TICKETS ON SALE: Emergent Contraptions
Mechanics of emergence are game rules that can trigger and influence each other in combinations and cascades, making a dynamic whole that’s much greater than the sum of its parts. In [...]
Comics x Games 2018 Exhibit Announced
Logo by Cory Schmitz The seventh annual Comics x Games (formerly known as Comics vs Games) is coming your way for TCAF 2018! We’re on the second floor of the Toronto Reference Library, [...]
Upcoming Experimental Game Design Workshops Coming Near You!
Over the past few weeks we've presented a bunch of thought-provoking, alternative game design workshops for the adventurous beginner to the comfortable intermediate game designer in you. Below is a comprehensive [...]
TICKETS ON SALE: Phaser.JS ProcGen Party
A workshop in how to write procedural games in javascript using the Phaser.js game engine, and how to work in a narrative more meaningful than the usual "grab item and go." [...]
TICKETS ON SALE: Gardening for the 4th Dimension & Dreamy POP Portraits
In the 4th dimension anything can happen, what kind of plants would you grow? Luscious roses or vicious Venus flytraps? In this workshop we will learn how to animate short loops and [...]
TICKETS ON SALE: Establishing Scene and Crafting the Beginning of a Game
This is a workshop on defining the expectations of a player in the very first parts of a game. Not just for establishing setting or mood, but for purposefully crafting the [...]
TICKETS ON SALE: GIMMICK WITH A PLATFORMER
Experimenting through the lens of The Platformer, an enduring & familiar genre. Droqen: "I've been making platformers for years upon years, and I've built a handy tool for building basic platformers [...]