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.

Further information: games and contact list

Show your game and drink a beer. In this monthly meetup, Dutch developers and their (international) friends invite you to play each other’s games, give feedback and informally enrich your professional network.

The Magnology is a new hybrid community convention that unites games, manga, cosplay, comics and entertainment in one event. There will be game jams, an indie booth, cosplay workshops, meet and greets with voice actors, exclusive livestreams and many more exciting events in which the community aspect is the most important.

For more information, see the website.

This edition of Game Bakery Meetups series is about designing games to play with friends or against foes! This evening focuses on the design aspects of designing games for multiple people to play together.

The meetup will be opened by Daan Mulder, who will shed light on the design choices of synchronous-turn based strategy game Epicinium. Following him will be Freek Verheijde to talk about BlauwPrint’s local multiplayer games. More info about this will follow in the coming week.

The meetup features a showcase, for which there are 10 slots. If you have a project to present, or a tech demo to show off, sign up here: http://www.gamebakery.nl/showcase

Programme

17.00 Doors open and showcase setup
18.00 Opening talk by Daan Mulder
18.20 Microtalk by Freek Verheijde
18.30 Networking
20.00 End of showcase

About Game Bakery Meetups

Game Bakery Meetups is a series of networking events for game developers strongly themed towards different disciplines. Anyone who either works in this field or is looking for talent is welcome to join. The Meetups include complimentary drinks, courtesy of Game Bakery, and a showcase.

It is one of the largest international conferences on serious and applied games. This year’s theme is “prove and move”.

PROVE

How can you show your new game in its best light? What proof will customers be looking for that your game will really make a difference? Learn from serious games and applications with proven effect. New games need to be supported by product validation, documentation, etc. All skills that you can learn from fellow attendees. Make sure you maximize your chances of success by checking your development plans against the experience of already successful game designers. Fame and fortune await the best!

AND MOVE

Timing is everything and knowing when to move ahead with your product is critical to success. Do you have the appropriate business model? Are your customers identified and prepared to accept you as a partner in innovation and transformation of healthcare or society? To match and check your ideas we offer you the right audience; stakeholders in health care, policy- and decision makers, governmental authorities, investors and of course, potential customers.

BENEFIT

For many healthcare directors, policymakers, governmental authorities and insurers the essential benefits serious games offer is still undiscovered. Meet and discuss with them how they can use the beneficial effects to achieve sustainable healthcare and society.

AND ADD VALUE

Value-Based Healthcare needs completion and implementation. Serious games offer huge current and future opportunities for enterprising and enthusiastic developers looking to provide Value Based Healthcare in a playful context.

For more information: www.gamesforhealtheurope.org or mail: info@gfheu.org

Games for Health Europe is a not for profit organisation.

GameForce is the biggest gaming convention in Belgium and takes you into the world of games, VR, esports, cosplay, indies, retro and hardware. You can also get a lot of excellent bargain deals at the event!

Get your tickets here.

The next White Nights conference will gather game industry stars from all over the world on October 16-17, 2018 in Moscow. Over 1,300 attendees are expected.

Supercell, Fingersoft, Appodeal, Game Insight, Nevosoft, Playrix, Google, Unreal Engine, VK, MRGV, APPCPI, Facebook, G5 Games, Social Quantum, Pixonic, Unity, Lab Cave, Corona and many other companies have already confirmed their participation. The program will be available at the beginning of September on the conference website.

• Looking for a publisher?
• Wish to get supported by major platforms?
• Need to gather valuable feedback from industry guru and fellow colleagues?
• Seeking an investor?

If you answer “Yes” to one or more of the questions above, then the Developer Exhibition is just what you need. Every team participating in the showcase will receive an awesome mini-booth absolutely for free! Also, this is a great chance to take part in the Deconstruction Workshop where game dev experts will share their opinions on game design, monetization, game mechanics, game cycles and social aspects. Tick off ‘Yes’ to the ‘Would you also like to take part in the Deconstruction Workshop’ question in the form below! Best projects will get valuable prizes and attention of publishers and platforms.

Book your booth today, apply now via this link. A great game and a conference pass are all you need! We are accepting applications until September, 25.

The conference also includes great networking events: a badge pick-up pre-party to be held on the day preceding the event and the main all-night party sponsored by Unreal Engine at the end of the first day.

To get the special 10% discount use the promo code DutchGameGardenWN10 on the conference website!

Het Ministerie van Economische Zaken en Klimaat (EZK) lanceert op 24 september 2018 in samenwerking met de Topsector Life Sciences & Health (LSH) een call gericht op de ontwikkeling van serious games. Deze games zijn gericht om mensen met ziekten of aandoeningen te helpen met het maken van keuzes. 

Meer info over de procedure staat hier. Geïnteresseerde ondernemers kunnen zich aanmelden voor de informatiesessie op donderdag 18 oktober via deze link.