KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
IndieCade’s Keynotes feature presenters and projects at the front end of emerging trends, including participatory theatre, indie eSports, and lessons of failure from game design and beyond.
This year’s keynotes include:
- “Failing Better: A Peek into Failure-Positive Creativity” featuring Colleen Macklin and John Sharp
- “Participant Agency in Immersive Experiences: Playing the Accessible Unknown” featuring Meow Wolf Executive Producer Jenny Weinbloom and No Proscenium Editor Kathryn Yu!
- “Killer Queen, Catan, and The Sopranos” featuring BumbleBear’s Joshua DeBonis and Nikita Mikros
– Saturday the 12th
TALKS & PANELS
Join in conversations that inspire and inform from top creative leaders on such topics as innovating with AR; procedural design; the art of failure; wearable games; character design and costuming; music games; activist games; escape rooms; indie eSports; pinball design (yes it’s back!); the indie arcade scene and more!
– All three days
WORKSHOPS & CLINICS
A range of super-practical sessions that include talks by professionals in areas such as PR, Marketing, and legal matters. As well, developers will share practical experience in implementing their vision, including manufacturing custom controllers, marketing and community-building, and starting and selling a company.
– Thursday the 10th & Friday the 11th
ARTIST TALKS
Creative sessions from innovators whose games are Nominated to the 2019 IndieCade Festival.
– All three days
NETWORKING CHATS
Roundtable Conversations
IndieCade is a lively community and marketplace of ideas and practical knowledge-sharing, where working developers can learn from and network with each other, form new collaborations, and learn! Join other creators to share experience on topics of common interest.
– Thursday the 10th & Friday the 11th
UNCONFERENCE
An expansion on our signature Town Halls, add your own voice to the mix by leading your own session in our UnConference.
– Friday the 11th
MORE!!!
Performances, Presentations, & Screenings
– All three days
EDUCATOR SUMMIT
Our first ever Educator Summit focuses on two continuing education topics for high school teachers and others: Gamification of Classroom Content and Teaching Game Development. The Summit will be held at the Festival on Saturday, October 12th.
