Art News:
Darklight Festival 2012 Present:
GAME ON!
36 Hour Game Jam, Panel Discussion, Best of IGF 2012 and Indie Game:
The Movie
August 23rd - 26th @ The Factory, Grand Canal Dock
GAME JAM
36 Hours: One Theme: One Winning Team
Starting Friday August 24th
Darklight is
hosting our very first competitive GameJam event in 2012! A Game Jam is a fixed
amount of time where people, usually in teams, come together in a shared space
to make a game from start to finish.
Anyone can get
involved; Programmers, illustrators, musicians, artists, writers. For 36 hours
teams will each work on building a game around a common theme. The theme is
super-secret and will only be revealed just before the competition starts!
Games will be
judged by a local, home-grown games company and a Fabulous Prize will be given
to the winners!
LOFI Vs HIFI > GAME ON!
Panel discussion, Friday August 24th 2pm
A discussion
contrasting the experiences of working with high profile international games to
the underground world of indie game development. Join Irish and international
gaming experts and developers as they discuss the design, building and
distribution of some of their projects. Featuring Heidi Egger (Marino/Kaveleer),
Ollie Clarke (The Cat That Got The Milk) and Andrea Magnorsky (BigCat
Games and Irish indie game bundle project). The discussion will be
moderated by Patrick O’Neill (Irish Film
Board)
Indie Game: The Movie
7pm, Sunday August 26th
With the
twenty-first century comes a new breed of struggling independent artist: the
indie game designer. Refusing to toil for major developers, these innovators
independently conceive, design, and program their distinctly personal games in
the hope that they, too, may find success. Irish Premire.
Best of Independent Game Festival 2012
All Weekend: 24th – 26th
August
Play and see the
absolute best in indie games from IGF 2012. Plus an exclusive gaming premier
from those brats that brought you The Cat That Got The Milk.
Notes to Editors:
Venues & Ticket Information:
DUBLIN
Aug 23rd – 26th – Locations: The Factory, Grand Canal Dock and the
IFI, Eustace Street
Tickets are on
sale now from www.entertainment.ie
Game Jam: For further information or to enter to
enter Game Jam, email the name of at least one participant and the name of your
team to Rosef.events@gmail.com
About Darklight
Darklight is
Ireland’s premier festival celebrating independent, DIY, animation, VFX and
artist films. Darklight 2012 promises to be an exciting weekend of film, animation, art, music and workshops.
The
2012 theme HiFi Vs LoFi >> Game On!
will take an in-depth look at visual effects in film from the micro to the
supersized budget. We will also be delving into the gaming industry, from the
most popular titles to the world of indie game design and the interconnections
between games, film and animation.
Since its
inception in 1999, Darklight has provided an opportunity for artists and
filmmakers to share their work and experiment with new technologies and it has
emerged as one of the most important art events of the year.
For full
programme see www.darklight.ie
