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w00t – Copenhagen Play Festival
So, after going to lots of inspiring Street Games festivals like Playpublik and Play:Vienna last year, we decided to organise a Festival of Games and Play w00t! in Copenhagen this May (25 – 26). We have an Open Call on right now for people who want to run games, give talks or join in some other way. Go submit something. Right after the…
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Nordic Game Jam Pre-jam Party 2013
Nordic Game Jam is coming up really soon and Copenhagen Game Collective, as always, is hosting a pre-party the day before. This year we have packed more activities into the program. There will be lots of music, social and physical games, so put your social gloves on and get down to Sydhavn to have some…
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Playing with magnets – Magnetize Me
Not so long ago, most of us went to The Exile Game Jam. Well, we were hosting it after all. It is the bestest game jam of them all. I had brought some whiskey, a western board/card game (Bang!) and some magnets (yes, ol’ school magnets) and was all set. I wanted to create a…
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Exile Game Jam Fall 2012
Many of us at the Game Collective are going to and hosting this Game Jam. We think that it is a great way to realize and to form ideas as well as socialize and build networks. It was at the last exile game jam that we developed Idiots attack the Top Noodle together with many…
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Urban Games Festivals; Puddle Peddler and the Idiot’s game
Last weekend we were at the PlayPublik festival in Berlin, hosted by the amazing Invisible Playground. It was a blast, and we got to showcase a new version of Idiots attack the Top Noodle! We also tried to showcase one of our new creations: The Puddle Peddler. I say “tried” because we just could not…
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Indie Summet, Slowmo Showdown and Drinking games @ GDC Europe
GDC Europe is coming up and it is increasingly becoming a goto event for European Indies. Here is a highlight of what I’m up to: Wednesday, August 15th 09:30 – 17:00: Independent Games Summit Wednesday, August 15th 21:00 – : Nordic Party (with showcase of my new Kinect Game) Thursday, August 16th: Independent Drinking Games…
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Erotic Game Tip: Fingle
At one point in the collectives history we were quite keen on erotic games. Ever since some of us created the Dark Room Sex Game we saw the potential for intimate, sensual and erotic content as an interesting mechanic for social interaction in games. However most erotic games are in fact not erotic, but are with…
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Mind games; Idiots against the Top Noodle
Some weeks ago, a couple of us went to the exile game jam (that we are also hosting). There, we split up and worked on different projects that all came out quite well. I had previously met up with some interesting people from Copenhagen and pledged to make a game with them using their newly…
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Nordic Game Indie Sensation 2012: LAZA KNITEZ!
So much stuff is going on right now so we have a hard time catching up. Nordic Game Conference is over and we had a blast. We kicked off the conference by organizing an indie summit, party and exhibition the day before the main conference and over 600 people showed up. Check out this video…
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Street Arcade @ Distortion Program
Street Arcade @ Distortion Flyer Thanks to all the backers that supported the Street Arcade @ Distortion on booomerang.dk. We are happy and proud to see that there is a big interest and support for indie games in Copenhagen. Your support is our motivation for creating events and game initiatives in our city. Here is an updated program…