IndieCade Festival 2009
October 1-4, 2009, Culver City (Los Angeles), California
IndieCade’s main festival is a juried competition of independent games from around the world.
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IndieCade relies on support from the community to highlight the cutting edge in independent gamemaking. Consider becoming a Friend of IndieCade at one of four levels: Hero, Elite Hero, Master, and Epic Master.
All Friends of IndieCade will be acknowledged by name or anonymously in all materials and events over the course of the year. Masters will also be entitled to a discount on festival/ conference tickets and invitations to VIP invite-only events.
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Recent Blogging
IndieCade Indie Game Slam @ Art History of Games
On Saturday, February 6, IndieCade co-hosted the closing party for the Art History of Games
with the IGDA Atlanta Chapter at the W Midtown in Atlanta. The format was an "Indie Game Slam" in which participants could sign up for three minutes to show their independently produced games. We had a packed house, and 14 games all of which were cool and interesting in various ways. Among the treats, Jesper Juul showed his Global Game Jam game, which is a hoot, and Eric Zimmerman previewed a new as-yet-unreleased game. Click on the full post to see a complete list of the games presented.
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Art History of Games, Atlanta, February 4-6, 2010
The Art History of Games is a three-day public symposium and exhibition jointly organized by SCAD Atlanta and the Georgia Institute of Technology! The event will provide a venue for artists, scholars and game developers to discuss games as a form of art as well as set the path for conversations going forward.
February 4-6, 2010
Rich Auditorium at the High Museum of Art
1280 Peachtree St N.E., Atlanta GA 30308
Register at: http://arthistoryofgames.com/registration
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IndieCade Congratulates 2010 IGF Finalists.
IndieCade Europe 2009 @ GameCity Nottingham read more
IndieCade Award Videos! read more
IndieCade applauds 2009 finalists and awardees! read more
LA Times Calls IndieGame “Video game industry’s Sundance” read more
IndieCade 2009 - The Finalists - With Added Links! read more
Acknowledgements
Presenting Sponsors & Partners
The Culver City Redevelopment Agency
The Culver Hotel
The Ivy Substation / Actor’s Gang Theater
The Wonderful World Art Gallery
Gregg Fleishman Gallery
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Principal Sponsors & Partners
EA Partners
Electronic Entertainment Research and Design (EEDAR)
Best Buy
Game City
Rush Street
Royal T
Siggraph 2009
Contributing Sponsors & Partners
Microsoft XNA
Imago Printing
Thatgamecompany
Westfield
ONE PR Studio
Young & Rubicam
Friends and Patrons
Adobe
Garage Games
Eagle Sports
The Hollywood Hill
Jonathan Blow
Jeff Roberts
Lost Moon Radio
Psychic Bunny
Theme Park Studios
Mary Margaret Network
Gaming Angels
IGDA Women in Games SIG
IGDA Indie SIG
Upcoming Appearances
In addition to its main festival, IndieCade holds a series of showcase and topic-specific events designed to highlight independent games in a variety of venues. The selection of games for these events are drawn from the annual submission pool of games depending on the requirement of each venue.
IndieCade @ SIGGRAPH, August 5 - 7, 2009, New Orleans, LA
IndieCade 2009 Main Festival, October 1 - 4, 2009, Culver City, CA
IndieCade Europe @ GameCity, October 27-31, 2009, Nottingham, UK
In the Media
"...a host of independent titles are busy proving that — despite much evidence to the contrary — video games really can explore and evoke the kind of emotional experiences that movies and books do." - MSNBC
"The ability to hear about independent games is starting to catch up to the ability to distribute them." - The Washington Post
"As fine artists get more involved with the industry, as developers take more risks and the indie scheme grows, we are seeing more and more innovative games; the medium is growing up” - BBC
"The Indie Games Showcase has been put together by a team from independent developer collective IndieCade and the International Game Designers' Association, and it is yet another testimony to the creative inspiration found in a garage." - Yahoo!
"...it was interesting to see how the independent spirit on display at the booth spilled out across the rest of the show." - IGN
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