫̐̓e̴͕̣̼͍̱̓́̍͒̕.D̵̼̬͎̞̍̒͝ò̸͔̫̬͔̜n̵̢̨̳͗̍̎’̴̲̒̔̏̚͝t̶̠̤̅̒̀́̚ ̵̠̆͆͌͠͠m̷̮͖̙̰̂͊̄̈́͠ị̶̻̱̱̪͂̅̅̇s̵̯̟̎͒̕̚ș̴̚ ̷̢̧̋ṱ̴̙̆h̶͔̃ẻ̵̞̪͒ ̵̹͉̜͍̯̔͂̈́̈̚l̸̛̰͎̮͚̝ȃ̷̜͒͋̚s̸̞̯͔̤͋͌̒̍͜t̵̢̛͐̒̿ ̵͎̝̜̠̺̄̇L̶̨̩͈̺̝̀̍Î̴͙́K̵̛̙̈̏Ė̸̟̭̃̽̈́ͅL̷̟̝͖͑͜Ḯ̷̦̳͆̔̃̚K̵͉̞͇̓͛͛͜͝E̶̺̮̤̊͜ṡ̷͙͉͍͓̟̳͓̥̱̿̈́̈́̑́̔͊͌̈́̆̏̆͋̃̿̃̈̓̒̆̇̏̈́̽́́̚ḩ̶̛̲͚͚͉̬̲̼̫̩̥̻̫͔̇̋̈̓̉͗͋̽́̈́͗͆̀̏͒̏͛̐̆͐͗̏̔̈́̏͆͠ơ̸̡͙͍͕̜̯̼̬̠͉̙̥͓͙̦̮͕̬͎̗̘͙͉̰̤̣̹̱̞̘̞̱͔̊͑͐̒̋̂̓͐̔̿̑́́̾͒͑̀̎̕̕͘̕͘͠ͅw̵̡̨̡̨̛̛̗͍͍̞̞̣̗͍̯̲͙̙͖͎͇̤̦͇̫͙̗̯͙̬̬̬̞̮̉̍̿̽͂̌̈́̎̓̆̌̈́̌͊̄̎̀̉̀̓̅̂̔͑͐͊́̀̽̀͋͂͝͠ͅͅ ̷̧̛̜̬̤̥͈̠͕̻͎̠̹̙̳̣̆̎̐̇̈́͑͗̍́͊͊͊͒̇̈̒̈́́͐̄̂̀́̚͘͠͠o̶̧̹͕̹̘͕͉̝̻̻̐f̵̢̨̡̢̛̟̠̙͚̬̟̹̭͍̺͙̳͚̟͚͖̖̥̲̼͓̠̺͕̻͈̜̜̳̗͈̀̉͆́̐̈́̾͑́͐̒̅̍̓̑̈͛̋̏͋̔̀̈́̐͊̕̚̕̕̕͝͝͝ ̴̡̢̧̡̛̛͚͓̠̤̠̣̹̝̘̺̻͈͈̠̦͚͍̥̲̜̙͉̪̻̭̬͖̦̀̉́̿̈̎̔̎̔͊̈͛̇̄́͊̎̑̊̃̄͐͂̔͘͘2̶̡͆͊͋͒ͅ0̸̧̧͍͈̦̰̝̤̺͚̭̣͎̹̘̞̳̯̰̞͈̞̰͎̘̞̙̿̾̋̋͑̀̅̓͝͝͝͝1̷̡̨̡̛̹͍̻̜͖̜̠͙̖̩͍͙̜̣͚̩̳͉̮͚̤̣̖͉̤͖͙̠̉͑͐̇̓̽͑̽̔̓͋͌̂̀̓̽̔̒̿̓͌́̂̔̓͌̄̀͘ͅ8̴̴̛̛̛̛̠̪̪̣̯͇͚̪͓̥̤̦̲͚̩̯̮͔̱͙̼̭̳̠͙̖̼̟̭͔͍̰̫͉͛̅̅͋͒̇̂̀͋̍́̈́̎̈́̂̋͛̍̐͊́͂̒̈̃̂̑̍̈́̔̌͒̒̇̋͐̔͗̇͛͘͜͝͠ͅ Works by: Andi McClure /// Michael Brough /// XRA /// Farbs // Rachel Simone Weil ///…
From the event site: The NYU Game Center is proud to announce the 9th annual No Quarter Exhibition. Each year we commission four new games from four artists — our mission is to help nurture game design for public spaces and to support unique and bold voices in the game design community. Please join us…
Vector festival is a participatory and community-oriented initiative dedicated to showcasing experimental new media art that draws on digital game technologies and wide-ranging creative media practices. Presenting exhibitions, screenings, performances, lectures, and workshops, Vector festival is organized by Interaccess in Toronto, Canada, and acts as a critical bridge between emergent digital platforms and new media…
IndieCade: Evolving the Game IndieCade accepts and encourages a host of interactive experiences and honors all types of innovative play. From cutting edge digital narratives, large scale social mobile, tabletop games, alternative controller, and augmented reality to LARP's, immersive theater, 360 videos, and procedural strategy games, IndieCade highlights the breadth and depth of innovation in…
"Now in its second decade, IndieCade is the premiere international event dedicated to celebrating independent interactive media from around the globe."
IndieCade Anywhere and Everywhere is IndieCade’s online festival for 2022 and will be held the weekend of October 1st. This online event is built from the ground up specifically to highlight and feature games of all types, along with their creators, from around the world.
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