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A massive thank you to everyone who helped make the 2016 GO423 Pop up exhibition a wonderful day!

With very special thanks to our wonderful host – the Brisbane Powerhouse – and our generous Beer & Pixels sponsors – Defiant Development!
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2016 GO423 Pop-up Exhibition Beer & Pixels

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Game On are holding a very special pop-up exhibition of locally made games. This free event invites you come along, play games and chat with the friendly folks who made them.

Free public event

When: Saturday Aug 27th 2016
Where: Powerhouse, New Farm, Brisbane
Times: 10am – 5.30pm
Presented by brIGDA and the Powerhouse

Special events:

4.00pm – 5.30pm – Open mic
pecha kutcha style open mic session – Our wonderful local games studios will be presenting the game concept and revealing the fun and games of making their game.

Followed by
5.30 – 8.00pm – ‘Beer and Pixels’

Beer and Pixels invites emerging game makers to share a cold beer with other like-minded folks and show off ‘work in progress’ for discussion and feedback. We do have some kind mentor pro’s happy to chat with you at the event.

Where: Powerhouse Bar.

The Beer and Pixels event is limited numbers so book in to avoid disappointment!

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2016 48hr Logo Challenge

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It’s that time of year again where we call upon you to design a logo for the Game On 48 Hour Game Making Challenge.

The winning logo will be used as the official 48 Hour logo for 2016 and will be presented on promotional material, including prize mugs, event shirts and online platforms.
This year the 48 Hour Game Making Challenge will be celebrating 10 years so we’re looking for an extra special birthday logo!

ENTER HERE

Your design must:

  • – contain the line:
  • The 10th Annual 48 Hour Game Making Challenge 2016 2014
  • – be at least 300dpi
    –     have a transparent background
  • – be a layered or editable file, preferably .psd
  • – allow for various design uses including mugs and t-shirts
  • – include fonts or accommodate different prize category titles
  • – have a lo-res version for submission (below)

Entries close Monday 15 August 2016.

The winner will be announced late August.

Updates: 48hr facebook page

Thank you all for a wonderful GO423

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Thank you to all who gave their time and energy into making the 2015 GO423 symposium a wonderful weekend.  A collection of somewhat instant (read rubbish) photos here. If anyone has better pics do feel free to pass them on. The Brisbane game dev community rocks and we adore you!

It was a great game dev weekend and we can’t wait for next year! Keep an eye out for our next big event: The #fab48hr coming to a weekend in early October …

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GO423 Workshop: Video games and theatre: The Revengance

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We loved him last year when he came over from Berlin to explore making games with theatre, Coca Cola and Mentos! Friedrich Kirschner is back again to host a workshop at #GO423. We present: Video games and theatre: The Revengance

Friedrich is extraordinary – he works between games and theatre, he asks questions like: Shall we play Lemmings in the park using people? He can scan you into VR using a bathtub and a bit of ink. Last year Friedrich explored game design with Coca Cola and Mentos, this year we have him back to enact: Video Games and Theatre: The Revengance. This workshop invites you to come and explore game making on and off the screen with one of Europe’s most extraordinary theatre – games practitioners.

GO423 Sunday 10.00 – 12.00pm

Register via Eventbrite – See the program

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