GAMERella workshop 1
When: 13.00 – 15.00 Wednesday January 21
Where: Collaboratory, Polstjärnegatan 14
Lecturer: Jessica Blanchet from TAG Montreal
A workshop designed for people with beginner skills in arduino and basic electronics knowledge. The workshop will be in 2 parts. We will cover some simple sensors and how to get data from analog/digital inputs on the arduino. Then we’ll look at alternative ways to make switches and buttons with conductive thread, conductive fabric and muscle wire, which can be used like normal switches or in experimental game controllers.
Price and registration
Open for everyone but spots are limited, and people registered for the game jams are prioritised.
Residents and members at the film and games village (including Collaboratory members/partners), as well as participants at the GAMERella and Global Game Jams participate for free. Others pay 150 Sek at the venue (or 200 for both workshops).
GAMERella workshop 2
When: 15.10 – 17.00 Wednesday January 21
Where: Collaboratory, Polstjärnegatan 14
Lecturer: Gina Haraszti from TAG Montreal
How to make Text Adventure Games & Visual Novels with Twine.Twine is an open-source tool for creating interactive text adventure games. You don’t need to write any code to create a simple story with Twine. Twine is a great tool to make your first game and share it instantly online.Please download TWINE 1.4.2 from here for the workshop.
Price and registration
Open for everyone but spots are limited, and people registered for the game jams are prioritised.
You register by sending an email to jasmine@maker.ninja
Residents and members at the film and games village (including Collaboratory members/partners), as well as participants at the GAMERella and Global Game Jams participate for free. Others pay 150 Sek at the venue (200 for both workshops).
GAMERella + Global Game Jam
When: January 23 17.00/5pm to January 25 17.00/5pm
Where: Collaboratory, Polstjärnegatan 14, floor 2, Gothenburg (there will be space to sit in a part of the film studio during the festivals there too, but registration is needed for GoKinema then)
Read more about GAMERella here http://tag.hexagram.ca/gamerella/
and register for GAMERella and Global Game Jam here http://globalgamejam.org/2015/jam-sites/gamerella-collaboratory
The theme of the jam will be announced at the start of the jam at 17.00/5pm Friday January 23. The jam ends at 17.00/5pm Sunday January 25.
Everyone is welcome, no matter what level of game design skills you have, gender etc. We create a safe environment to try out game making, we will also help out with finding a team to jam with.
All practical info can be found at the Global Game Jam site and do not miss the 2 GAMERella workshops held January 21, where jammers can participate for free. Any questions you have can be sent to jasmine@maker.ninja or call 0046709240727
Collaboratory makerspace
When: January 23, 15.00-19.00 and January 24, 11.30-15.30
Where: Gothenburg Film Studios, Polstjärnegatan 10, Make Change studio
Come and try out various tech, crafts and things like 3D pen and brain sensors, play and make games, build stuff in the ninja challenges and do not miss the drone agility competition. We build the levels on Friday 23rd and run the race on Saturday 24th.
Game industry panel & open discussion
When: Friday January 23rd, Panel 16.00 – 17.00/4pm – 5pm, open talk 17.00 – 19.00/5pm – 7pm
Where: Gothenburg Film Studios, Polstjärnegatan 10, Make Change studio
Themes:
Setting up a game studio
Project management
Learning from failures
Crunch periods
Diversity
Game institutes
Academia and incubators
Highlights for 2015, games, festivals
Panel guests
Yves Bordeleau, Rouge Factor, Cyanide, Prime Edge Studios
Klaus Lyngeled, Zoink
Gina Haraszti, TAG, GAMERella
Erik Svedäng
Moderated by Errol King, Hidden Level Games
Hosted Playcentric Industries & Institute, Collaboratory
After the talk we walk over to Collaboratory to continue the discussions in a casual Gothgames gathering and mingle party with games, music and C64 tunes played by Sarofer Zertaga.
Beta the game
When: January 24, 13.00 -15.00
Where: Collaboratory
Beta co-founders Errol King and Patrice King from Hidden Level Games will hold a workshop for educators and other interested participants who want to learn how to use the game Beta in schools or other learning environments.
Beta is designed to support self-driven learning. Through their relationship with Beta, students will engage STEM and computer science concepts in a fun way. While Beta can be played alone, it is best experienced in a community! The curriculum provides educators with the structure needed to unleash the programmer within their students.
Hidden Level Games is a New York based indie game studio that focuses on developing experiences that enable creativity and empower players to become creators.
GoKinema
Gothenburg Film Studios yearly event for filmmakers.
More info, registration (for all events) and overview of all event activities http://gokinema.com/schedule/
Learn Do Share
When: January 23- 24
Where: Gothenburg Film Studios, Polstjärnegatan 10, Make Change studio
Learn Do Share Gothenburg theme is Future cities – youth powered change, addressing themes like participatory architectures, the city as test arena and playground, hacking for social innovation, maker culture, city planning and transportation, and experiential learning. The design for each event is created in all year-long dialogues with city planners, scientists, makers, educators, students, entrepreneurs, policy makers, etc., in order to make it as accessible, participatory and effective as possible. If there is something you wish to bring to the program, please let us know. We are trying our best to meet the needs of the participants; we involve your voice in the evolution of Learn Do Share. We see this event as a catalyst for further initiatives and bring the experience back on a yearly basis in many cities all over the world.
During the event, Collaboratory in Gothenburg will also provide you with a maker studio where you have the opportunity to bring your design, innovation, prototype, game or other art work, or build new things. Send info and space/tech requirements to info(at)storyarchitects.se with subject line, “maker studio” (you can write in Swedish too). There will also be workshops, drone competition and maker.ninja challenges.