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Our comic and white paper on alternative modes of videogame production is launching in Montreal a week today! Discuss co-ops, unions and nab a free comic in person, or watch on livestream: gameartsinternational.networ…
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THAT'S MY JAM is a new GAIN project that studies the importance of jams -- we're looking to interview game jammers who've turned their jam project into a commercial game or are a developer who uses game jams at their studio. Honorarium for those selected: gameartsinternational.networ…
Job Posting, Closes Oct 5: UCLA Department of Design Media Arts: Open-Rank Professor of Games (Tenure-Track/Tenured)
recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF0966…
Two days left to submit games and pitches for talks to @fantasticarcade at the Museum of Human Achievement in Austin TX: moha.wiki/Fantastic_Arcade_O…
GAIN's executive director Jim Munroe is interviewed about tonight's game curation for @agotoronto readfoyer.com/article/video-…
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Halfway of our goal! 🥹
We are so appreciative of the community that has come together to help.
Please support how you can (RTs and likes appreciated!): paypal.com/donate?campaign_i…
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Are you coming to Toronto Games Week? torontogamesweek.com/schedul…
Poster by Nicholas Di Genova
@gameartsnetwork @omarieclaire @nomediakings
ALT A poster for Toronto Games Week, June 13-19, 2024: a celebration of playful arts and culture. The poster is a light cream colour with a stylized logo. There are many characters and objects illustrated on the page connected with thin lines, like an arcade cabinet with arms and legs, a sad monster mushroom, a plant, eyeglasses, a cat, and a game wizard.
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Attention game preservation folks! @museumofplay will be hosting the Save the Games Symposium August 21-22, 2024 and the call for presentations is now live:
museumofplay.org/save-the-ga…
Due date for abstract submissions is March 1st, so spread the word!
Interesting to see this showcase going the non-profit route.
Donate $100 or more and get a HUGE bundle of Steam codes featuring stellar alumni from past Day of the Devs including:
☀️@SabotageQc's Sea of Stars
🪲 @YoungHorses' Bugsnax
📻 @nightschoolers's Oxenfree II...
...And more!
Donate: dayofthedevs.com
For the first time since 2019, we're bringing back our "Videogame Arts Around the World" annual roundup courtesy of @LuOulton ! Cool event photo inspiration coming at you from Netherlands, Ethiopia, Tokyo, Buenos Aires and more! gameartsinternational.networ…
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Have you always wanted to create an event for the Toronto games community? Apply to our New Event Organizer program! NEOs get a $1000 honorarium, advice, and signal boosting for the event as an official part of June's Toronto Games Week! Jan 31 deadline: docs.google.com/forms/d/1AbT…
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Register now as member of the #AMazeAwards Selection Committee! Gain access to international #games + #playfulmedia works, give feedback to us and the artists and help choosing the nominees between Jan 15 - Feb 25. (And get a 25% festival discount too!)
👉 2024.award.amaze-berlin.de/
ALT JOIN THE A MAZE. SELECTION COMMITTEE
While @omarieclaire is on tour doing events in Japan for our comic exploring alternative game production modes like co-ops and unions, we're posting little excerpts from the white paper that informed it: gameartsinternational.networ…
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Come to my comic launch in Tokyo! We’ll make zines about games and work! @gameartsnetwork
📖 ✍️ 🎨 DECEMBER GÆMZ ALERT 🎨 ✍️ 📖
When: 11 December (Mon) 19:00-
Where: @asobudev & Discord
Special guest: @omarieclaire will host a little zine workshop! So come early if you can.
RSVP: eventbrite.co.uk/e/gmz-meetu…
Can’t wait to see you all!
ALT Cover art by Nomi, Marie, and Pen
Over the next few months we'll be posting little excerpts while @omarieclaire tours Change The Rules -- the first one debunks myths like "Decision-making is slow and co-operatives introduce new bureaucracy." See you soon, Vancouver and @DIGCommunity!
gameartsinternational.networ…
Job announcement ⚡️ Tenure-track Assistant or Tenured Associate/Full Professor in Games, UCLA Department of Design Media Arts recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF0883…
Open date: Oct 12, 2023
Next review date: Nov 11, 2023
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Just read through this and loved it. I think it portraits super well a lot of feelings of the work-life.
Our new project IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE GAME, CHANGE THE RULES will explore game production alternatives like co-ops, unions and 4-day work weeks -- in comic book form by @omarieclaire! Have insights on or experience with these modes? Please reach out! gameartsinternational.networ…
ALT a comic panel where two game creators in Montreal share their feelings.
Game Arts International Network retweeted
Ch-ch-ch-check it out
Wh-wh-wh-what's it all about.
It's about the same thing as always
GAME DEVELOPMENT IN TORONTO. (with that October 𝖋𝖑𝖆𝖛𝖔𝖚𝖗)
Bring some game
A R T
Try and be game
S M A R T
WEDNESDAY OCT 11 @ 8pm
AT THE @See_Scape
(Like and repost pls (ꈍᴗꈍ)♡)
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🚨OPPORTUNITY🚨
Hand Eye Society is looking for a new Executive Director!
We're lookin' for a particular someone who wants to make a difference and lead our non-profit to the future helping fund games for indie devs in Toronto!
RTs appreciated 🥰
handeyesociety.com/were-hiri…
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"If You Don’t Like the Game, Change the Rules" is a new comic by @omarieclaire about labor issues in the game industry. It's informative and heartfelt.
There is also a companion white paper drawn from interviews with game coops and unions.
Free PDFs here
gameartsinternational.networ…
