PlayAway Programme

Jane McGonigal Keynote: Fireside Conversation & Q&A

Mon 22nd Feb, 18:00 (GMT)
Keynote – Jane McGonigal
Live talk and Q&A

Game Design Panel with Shay Thompson

Mon 22nd Feb, 19:15-20:00 (GMT)
Panel – Game Design with Shay Thompson,
Jon McKellan (No Code), Dan Pinchbeck (The Chinese Room), Malath Abbas (Biome Collective)

Gaming for Health, Education & Wellbeing

Tue 23rd Feb, 13:00 – 14:00 (GMT)
Panel – Gaming for Health, Education & Wellbeing
Game Doctor, Yaldi Games, Civic Digits, Glitchers, Brian Baglow

Mixed Realities: Virtual and Physical Interaction

Tue 23rd Feb, 18:00-19:00 (GMT)
Panel – Mixed Realities: Virtual and Physical Interaction with
Mona Bozdog, FoxDog Studios, Laura E Hall, and Yann Seznec,

Zine-making & Interactive Art Workshop: With James Morwood (Biome Collective)

Wed 24th Feb, 13:00-16:00 (GMT)
Workshop – Zine-making & Interactive Art with James Morwood (Biome Collective)

Live coding music patterns with TidalCycles

Wed 24th Feb, 17:00-18:00 (GMT)
Talk & Demo – with Alex McLean

Games Research with University of Glasgow Games & Gaming Lab

Thu 25th Feb, 11:30 – 15:15 (GMT)
Panel talks – with Dr Matthew Barr, Ruth Booth, William Kavanagh, and more

Careers in Games – Games Jobs Live with Into Games

Thu 25th Feb, 16:00 – 18:00 (GMT)
Talks – UK Games Industry Internships, Graduate Schemes and Traineeships: Games Jobs Live with Into Games

CI Lab 15: Just the ticket – Performance, Payment and Data

Thu 25th Feb, 18:00 – 20:00 (GMT)
Join Creative Informatics to explore how the events industry is evolving to serve online audiences and consider the future of ticketing and live performances

Beyond Parasocial Interaction: Speed Dating with Ghosts

Thu 25th Feb, 20:00-21:00 (GMT)
Workshop – Beyond Parasocial Interaction: A Talk and Let’s Play of Speed Dating for Ghosts with Gabriel Elvery

Tinderbox Makerbox: Electronic Crafty Kits & Workshop for Young People

Fri 26th Feb, 16:00-17:00 (GMT)

Learn the basics of electronics through crafty kits! Sign up to receive a free kit, and join this optional online workshop!

Virtual Play Party! With SGDA

Fri 26th Feb, 19:00 – 21:00 (GMT)
Virtual Play Party! With Scottish Games Developers Association (SGDA)

Youth Workshop – Introduction to Game Design and Reimagining History!

Sat 27th Feb, 14:00-15:30 (GMT)
Workshop (Ages 10-16)
with Tinderbox Collective, Claire Morwood & National Galleries of Scotland

Fostering an Engaged Community Virtually and Beyond Panel with SGDA

Mon 1st Mar, 13:00-14:00 (GMT)
Panel – Games & Communities Panel with SGDA

Artificial Images: An introduction to art and machine learning

Monday 1st March, 15:00-16:00 (GMT)
Talk & Q&A – with Derrick Schultz and Lia Coleman

Bitsy One-Day Game Jam! & Let’s Play with Zoë Sams

Tue 2nd Mar, 9:00-19:00 (GMT)
Bitsy One-Day Game Jam! & Let’s Play with Zoë Sams

Introduction to Bitsy Workshop: Making Games with Small Tools – with Claire Morwood (Biome Collective)

Tue 2nd Mar, 09:30-12:30 (GMT)
Workshop – Introduction to Bitsy: Making Games with Small Tools – with Claire Morwood (Biome Collective)

Virtual Reality (VR) Mini-Talks

Wed 3rd Mar, 13:00-14:00 (GMT)
Mini-Talks – Virtual Reality (VR)
Jung In Jung, Paul Blackham, Bearhammer Games, Thomas Kildren, and Andy Antoniou

Games & Empathy Mini-Talks

Thu 4th Mar, 13:00-14:00 (GMT)
Mini-Talks – Games & Empathy
Marina Diez, Alastair Low, Natalie Schmidt, and more

Intro to Pure Data & Interactive Sound Workshop with Yann Seznec

Thu 4th Mar, 18:00-20:00 (GMT)
Workshop – Intro to Pure Data & Interactive Sound with Yann Seznec

Zoom Obscura Showcase – Works in Progress

Fri 5 Mar, 14:00 – 15:00 (GMT)
Mini talks & Demos
with Zoom Obscura

Games Composer Panel

Fri 5th Mar, 18:00-19:00 (GMT)
Panel – Games Composer
Nainita Desai, Guy Jackson, Tess Tyler, and Jenny Nelson

Live Music Show + PlayAway Party!

Fri 5th Mar, 19:00-21:30 (GMT)
Live Music Show + PlayAway Party!

PlayAway Conversations

A series of conversations with people working outside of the games industry about games, creativity and the crossovers between real-world and online environments.
Hosted by Jack Nissan, Director of Tinderbox Collective.

Note: Videos from these conversations are being edited and will be shared over the festival.