October 10-12, 2019
CMD Campus
1660 Stewart St
Santa Monica, CA
That’s a wrap on Festival 2019, thank you to all of the devs, sponsors, volunteers and attendees for making it a great show!
Go to our Flickr page to check out photo highlights from Festival 2019 and IndieCade Europe.
- Here is what the LA Times had to say: “IndieCade brings the future of underground gaming to Santa Monica”
- Even more LA Times coverage: “IndieCade gaming fest features a radical idea: We need to be nicer”
CONFERENCE SESSIONS
Every year, IndieCade convenes top innovators in independent game creation across genres to explore groundbreaking new ideas, trends and technologies. 2019’s conference featured a variety of presentations, conversations and roundtable discussions representing a diverse range of leading voices in the field.
NIGHT GAMES
IndieCade’s signature evening event always includes amazing gameplay, at night, under the sky. Night Games 2019 took place Saturday, October 12th.
AWARDS
The Annual IndieCade Awards ceremony was held the night of Friday, October 11th. All Friday Festival attendees were invited to join the audience and celebrate Festival 2019’s incredible games and talent!
In addition, the IndieCade Choice Awards were announced and presented on Saturday, October 12th at Night Games.
INDIEXCHANGE
The IndieXchange (IXC) is the pre-event developer summit designed by and for developers. 2019’s summit included sessions (talks, workshops, panels, and forms), networking (with other developers, publishers, influencers and more), and show-and-tell opportunities.
GAMETASTING
GameTasting is a show-and-tell of works in progress and and an opportunity to provide input on games not yet released. 2019’s exhibit included: Color Lab, Interactive Portraits, Queering Spacetime, SHASN, Blabyrinth, Emberlight, EMPATH, and many more!
ACTIVITIES
- Big games
- LARPs
- Music
- VR 360
- and many more experiences!
KEYNOTES
IndieCade’s 2019 Keynotes featured presenters and projects at the front end of emerging trends, including participatory theatre, indie eSports, and lessons of failure from game design and beyond.
2019’s keynotes included:
- “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
FILM SCREENING
In Bright Axiom: A movie about a game that accidentally became a religion.
The film was shown in the theater space at 8pm on Thursday, October 10th, followed by a Q&A with the director, Spencer McCall.
