PLAY - Creative Gaming Festival

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..mit Spielen spielen!

29/07/2022

Bald ist es wieder soweit: »Take a Breath!« ist das Motto des diesjährigen PLAY – Creative Gaming Festivals. Vom 31. Oktober bis 6. November 2022 findet ihr uns vor Ort in Hamburg und online.

Alle weiteren Informationen und Updates zum Festival posten wir auf unserer Website, Instagram, Twitter und Discord.

https://playfestival.de/
https://www.instagram.com/_playfestival/
https://twitter.com/_PLAYfestival
https://discord.com/invite/7eH9k67

05/11/2021

It's time to join us in our virtual festival playground in TOPIA to celebrate the start of this year's PLAY festival.

We start the festival with greetings from the organizers, introduction of the festival partners and an impulse from Daniel Budiman () from Rocket Beans TV.

PLAY festival director Christiane Schwinge () and Andreas Hedrich () will give insights into the festival program, accompanied by live broadcasts to PLAY people worldwide.

This will be followed by the vernissage of the PLAY exhibition in PLAYvalley, the virtual festival location, guided by curator Matthias Löwe ().

Tag all worldwide and help us spread the word about the festival. And of course, spread the !

Have you actually had a chance to take a look at our program for the next few days? If not, visit us at playfestival.de and come to our server (you can also find the link on our website)!

We are looking forward to seeing you all! See you at 7pm for the opening!

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02/11/2021

FESTIVAL COUNTDOWN! Wooohooo!
Can you believe it? The already starts in 3 days!

Join us in workshops, exhibitions, shows, roundtable discussions and talks, when we deal with questions of how games bring us together in a global crisis situation, give hope, become alternative places of encounter, and how game culture will change after and through Corona.

Stroll through the PLAYvalley, our virtual festival location, add your own monument to the Minetest PLAYground, share your thoughts and experiences in the Speakers' Corner or visit our playable exhibition in the Europa Passage in Hamburg.

Please tag all the worldwide and help us spread the word. And to spread of course!
Have you already had the chance to take a look at our program? If not, visit us at playfestival.de and join our (you can find the link on our website as well)!

We are excited for all of you! See you soon!

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29/10/2021

Sebastian Heinrich
Indie Game Developer,
Musician
(ONE PLAYER MODE)

I never met so many awesome, creative, beautiful people in one place as at the PLAY Festival!

Since 2008 many people have visited us at PLAY, held workshops and speeches or played games. What makes our festival so special? Let us ask some professionals like Sebastian Heinrich.
Sebastian is also known as ONE PLAYER MODE, loop artist and video game musician. He makes use of the surprisingly diverse history of video game soundtracks and interprets these songs in his performances.⁠⁠⁠
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26/10/2021

Melanie Eilert
Accessibility Expert and Disability Activist

Last year's PLAY was amazing! There were a lot of different aspects to discover about the gaming culture. Everyone at PLAY was very welcoming and it was full of open minded people.

Since 2008 many people have visited us at PLAY, held workshops and speeches or played games. What makes our festival so special? Let us ask some professionals like Melanie Eilert.
Melanie is an activist, works as accessibility consultant and blogs about accessibility in gaming. She has been dealing with topics related to inclusion for many years.⁠⁠⁠
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