Generally, we know games to be entertaining and challenging, but in truth they can also carry restrictive or stigmatising messages. Playing Architecture is curated by Mélanie van der Hoorn, a cultural anthropologist, and designed by Dafne Wiegers (AHH), architect. The exhibition invites you to play, wonder and critically reflect on the nature and role of architecture games, with a wide array of Amsterdam-related examples.

The exhibition will be on display at Arcam from December 10 until May 28, 2023.

Join us in Utrecht on the 5th of April for our monthly Network Lunch!

Every first Wednesday of the month, Dutch Game Garden hosts a free networking lunch for the Dutch game industry in Utrecht. It is an opportunity for creative professionals, teachers, project leaders, future interns, students, potential clients, and others interested in the industry to meet, mingle and share their projects and questions.

Program (12:00 – 14:00)

• 12:00 – Doors open
• 12:05 – Opening presentation and announcements from Dutch Game Garden
• 12:10 – Shout-outs – share your announcement or question in 3 sentences!
• 12:15 – Lunch with games showcases

Showcasing

Want to showcase a game live during the Network Lunch and get valuable feedback? You can and it’s free, but we have limited spots available each lunch.
Dutch Game Garden can provide an office desk with a screen and power sockets or an INDIGO Cabinet, but please note that you need to bring your own laptop and mouse/keyboard/controllers.
More info and sign up through the showcasing form.

Sign up

Note: only through registration, limited places available. Sign up here.

Galaxy Grove is hosting an Unreal Engine get-together on April 12 at Dutch Game Garden. The get-together will be from 19.00 until 21.00 and the program consists of a talk that lasts half an hour, and an hour and a half of socializing and networking. Galaxy Grove has secured an interesting speaker who is prepared to share their insider games industry knowledge.

The speaker is Joost van Dongen. Joost has 15 years of industry experience and is one of the co-founders of Ronimo games (Awesomenauts, Swords & Soldiers, and more), where he was lead programmer, producer, and CEO before he started Galaxy Grove. He also created Robo Maestro, Cello Fortress, and Proun as a solo developer. Joost has won a Dutch Design Award and 6 Dutch Game Awards for his work. He will give us insight into how he made his recently released procedural music toy Robo Maestro.

Read more about the event here.

Test & Play is a gaming event that focuses on the Dutch Game Industry. They welcome everyone from gamers, game devs, content creators, to anyone in the Dutch Game Industry.

Game Taste invites students and game developers to come to showcase their upcoming games and/or game services that they offer within the Netherlands. Come make meaningful connections in a casual way and get a high score in the arcade afterward!

More info
Sign up here for free.

Together with ROM Utrecht, the Dutch Games Association will be hosting the first Serious Game Roundtable of 2023! The topic of the Roundtable will be Business Opportunities and Internationalization.

Program
On the 14^th of April, they welcome everyone in the serious games industry to join them for an afternoon full of knowledge, drinks, and networking. There will be a panel discussing different business opportunities and internationalization for serious game companies. The program will look as follows:

15:30 Doors open
16:00 Opening talk by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Maurits Berger)
16:30 Panel Business Opportunities & Internationalization (moderated by Sly Emenike). The panelists are Emily Jacometti (Hackshield), Tim Laning (Grendel Games), and Sjoerd Wennekes (Tover).
17:30 Drinks
19:00 End

The event will be held at ROM Utrecht, Euclideslaan 1, 3584 BL Utrecht and drinks and snacks will be included.

There are no costs involved, but they would like you to sign up here.

On Friday April 22nd 2022 Breda University of Applied Sciences will host the Everything Procedural Conference for a variety of lectures, talks and demonstrations in the field of procedural content generation for games. The event offers many opportunities to meet and share knowledge with fellow developers. You can join the conference at our beautiful campus in Breda or join the event online from the comfort of your home or office.

The Conference covers various topics ranging from procedural game design, level design, storytelling, world building to generative art. Presentations are provided by leading figures in the field, presenting procedural content application in companies from indie game development to AAA games. The event includes a masterclass in Powerful Procedural Workflows for Games on April 21st as well.

The Everything Procedural Conference previously took place in 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2021 and gained strong recognition as a leading conference in the field of procedural content for games.