SummerMeet DutchGameMusic - meetup for people interested in game music in The Netherlands. Schedule: 15:00 -18:00 • Half a year DutchGameMusic: What goals are reached and what are the plans • presentation collaboration project MiMM / UU / HKU: ”A history of the Game-Music" • presentation Buma / Stemra & discussionround special interest group gamemusic 'borrel;…
"igfest is Bristol's very own interesting games festival - street games, outdoor spectacles, mass social interaction, the reclamation of public urban spaces for play and adventure. Founded in 2008, the festival has now had four outings." From the website: Our games are different. The games are all about unique connections between people and places. We…
"Free festival of games and play, spreading out across the South Bank in London." "Newly reimagined parlour games, social gaming, adventures in the world of cinema and cleverness and nonsense in equal measure are just a few of the things you can expect to see over the course of the Hide and Seek Festival London…
Part of XOXO festival, a celebration of disruptive creativity - event by Andy Baio and funded through kickstarter, XOXO Arcade is an indie game arcade curated by Venus Patrol From the kickstarter page: All but one of the games are publicly unavailable, either unreleased or exhibited only at events, and most of the game's designers will be…
"Hide&Seek brings you a conference day intended to illuminate the latest and best thinking around the subject of public play." From the website: Games are entering the cultural mainstream and becoming part of our civic life, creating a set of challenges and opportunities for professionals tasked with managing public spaces. Through a series of talks…
"Freeplay is Australia’s longest running independent games festival exploring the intersection of indie development, culture, arts and education." From the website: As games emerge as the dominant art-form of the 21st century, Freeplay is committed to exploring the creative and artistic opportunities of the form, showcasing the best of local indie development to the world,…
Part of Fantastic Fest - Fantastic Arcade showcases indie games and features a jam, talks and parties. From the website: Fantastic Arcade introduces the worlds of fantastic film and independent games to one another over cocktails. At Fantastic Arcade, we showcase a curated selection of brand new independent games as well as a larger sampling…
"The Boston Festival of Indie Games (Boston FIG) is an annual celebration of independent games, their creators, and the fans who play them" From the website: Co-presented by MIT Game Lab and Boston Indies, Boston Festival of Indie Games is a debut celebration of independent game development with emphasis on the New England region. Boston…
Women in Games Europe Conference 2012 (tentative) From the website: This year’s women in games conference is to take place on September 26th 2012 in London. The second pan European conference for women is being organised by Women in Games Jobs (WIGJ) aided by an Advisory Board of successful women from the industry. The conference…
Eurogamer Expo 2012 opens up space again for the Indie Games Arcade and showcases titles from indie game developers from the UK and from around the world. Submissions: still accepting Website: http://www.eurogamer.net/expo/whats-on#indie-arcade Curated by David Hayward, Rock Paper Shotgun Photos 2011 (zo-ii) From the website: Everyone loves playing blockbuster titles like Assassin's Creed 3 and Resident Evil…
"The Wild Rumpus brings together the best of indie mutliplayer videogames for the most unique events of crazy, exuberant, social and sometimes physical gameplay." From the website: The Wild Rumpus games line ups turn conventional videogame culture on it’s head. Closer in spirit to party, playground, or even drinking games, these are all games that…
"Indigo, the yearly showcase of talented Dutch game developers, will be held in the city hall of Utrecht this year. On Friday 28th and Saturday 29th September 2012, game developers from the Netherlands present their latest work to an audience of industry professionals and the general audience. " More info: http://www.indigoshowcase.nl
"An international street games festival taking place in Athens hosting big games, design & technology workshops and city wide fun". From the website: Are you ready to come together and dance with stoplights, win epic battles, concur the streets, “run” in the Athens Plaython? The city’s first ever street games festival is happening the weekend…
"The IndieCade Festival is the only stand-alone independent-focused game event in the U.S.A. It is open to the industry and to the public." From the website: Events include a festival workshops, keynotes, and family-focused activities, meet-and-greets with game creators, hands-on gameplay with a GameWalk and big games, and numerous social events. The 2012 IndieCade Festival…
"Playful is a one-day conference all about games, play, interaction, behaviour and everything that comes with looking at the world through fun eyes." From the eventbrite ticket page: This is Playful’s fifth year, and the loose theme is DIY - more punk, less spirit levels. Greg and Richard are ageing punks in the making, and have…
One of the most fun and friendliest game festivals in the UK: GameCity: "It’s a unique exploration of what videogames really mean to the people who play them and the people who make them too." From the website: Welcome to GameCity, Europe’s biggest and best-loved videogame culture festival! Experience a huge range of playful events in and around…
"PLAYING THE GAME: Videogames, Home Brew, Indie Games, Game Art - Curated by VJ VISUALLOP" From gamescenes website: PLAYING THE GAME will take place in Milan on October 27-28 2012 as part of IF - Imagine the Future, an initiative sponsored by the Province of Milan Chamber of Commerce. The event focuses on PLAY and features three main areas: - Indie…
"Extended Play launched in 2011 as Southwest's first, and only, indie games festival. This year’s ExPlay promises to be bigger and better" From the press release: Building on the success of the inaugural ExPlay festival that took place in Plymouth in 2011 with keynotes from TIGA CEO Richard Wilson and Lara Croft creator Ian Livingstone,…
"Exile Jam is an extended weekend where you create games and technology as a team or alone". From the Facebook Event page: Exile Jam is an extended weekend where you create games and technology as a team or alone. You can start a new project with new people, or finish something in dire need of…
"The PICTOPLASMA NYC CONFERENCE once more stages the world’s leading and largest celebration of contemporary character culture, with a dense, two day program of inspiring artist presentations, conference lectures, animation festival and performances" From the website: The event’s unique mix of screenings, talks, presentations and parties has proven to be immensely inspiring, while the lively…
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Events for the Dutch industry:
Game Industrie Kalender / DGG / Courage Events