International Game Designer Lab - Game Atlas: The Archeology of a World not Far-away

Conference

Co-presented by Goethe Institut, M+ and co-curated by Yang Jing (Allison), in collaboration with School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong.

24 Oct 29 Oct 2022
International Game Designer Lab

“Game Atlas: The Archeology of a World not Far-away” aims to communicate ways of using games as a playful media to combine historical story-telling, representation of cultural heritage, community experiences with playful mechanics and virtual world-building.

Game designers from Asia and Europe are invited to exchange perspectives and methodologies and explore the power of games in producing contextualised contents for local and global game players.

Programmes include:

GAME DESIGNER LAB

24. – 27.10.2022, 8 – 10 PM | Current Plans & Online

A 4-day game design conference where Hong Kong speakers and attendees come together at Current Plans, an independent art space, and meet the international speakers via Zoom. The entire event will be streamed live and is open to an international audience of art game enthusiasts.

Day 1

24.10.2022 (Mon) 8 - 10 PM HKT
HalfReal: The Third Space in Game

Keynote:
Peter AC Nelson (Australia / Hong Kong)
Moderators: 
Yang Jing (Allison), Eunice Tsang
Panelists:
Vvzela Kook (Hong Kong)
Cornelia Geppert (Germany / US)
Cui Yingting (China)
Sun Yuqian (China / UK)

Day 2

25.10.2022 (Tue) 8 - 10 PM HKT
Ghosts From Before: Replaying Mythologies and Traditions

Keynote:
Souvik Mukherjee (India)
Moderators: 
Yang Jing (Allison), Dr Jussi Holopainen
Panelists:
Jennifer Schneidereit (Germany/UK)
Wen-wei Chang (Taiwan)
Sojung Bahng (Korea / Canada)

Day 3

26.10.2022 (Wed) 8 - 10 PM HKT
Lived Protagonists: Time Travel in Games

Keynote:
Henrike Lode (Germany/Johannesburg)
Moderators: 
Yang Jing (Allison), Kyle Chung
Panelists:
Deng Buran (China)
Jörg Friedrich (Germany)
Alex Zenker (Germany)
Charissa So & Tida Kietsungden (Canada)

Day 4

27.10.2022 (Thu) 8 - 10 PM HKT
Play Together: Game as Social Space

Keynote:
Alan Kwan (Hong Kong)
Moderators: 
Yang Jing (Allison), Ray L.C. 
Panelists:
Nick Zhang (China)
Anselm Pyta (Germany)
Rachel Li (China/US)

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M+ GAME NIGHT: GAMING WITH THE DEVELOPERS

28.10.2022 (Fri), 7 – 9 PM | Grand Stair M+

Experience videogames as they are meant to be experienced–through play. Hear from three indie game developers, who will share their background stories and discuss their design perspectives.

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M+ YOUNG PEOPLE MEET-UP: CITY BUILDING AS A BOARD GAME

29.10.2022 (Sat), 11 AM - 1 PM | Grand Stair, M+

Join game masters from game design, performance, and arts and culture. Share your reimagined city with others around you and find out what elements overlap!

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