Sentences with phrase «indie games festival»

The indie games festival not only exhibits games but also sets up playtests, workshops, talks, and other events to help facilitate growth for game developers.

For more indie game news here at Indie Obscura, be sure to check out our initial coverage of Google's first indie games festival, the impressive array of indie games offered in September's PlayStation Plus program, and why HTC invested millions in the indie startup company Steel Wool Studios.

IndieCade began as an indie games festival in Culver City, California, with a focus on experimental and message games, as well as indie game post-mortems, collaborative game dev challenges, indie game awards, and game development skill shares.

In the hope of one day escaping the confines of the AAA games industry, in 2004 she co-founded Australia's indie games festival Freeplay, and now she is free.

In five short years, BitSummit has established itself as Japan's leading indie games festival, growing year after year since its humble beginnings as an industry - only event, and blooming into Japan's second - largest annual gaming event.

Platinum Games made the announcement during a talk at an indie games festival called BitSummit on May 13, confirming that it's working on several titles, including «something that changes the concept of an action game.»

In 2015, Indie MEGABOOTH joined forces with BitSummit organizers to assist in expanding the Kyoto based event into the largest and leading indie games festival in Japan.

At Kyoto's Bitsummit indie games festival, we had the chance to have some hands - on time and chat to the developers of «playdough» platform puzzle game Semblance, from South African developer Nyamakop.

Now in its sixth year, BitSummit is the leading and largest annual indie games festival in Japan and will take place on May 12 and 13 in Kyoto.

Taking place on May 12th and 13th, BitSummit is the largest annual indie games festival in Japan, and we're excited to announce that we'll be showcasing 31 games there from all over the world.

At Kyoto's Bitsummit indie games festival, we had the chance to have some hands - on time and chat to the developers of «playdoug...

Released simultaneously on PC and Wii to much acclaim, the title also scored plenty of praise from indie games festival judges, and also taught many a thing or two about digital distribution; Carmel and Gabler ran a one - year - anniversary «pay what you want» offer which allowed players to choose their own price for the game.

As the biggest indie games festival in Japan, BitSummit will feature some of the best of Japanese indie development, from worldwide known studios such Q - Games to cult developers like RIKI.

At Kyoto's Bitsummit indie games festival, we had the chance to have some hands - on time and chat to the developers of «playdoug...

At Kyoto's Bitsummit indie games festival, we had the chance to have some hands - on time and chat to the developers of «playdough» platform puzzle game Semblance, from South African developer Nyamakop.

Abdullah is looking forward to participating in Indie Prize Berlin, seeing it as an important step for himself and are glad he could get a «hoppy» into one of the biggest indie games festivals.

The collective has brought together six of the most talented indie developers from around the world to create new games, all of which made their debut at the eighth - annual indie game festival, Fantastic Arcade, which took place in Austin, TX, November 17th through 19th, 2017.

It will also be playable at the A 5th of BitSummit indie game festival being held on May 20th and 21st at the Miyako Messe in Kyoto, Japan!

This presentation was recorded live at BitSummit MMXIV, the 2nd edition of the Kyoto - based indie game festival.

This is important (to my mind, as IGF Chairman) because there's been plenty of indie titles identified with the IGF and other indie game festivals - but rarely is there such direct causation in the game world between a public showing of an unreleased game, and a bigger publisher / distribution mechanism picking it up.

He explains that the catalyst for the indie community starting to form here was the success of Bitsummit in Kyoto, the first indie game festival in Japan.

BitSummit, Japan's largest indie game festival, is back!

Venus Patrol sister - organization JUEGOS RANCHEROS has just launched a bundle of five amazing and exclusive games making their debut at the seventh - annual indie game festival, Fantastic Arcade.

He co-founded indie game collective The House of Indie and is one of the main organizers of screenshake, Belgium's only indie game festival.

Not exact matches

An insider told TheWrap that Neon's game plan ahead of the festival was to build a slate from scratch with as many purchases as possible, chasing a similar business model as Oscar - winning indie darling A24.

As part of the London Games festival, indie developer The Chinese Room took part in a talk on the art of video games, giving an insightful glimpse into the behind the scenes development of their...

Game Awards Fan Favourite and Popular YouTuber John Bain A.k.a TotalBiscuit has in the final segment of the latest Co-Optional podcast, put out his thoughts on possibly organising an indie gaming festival / awards show hopefully within the next few years.

The game was nominated as Best Mobile Game at the SB Games independent game festival in Sao Paulo, was a Top 20 finalist at the Global Game Stars in San Francisco and was also a finalist at Indie Prize 2013 in Amstergame was nominated as Best Mobile Game at the SB Games independent game festival in Sao Paulo, was a Top 20 finalist at the Global Game Stars in San Francisco and was also a finalist at Indie Prize 2013 in AmsterGame at the SB Games independent game festival in Sao Paulo, was a Top 20 finalist at the Global Game Stars in San Francisco and was also a finalist at Indie Prize 2013 in Amstergame festival in Sao Paulo, was a Top 20 finalist at the Global Game Stars in San Francisco and was also a finalist at Indie Prize 2013 in AmsterGame Stars in San Francisco and was also a finalist at Indie Prize 2013 in Amsterdam.

It's been a busy time for indie games between festivals, and investors it has been a good time for indie games.

Come and play Knights and Bikes this Saturday in San Francisco at indie gaming festival Day of the Devs, which will feature 60 unreleased games, with live music from SCNTFC, Jim Guthrie, Phil Fish and Baiyon.

Following record entries for IGF's Main and Student competition, IGF Mobile organizers are reminding of a December 1st deadline for the third annual festival honoring handheld indie games.

This year the free festival features several games that will be playable for the first time, including Knights and Bikes, Moblets, and Yooka Laylee, among other new and unreleased indie titles, as well as food trucks, art exhibits and live music sets by SCNTFC, Darren Korb, Jim Guthrie and Baiyon.

The video game industry has typically been represented at SXSW by indie developers and app makers, but it's hard to do a technology and entertainment festival that doesn't embrace the mainstream video game world.

Double Fine Productions and iam8bit are teaming up for the fourth annual Day of the Devs, a festival that brings together the gaming community to celebrate the indie games that inspire and delight fans of all ages.

Within six months, his debut game, Retool, started gaining attention and became a finalist in the 2015 Strasbourg Indie Game Contest, where the public were able to play the game during the festival in Strasbourg, Fragame, Retool, started gaining attention and became a finalist in the 2015 Strasbourg Indie Game Contest, where the public were able to play the game during the festival in Strasbourg, FraGame Contest, where the public were able to play the game during the festival in Strasbourg, Fragame during the festival in Strasbourg, France.

Now their new project, Disco Flip, has won the Audience Award at Game Scope, an Indie Prize Partner event and Denmark's largest games festival.

Chicago's first Indie Games festival celebrates games that create social play, feature alternative controls, or promote community diversity.

The classic example of a cultural intermediary is a marketer, whose job it is to make products look appealing to potential customers, but the concept can be applied to a wide range of pursuits beyond marketing and PR: film festival programmers, cocktail bartenders, personal trainers, country music producers, and, we think, indie game showcase organizers.

Local Crafters: Support the «little guy» - this festival is dedicated to highlighting independent («indie») game designers, the moral equivalent of «mom and pop shops» for the gaming industry.

Our idea is supported by communities like Indie MEGABOOTH, indieDB and festivals like the Nordic Game Festival & SCREENSHAKE, Patrick Seibert the founder of the initiative said.

Fantastic Arcade, the indie games showcase spun off and run alongside Austin's genre film festival Fantastic Fest, is accepting submissions for titles that will be featured at the event and included in its competition.

In total, the GDC 2013 co-located festival attracted 589 Main Competition entries from both already renowned indie developers and first - time entrants, just topping the record - breaking 567 games that the show saw in 2012.

In any case, kudos must go to individuals such as Alex Dunne who originated the Independent Games Festival at GDC so early in the history of indie games, and it's great to see what was output for that first festival.

Johann Sebastian Joust is a game you've probably only heard of if you're invited to trendy indie festivals, which is criminal because it looks like a lot of fun.

Then, recently, the Hand Eye Society teamed up with the Toronto Independent Film Festival on an event called the Arcadian Renaissance, an arts festival where custom - built arcade cabinets played host to indie game s from the community.

Every year in the last week of April, Berlin celebrates games with an indie festival, business meet - up, specials and a retro games market at the Computer Games Museum, and the Computer Games Award Lara.

[Fantastic Video is a regular Venus Patrol feature where we recap the goings - on of the 2012 installment of Austin's Fantastic Arcade, the indie - game spinoff of Alamo Drafthouse's genre film festival Fantastic Fest.

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After showing the game at festivals such as White Nights (Moscow), Indie Games Play (Paris) and Indie Prize (Tel Aviv), we are confident that the full game can be a very enjoyable addition to all arcade lovers collections.