Official opening Dutch Game Garden will take place in the building on Neude. The opening will be celebrated together with the second annual edition of INDIGO, a playable showcase for Dutch Independent Games. See for more information about the games on showcase the 2011 line up page here: http://www.indigoshowcase.nl/?page_id=1468
Second annual edition of INDIGO, a playable showcase for Dutch Independent Games. See for more information about the games on display the 2011 line up page here: http://www.indigoshowcase.nl/?page_id=1468 #Attendee
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Games-Meet-Film/120392268042963 Games meet Film: 48 hours games meet film crunch by MEDIAZOO @ BINGER FILM LAB. 9 European gamers and filmmakers work together on developing 3 text adventure games that will be placed on the LOUD platform.
http://www.dezwijger.nl/page/28247/nl GameLab #8 will talk about 2D & 3D with Richard Boeser (ibb & obb), Martin de Ronde (OneBigGame / Vanguard Entertainment) and others.
In Short * When: Monday, May 30th, 2011 * What: Theme: Spaces * Time: 15:00-19:00 (Speakers: 16:00; drinks till 21:00) * Where: De Duif (Prinsengracht 756, Amsterdam | Map) * RSVP: Available on Monday, May 16th, 12:00h via Meetup * Kevin Slavin (LinkedIn, @slavin_fpo) - Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer at Starling * Jyri Engeström…
http://www.creativegamechallenge.nl/ Competition for Highschool students to make games with Game Maker. Theme this year: Water.
Speaker - In June 2011, TEDxOslo will host its first TEDx event. Participants are invited to interact in an exchange of new ideas and shared passions. TEDxOslo will bring together innovators, explorers, teachers and learners in an environment that encourages collaboration, conversation and interaction. I will talk about game development communities (such as Global Game…
TEDxAmsterdam will do a TEDGlobal Simulcast at Boom Chicago in Amsterdam. I'll be giving a 10min talk based on my TEDxOslo talk of June 16.
"Day-long conference track with networking events aimed specifically at independent developers taking place on Thursday 21 July." "And as part of the Indie Dev focus this year, we’re also launching The Indie Showcase - running from 20–21 July in the Develop Expo – which will feature 10 unpublished independently developed games shortlisted by a panel…
Participating: "Located in the St Oberholz café in the popular Mitte district of Berlin, BIGJam offers programmers, designers, artists and musicians from around the world a chance to work together on exciting independent game projects in a relaxed, creative environment."
"After Leveling Up in the Netherlands (2003), Changing Views in Canada (2005), Situated Play in Japan (2007) and Breaking New Ground in England (2009) the 5th DiGRA Conference returns to the Netherlands for THINK DESIGN PLAY. Join us at our serious playground and participate in a meaningful dialogue between all players in the field of…
"Game-City is an artevent which brings the interaction between games and art in perspective. The event involves a 7 week exhibition in the CBK ‘s-Hertogenbosch and a weekly programm in colaboration with other cultural organisations in ‘s-Hertogenbosch." Game-City website.
October 13, 2011 - 's-Hertogenbosch. At Game-City I will host a gamestorm session between artists and game designers. 16 game designers / audio designers / artists will meet each other in a gamejam like setting, to meet, exchange and collaborate on creating concepts for games or playful installations. At the end of the day they…
A CONFERENCE ABOUT PLAY, GAMES & INNOVATION - Attending Playful is a one-day event all about games and play — in all their manifestations, throughout the contemporary media landscape. It's a conference for architects, artists, designers, developers, geeks, gurus, gamers, tinkerers, thinkerers, bloggers, joggers, and philosophers. Thisisplayful.com
Videogame festival, Nottingham, UK. - Attending. "GameCity, Europe’s biggest and best-loved videogame culture festival! Based in Nottingham’s Old Market Square, GameCity takes over the city centre between October 26th-29th 2011. The festival is mostly free to attend and there are loads of events suitable for all ages. It’s overflowing with fun, playful, interesting things to do during…
Looking for more game industry events?
Check Jurie Horneman’s excellent gameconfs directory.
Looking for festival submission deadlines?
Have a look at the excellent promoter app calendar.
Events for the Dutch industry:
Game Industrie Kalender / DGG / Courage Events
