WordPlay is our free festival celebrating the most interesting uses of writing and words in contemporary games. Each year there will be a curated game showcase, talks by creators about the craft, and ways for the public to learn about making games.

The 8th annual WordPlay Festival takes place Saturday, November 21st & 22nd 2020!

Stream starts at 11am EST on Saturday and Sunday!

➡️twitch.tv/handeyesociety⬅️

Free!

 

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SCHEDULE

 

Saturday

Josh Labelle

Xalavier Nelson Jr.

Dhruv Jani

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Sunday

Kaelan Doyle Myerscough

Sharang Biswas

Kinsey Erickson

 

Hello everyone! Wordplay is here and we’re so excited to be able to put on this event to feature so many amazing games, speakers and artists and AHH! It’s finally here! This blog will have links to all the information you need to know about the festival this Saturday and Sunday. We will be streaming the event exclusively on our Twitch channel and well as our Discord channel for those who aren’t 

Here are the featured speakers for Saturday and Sunday! This is definitely our best lineup so far and we’re so happy to be able to bring their expertise to you.

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Here are the features games for the festival! Please consider supporting these awesome creators! Follow them, engage with them, tell others about their work! Also, the commissioned games creators who are working on their game and we will share their completed works in a followup blog post! We’re so excited to see what they make!

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Credits

Festival Director
Royel “Rokashi” Edwards

Executive Director(s)
Len Predko & Sagan Yee

Director of Operations
Amanda Wong

Editor/Director of Technology
Jordan Sparks

Animators
Paige Lincecum
Emily Hammersley-Ambroise
Miranda Juncos

Volunteer Coordinator
Aaron Demeter

Volunteers
Riggy El-Shebiny
Elissa Park
Nelson Kim
Denise Gutierrez Maldonado

 

Special thanks to Ontario Creates. With their support events like WordPlay are possible, so thank you so much!