Explay

21/08/2014

The summer is nearly over and and a new academic year is upon us.
As a once flourishing community of like minded people we seem to have slipped a little by the wayside.
Shame as we have an amazing community of indie dev's like:-
http://totalmonkery.com/
http://mutantlabs.com/
http://www.strikegamelabs.com/
(sorry for any missed-i could do with a comprehensive so feel free to email me details and i'll get it posted here)

So lets get this back on track and start sharing and caring :D
I'd very much like people to get in touch with me so we can get this community back together and make the South West the leading indie dev in the country.

Please mail me at:-
[email protected]
so we can put something together for the 1 Thursday of every month and start if of with a bang.

Peace out people :}D

03/04/2014

Hey people,

In case there was some wondering, Explay is running as normal in the normal place and the normal time.

Jack Chams
50 Ebrington St
PL4 9AF

03/02/2014

For all the Playerz out there we have special guest this week for the monthly meet up.

Hat wearing specialist in Electronic Entertainment, Games and Online Communities (to name a few strings to his bow),
A man who needs no introduction but is getting one anyway :D

Oscar Clark!!!!!

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08/01/2014

Hi to all the Explayerz.
Christmas has been and gone, so has the new year. I hope you all had a great time and Santa brought you something nice.

The 1st meet up of the year will be happening this Thursday (09/01/14) at:-
Jack Chams
50 Ebrington St
PL4 9AF

It's going to be a casual affair just to ease us into this new year.

Looking forward to seeing you all there :D

05/12/2013

Hi all. This months Explay will go ahead but the date has been changed. It will now be on the 12th Dec and held at
Jack Chams
50 Ebrington St
PL4 9AF

It will be a Christmas chillout , so bring a board game of your choice and your best Xmas jumper.

24/07/2013

ExPlay 2013 organisers announce today that the games festival will take place again in the historic Roman city of Bath. This year’s festival will build on the success of the last two years, which featured keynotes from Robert Briscoe of Dear Esther fame and Paul Taylor, creator of Frozen Synapse. Once again ExPlay 2013 is bringing together an expanded programme of talks, panels, games, parties and competitions that will take place in the stunning 17th Century Assembly Rooms and Roman Baths on Wednesday 31st October to Friday 1st November 2013.

The festival, renown for its relaxed and intimate approach, features an area that will keep visitors gaming throughout the event. This year sees the introduction of the Indie Games Olympics, where attendees can compete for the highest overall score (and prizes) across all games exhibited. This new addition to the festival programme, opening for submissions shortly, will provide some exclusive airtime for the games on show and immortality in the ExPlay Hall of Fame.

Further details to be announced soon!

18/03/2013

Bath Digital Festival is holding a Techie Brekkie networking event for people in the games industry at Jika Jika on Wednesday morning.
Anyone whose interested, sign up and come along for coffee, food and a chat! =)
http://2013.bathdigitalfestival.com/events/techie-brekkie-gaming/

This event will be of interest to students and developers alike, whether interested in PC gaming, network gaming or gaming apps.

29/01/2013

Big thanks to everyone that made it along to the ExPlay Global Game Jam in Bristol last weekend! As usual loads of creativity, talent, tiredness, opportunities, networking, pizza scoffin, no sleeping, sleepbagggin', energy drinkin', zombies, vampires, blood... yorkshire tea?!....on show!! For those that missed it, most of the games are now available on the GGJ website with those on our dropbox being put up on the ExPlay website very soon!! Well done to everyone that took part :) http://globalgamejam.org/sites/2013/explay-global-game-jam/games

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21/01/2013

MS CAMPUS VISIT CANCELLED

Hi everyone, i'm really sorry to say that we have made the call to cancel the MS Campus visit due to the adverse weather travel conditions being treacherous out there, with so many not being able to make it. We are really sorry for the hassle this has caused, and will be rescheduling this event, although making sure everyone is safe is our primary concern.

If you know of others that were planning to attend, then please help us get this message out to them. We will be in touch with a new date in the very near future...

Thanks

21/12/2012

Happy XMAS and New Year from all the team at ExPlay! :)
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10/12/2012

Only 5 days left to tell us what you think of ExPlay Festival this year and to be in with a chance to win a Kindle Fire HD in time for XMAS! :) http://bit.ly/TwULG6