The Prince Claus Fund together with the VALUE Foundation have opened Culture Arcade to draw attention to games as a creative means of understanding other cultures. Through video games and narratives, players can enter the reality of people they may know little about, particularly in the countries where the Fund is active, in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

You can visit (and play at) the Culture Arcade every Wednesday and Thursday from 13:00-17:00 and every Saturday from 10:00-17:00 until 12th October 2018. More information about the gallery here.

Tutorials:

At Culture Arcade, join in on a workshop to reconstruct damaged cultural heritage sites using Minecraft. The reconstructions are inspired by the Prince Claus Fund’s previous rescue operations of heritage threatened by natural disasters or conflict situations. During these special public workshops, you will learn about the cultural heritage and collaboratively play in Minecraft. The public workshops are open to participants of all ages and free of charge. Materials and equipment are all present in the Culture Arcade. The workshop leaders will provide information on the cultural heritage site and guide participants both in play and in discussions. Buy your tickets here.

Save the date for Hubfest 2018. Hubfest 2018 is a two-day startup and investor ecosystem festival, taking place on the 20th and 21st of September in The Hague, The Netherlands. Hubfest is the catalyst for startup ecosystem interaction, bringing the coolest accelerators, startups, investors, and innovation hubs in one place. This edition is all about how to prepare your startup for internationalization. Join for the boot camp, pitch your startup, visit talks and workshops and make connections at the deal-making area.

The Hubfest Start-up Bootcamp is designed to teach start-ups how to be more effective at fundraising. How to think like an investor? How to raise money the smarter way? The Start-up Bootcamp is a unique opportunity to prepare for transitioning from running a start-up to running a business and growing beyond the Netherlands. Paul Kallmes, Head of The Vault Angel Accelerator in San Francisco organizes this three-hour program both days of the festival. RSVP for the Bootcamp here.

EGX the UK’s biggest video games event. Come along and you’ll find the most anticipated console and PC games, all playable weeks or months before they’re released. EGX also have presentations by game designers from world-renowned studios, areas dedicated to esports, the opportunity to meet and chat with game creators and loads more.

Hosting 75,000 gamers over four days and showcasing everything from the newest blockbusters to vintage board games, it has consistently attracted glowing reports from exhibitors and attendees alike. If you’d like to be part of the event, fill out the form.

EGX 2018 takes place at the NEC in Birmingham on the 20th to 23rd September. Visit the location page for more information on the venue.

Come and meet Omar Gilani Art & Illustration, a digital artist from Pakistan. Omar’s imagination takes his country into a fantasy future. Lose yourself in his future world at the Culture Arcade in the Prince Claus Fund Gallery. Omar is a digital artist, illustrator, and designer from Peshawar, Pakistan. He was trained as an engineer, with an MSc in Mechanical Design and an MPhil in Robotics. He wanted a career more in line with his interests and started working as a visual designer and consultant. That took him into corporate design, mobile games and apps, animated TV series and product marketing campaigns. Gilani’s work was supported by the Prince Claus Fund in 2017. Read more about Omar here: https://tinyurl.com/y9qklur6

On Friday 21 September you can hear Omar’s story – how he became a digital artist, how he explores Pakistan in an alternative reality and – to his great delight – how he makes trucks fly! Doors will open at 17:15, the event will start at 17:30.

Together with SAGANET and RAGE, Dutch Games Association invites you to join on September 28th for a playful afternoon focused on a dialogue to answer the question ‘What makes a good game?‘ with the help of three main topics:

• Quality of games: How to improve quality in games?

• Quality of game development: How do we secure the quality of processes?

• Quality of the game industry as a branch: How to align the large number of small, independent players?

They will bring you an inspiring afternoon full of content by some of the most influential professionals from the industry. Multiple games will be showcased and playable, and then the winner of the SAGANET Award will be presented.  At the end of the day, RAGE’s portal system will be officially launched, which will be celebrated by raising the glasses during drinks.

Tickets, program and more information can be found at: dutchgamesassociation.nl/events/what-makes-a-good-game

On Sunday 30 September, game designer Adriaan de Jongh (1990) will host a night about independent game production. Adriaan is known for his indie-game hit HIDDEN FOLKS (2017). This search game received a Golden Calf nomination for Best Interactive 2017 and was awarded the Apple ‘iPad game of the year 2017’. Together with a group of international indie game designers, Adriaan will discuss the art and science of game development.

The whole evening will be in English.

Guests: Marius Winter, Nina Freeman & Sokpop

Tickets: €10,00 (early birds) | €12,50 (normal)