Reboot Develop Blue 2019
Sheraton, Dubrovnik Riviera Šetalište dr. F. Tuđmana 17 - 20207, Dubrovnik, Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska)The boutique game developers and games industry conference of Europe http://rebootdevelopblue.com/
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Curated calendar with indie game events, conferences and play festivals worldwide.
NZ Games Festival 2019
TBA, Wellington Wellington, New Zealandnz games festival is new zealand's own international celebration of gaming, for all ages. The week-long festival is centred around all things games - whether digital, tabletop or otherwise! It's our goal to ensure everybody has the opportunity to be included in the magic of games, so we aim to provide events for all demographics.From…
72 Hour Urban Action 2019
Lobeda Jena- Lobeda, GermanyFrom the website: 72 Hour Urban Action is the world's first real-time architectural competition where international teams design, build, sleep and party together to generate public interventions in a limited space within a short time and on a tight budget. It is a tool for resetting our perceptions of public space. This tool, taking the…
Freeplay 2019
RMIT Swanston Academic Building 445 Swanston St, Melbourne, AustraliaFreeplay 2019 — INTROSPECTION | May 7–12 Freeplay is Australia's longest-running and largest independent games festival. First established in 2004, Freeplay embraces the fringes, spotlights grassroots makers, and acts as a response to and critique of the status quo. We invite artists, designers, coders, writers, players, makers, critics, academics, and students for a celebration…
One2Play 2019
STUK Naamsestraat 96, Leuven, BelgiumInternational festival around artistic, cultural and socially relevant videogames. First edition. Exhibition, Arcade, Documentaries, Concert Mount Venus. In collaboration with STUK, Cultuurconnect, VAF/Gamefonds, stad Leuven en Cinema ZED.
Arcadia 2019
Join us for day packed full with an amazing array of leading game designers and thinkers co-curated in partnership with V&A Dundee. Coinciding with the latest V&A Dundee exhibition Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt, the day will bring together a world-leading group of diverse designers and radical thinkers whose work covers the spectrum of game-making; from practical design,…
V&A Dundee Tay Late: Press Play
V&A Dundee Dundee, United KingdomWhat does a videogames arcade made in 2019 look like? Find out for yourself at our raucous club night Join us for a night of jostle-inducing multiplayer games and intimate, reflective experiences. Our next Tay Late sees the independent and alternative games scene, both local and international, take over the museum. Co-curated by We Throw…
Feral Vector 2019
Hebden Bridge Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, United KingdomFeral Vector is not like other game design events. If you feel like an impostor at games events, you’re not only welcome here, we encourage you to attend. If you are in the videogames industry, but looking for more than it can give, Feral Vector is for you. Feral Vector is fundamentally about outside influences,…
BitSummit 2019
Miyakomesse Kyoto, Japan“BitSummit 7 Spirits” is the seventh iteration of the summit. BitSummit 7 Spirits will take place the weekend of June 1st and 2nd, 2019, and will be open to the public from 10:00am to 5:00pm each day. As has been tradition since the second BitSummit, all activities will take place at the Miyako Messe, the expansive…
Giocosamente Toffia Playfulness Festival 2019
Toffia Toffia, ItalyGiocosamente - Toffia Playfulness Festival From the website: A new Festival dedicated to Playfulness is about to be born. Playfulness as an attitude and disposition of character and it’s cultivation. How is Playfulness cultivated in life, in work, in education? How does Playfulness expand? How is it taught? How can playfulness make our lives more…
INDIGOx 2019
Speys Jaarbeurs Jaarbeursboulevard 302, Utrecht, NetherlandsFrom the website: INDIGO, Dutch Game Garden’s largest game showcase, returns in 2019 with a new name: INDIGOx, marking a new direction as well as the 10th edition of the event. INDIGOx takes place June 28th 2019 at Speys, Utrecht, the Netherlands. 2019 is the 10th anniversary of our INDIGO event. At the moment, we…
Playful Learning Conference 2019
Stamford Court Manor Road, Leicester, United KingdomPlayful 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 provide 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…
Vector Festival 2019
InterAccess 9 Ossington Avenue, Toronto, CanadaVector 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…
Isle of Games 002
IÐNÓ Vonarstræti 3, Reykjavík, IcelandIsle of Games 002 is the second installation of Isle of Games, a one day event that showcases alternative games and playful media from Iceland and abroad. At Isle of Games you can experience the weird, the beautiful, the artistic, and the cultural side of modern video games and its extended family. Before the exhibition…
IndieCade 2019
TBA, Santa Monica Santa Monica, United StatesIndieCade: 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…
IndieCade Europe 2019
BnF - Bibliothèque nationale de France Quai François-Mauriac, Paris, FranceIndieCade supports the development of independent games and organizes a series of international events to promote the future of indie games. It encourages, advertises and cultivates interactive media and their talent for innovation and art, in order to create a perspective as rich, varied and artful as possible for the public. IndieCade events, their productions and…
Game Happens 2019
Villa Durazzo Bombrini Genova, ItalyGame Happens (8-10 November @ Genova, Italy) is the international festival dedicated to the cultural, political and social impact of video games. The 2019 theme is Elements of Change. From 8th to 10th November 2019, Game Happens – the International Festival in Italy dedicated to the cultural, political and social impact of video games –…
PLAY19 – Creative Gaming Festival
Hamburg, Multiple Venues Hamburg, Germany"PLAY is the first an only festival worldwide to unite media art, discourse and education with the culture of digital games. It focuses on the creative utilization of digital games: invent, build, tinker, modify, program, dance, discuss - anything goes! PLAY is the festival for game enthusiasts and gamers, indie game developers and media artists,…
The Overkill 2019
De Museumfabriek Het Rozendaal 11, Enschede, NetherlandsGame Festival From the website: The Overkill is a playful festival which regroups an art exhibition, a selection of indie games (+ retro games + a mini LAN), an alternative movie program, live performances and many activities such as workshops, masterclasses, talks… all selected around our theme and presented together in an original and immersive…
GameOn 2019 – El arte en juego
San Martín Cultural Center Sarmiento 1551, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaIt is the first and only exhibition of art and video games in Argentina. This year the international event celebrates its 6th edition in the framework of November Electronic, the flagship event of Buenos Aires that invites dialogue between electronic arts and digital culture. Game On! explores the universe of artgames, experimental video games, alternative controls, interactive…
Looking for more game industry events?
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Events for the Dutch industry:
Game Industrie Kalender / DGG / Courage Events