November 2013 Game Event Roundup
Welcome back to another edition of the Toronto Games Event and News Roundup!
As well, don’t forget to check out the Toronto Gaming Calendar, that will be updated as more events become announced throughout the month. (Remember, the calendar can also be added to your googlecal.) Note only the events marked with an asterisk are Hand Eye events — for the rest, we’re just signal boosting for this amazing community.
Toronto Video Game Events
Friday, November 1 to Sunday, November 3: Gamercamp: Highlights include the free TOJam Party on Friday night, the Salon Speakers series, the kid-friendly Arcade, and so much more — check it out!
*Saturday, November 2: Game Curious: Exploring The Untapped Art of Video Games (this week has a focus on educational and political games)
MakerKids 25hour Gameathon Fundraiser For SickKids (Through Extra Life)
LightHack at Social Game Universe
Monday, November 4: Games With Friends #44
Bit Bazaar Workshop for making physical objects for your games
Friday, November 8: Toronto Long Winter with games curated by Dames Making Games
Saturday, November 9:No Jam 2: Video video Workshop Day 1
*Game Curious: Exploring The Untapped Art of Video Games (Final Session)
Friday, November 15: Skillswap: Project Management and You
*Saturday, November 16: WordPlay Festival of Writerly Games
Saturday, November 16 – Sunday, November 17: No Jam 2: Video video
Monday, November 18: Games With Friends #45
Wednesday, November 27: Torontaru
Local Game Releases
The Yawhg and Rollers of the Realm were both Greenlit on October 29th!
Toronto Folks In The Media
No Meda Kings’ and Hand Eye Society’s own Jim Munroe landed an Artist-in-Residency gig at the AGO!
Kaitlin Tremblay’s Twine, Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before, was reviewed by Porpentine on Rock, Paper, Shotgun.
Droqen’s Starseed Pilgrim was discussed on Medium.
Drinkbox Studio’s Guacamelee! found all its TV tropes.
Phantom Compass’s Rollers of the Realm was featured on Red Couchin’s CouchCast, over at Polygon, and also at LA Time’s HeroComplex for their IndieCade showcase.
Speaking of IndieCade, Capy won best level design for Super Time Force, and Towerfall and Cellar Door Games’s Rogue Legacy got Best of Shows mentions on My Geek Review.
Kara Stone’s MedicationMeditation was featured on Kill Screen, which then got picked up by The Atlantic.
Gamemaking Help Wanted/Offered In October
Looking for a Unity 3D programmer. Part-time/~1 month contract. Paid. Game is in 3D, GUI is NGUI, networking is Photon. Message me or Quick Fix Inc for details.
Are you a weird 3D artist? Not a lot of orcs or tanks in your portfolio? Maybe you want to jam at the next Verold hackathon with me! We made this last time. Email me a link to your stuff and we’ll talk!
To post an ad for gaming help wanted or offered, check out the Help Wanted/Offered section on our website, or email Kaitlin.
That’s all for now! If there’s any December events or Toronto video games news, releases, and rad media coverage you want shared, don’t hesitate to pass it along to Kaitlin via email or on Twitter.
