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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!
