Events

This is a calendar of upcoming pervasive games around the world - both individual games, and larger, organised events. If you're planning to run a game in your area, in whatever context, you're welcome to add it to the list with a date, time and location. (If you want some advice for running your own gaming event, we've got a Sandpit howto and a smaller event howto.)

If you want to keep up to date, there's an RSS feed of this page's updates. There's also an archive of past events, if you want to see what you've missed.

May 2009

Saturday 23rd

• BOGFest in Brighton, England

BOGFest is Brighton's first outdoors games festival.

http://bogfest.org.uk

Saturday 30th

• CityChase Portugal in Lisbon, Portugal

The City Chase is a unique urban adventure that requires participants to exhibit teamwork, resourcefulness, determination and the ability to make decisions on the fly as they search for ChasePoints scattered in unknown locations throughout the city.

http://www.citychaseportugal.com/main.htm

• Go Game for Good in London, England

The Go Game for Good is a technology-driven team experience which will stretch your creativity, teamwork and problem-solving skills - all whilst helping a good cause and having a massively fun time! Profits are going to two great causes - Raleigh and The Prince's Trust.

http://www.thegogame.co.uk/community

June 2009

Monday 1st

• Hide&Speak makers session in London, England

Hide&Seek hosts an evening of discussion about making pervasive games. This is a chance for makers and potential makers of pervasive games to talk about what works, what doesn't, how to get people playing, how to stop them from being run over, where to buy cheap ribbon or sports bibs, and anything else related to making and running pervasive games.

Speakers include Alex Fleetwood, Gethan Dick, Holly Gramazio, James Wallis, Manar Hussain and Simon Katan.

Book a place at http://hideandspeak.eventbrite.com/

Wednesday 3rd

• Sandpit #12: Interactive Storytelling in London, England

The Sandpit is at the Soho Theatre, focusing on interactive storytelling and including a day-long workshop. Games include Soho Spy Squad, Epit, Youdunnit, Theatre of Alienation, Greg McLaren’s Shoebox of Death, Conversation Piece and Search and Replace.

Booking details at http://sandpit.hideandseekfest.co.uk/sandpit-12

Friday 5th

• CryptoZoo Night Chase in San Francisco

Follow mysterious tracks through city streets and gardens on 1-mile chase of the nocturnal cryptids. The trail will lead you to a secret meeting spot, where we'll see if we can lure a few more species out for 1-block chases in the secret heart of the cryptid city...

Sunday 7th

• CryptoZoo Sneak Preview in San Francisco

Before the game's official launch in New York later in the month.

Friday 12th - Sunday 14th

• Come Out And Play 2009 in New York

Come Out & Play is happy to announce that we're turning New York City into a playground yet again! The festival will run from June 12-14. The Tank, a wonderful non-profit arts space, will play host and serve as our central headquarters. This gives all Come Out & Players easy access to nearly every subway line, Times Square, Hudson River piers and pedestrian greenways along the West Side Highway, and of course Manhattan's crown jewel - Central Park. We're going to have such a great time!

The festival is accepting game submissions until April 19.

http://www.comeoutandplay.org

Sunday 14th

• BARG#5: Market Pong, in Birmingham, England

Starts at 5pm, suggested donation £2 (so we can fund the next event).

Kicks off with a BARG-style ping pong tournament in, on and around the empty stalls of the outdoor market and then, via cabbage-rolling and Synapse shenanigans, to The Wellington pub and hopefully a prototype cake orchestra (no promises).

Details at http://barg.org.uk/make/market_pong/

Wednesday 24th

• Iglympics in Bristol, England

The interesting games lab celebrates sports as part of the Watershed's Let the Games Begin season. We are holding a mini Olympics of street games, interesting sports and mucking about.

Hosted by the Watershed, June's iglab will bring you some of the best street games and pervasive games to have been developed around the the theme of sports. Heading the Line up will be a mini tournament of Korean Lazer Ball. Like some kind of sport from a sci fi future, Korean Lazer Ball pits two teams of lazer gladiators against each other leaving them to shine bounce and dodge their way to the top of the league. We will invite the current world champion teams to defend their title against all-comers. More games in the iglympia will be announced closer to the date.

• Sandpit #13: Playtesting, Playtesting in London, England

The Sandpit is on the Clore Ballroom at the Royal Festival Hall, playtesting new games. If you have a game you'd like to try out, contact hello@hideandseekfest.co.uk.

July 2009

Friday 31st July - Sunday 2nd August

• Hide&Seek Weekender in London, England

A weekend-long Sandpit event in and around the Southbank area. Games will be scheduled from those that have already been playtested and proven at earlier Sandpit events.

If you want your game to feature in the weekend's play, you'll need to have run it at an earlier Sandpit (or other pervasive gaming) event. Contact hello@hideandseekfest.co.uk to discuss possible games.

Annual festivals

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