The games made during the second incubator of the Difference Engine Initiative are here, along with screenshots and descriptions. Play a raging cyclist, an immoral prisoner, a space explorer, a Newfie adventurer, a memetic cat and a doughnut slaying questor.
The games of the DEI were showcased at the TIFF Bell Lightbox last month as a part of the Women in Film, Games and New Media Conference. If you missed it, you can watch the keynote and other videos here.
We’re not doing a Hand Eye Social in February, so we’re co-presenting D-Pad instead. D-Pad is a new series at Interaccess, an art gallery that has hosted the Torontron, put on by Skot Deeming, the organizer of Winnipeg’s Data Dances and other videogame event goodness.
Friday Feb. 3rd, door at 8pm (performances at 9:30)
Interaccess Gallery (9 Ossington Ave. at Queen W.)
$5
The GGJ brings together talented individuals from within your community. It is a unique opportunity for people to push their skills and challenge their way of working. Participants work concurrently with developers around the globe; we rally around a central theme, and then have 48 hours to create a game.
To find out how to register for this free event check out the official site.
If you’re interested in helping out (especially if you’re able to sponsor snacks or photograph the event) get in touch with them.
You’ll have to wait til the new year for the release roundup of the second Difference Engine Initiative incubator games, but in the meanwhile you can check out some game clips and interviews with the creators in this video.
Inspired? Check out this game jam being run by Dames Making Games:
JAMuary will aim to get first-time female game-makers to make their own first games during the month of January. We’ll be providing them with weekly group work sessions and peer mentoring at Site3, an online support and resource package, and an opportunity to present their games in public at a reception held on January 31st.
There’ll be time to meet the creators and play the videogames made through our Difference Engine Initiative if you missed your chance at our community presentations, a keynote by Leigh Alexander (who wrote this Gamasutra article about the DEI), and a panel with some of the DEI participants and Mare Sheppard hosted by Jade Raymond. Some promo copy:
Come meet the filmmakers, game developers, interactive producers, broadcasters, creative agencies, technology hackers and transmedia storytellers who can help your upcoming projects succeed in our evolving media landscape. In partnership with WIFT-T, this fantastic learning and networking opportunity is designed to introduce creators to emerging media technologies as well as offer them unique chances to meet professionals from across diverse sectors.
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