Name: Talk & Play #3
Start: 2013-10-30T19:30:00+01:00
End: 2013-10-30T22:30:00+01:00
Location: Co-Up

It's never been easier to make video games, thanks to the multitude of resources available and a growing worldwide community willing to help beginners. As a result, new games are being released every day, exploring different directions and tackling novel themes: playing is more stimulating and inclusive than ever.

Talk & Play is a bi-monthly meetup whose goal is to give a better idea of what it's like to create and play games today, providing the opportunity to local independent game makers to showcase their work in a friendly and relaxed environment. Everybody's welcome, whatever their background and knowledge level. If you like video games, we'll make sure you have a good time!

The event is split into two parts:

1. TALK: 2/3 short game-related talks (5 to 15 minutes), followed by a Q&A session – it's all about sharing knowledge.

2. PLAY: games made or chosen by the speakers will be shown; in addition, all participants are welcome to bring games they've made or are still working on – a perfect opportunity to discover and play new games, collect feedback and maybe find collaborators.

To give you a better idea of what you're going to find, check out this summary of the first (http://bit.ly/talkandplay1) and second (http://bit.ly/talkandplay2) Talk & Play.

The three speakers this time have got something in common: they're all new Berliners! So let's get to know and give a warm welcome to:

– Black Pants Studio (http://blackpants.de/) (from Kassel, Germany), authors of the award-winning game Tiny & Big (http://tinyandbig.com/) and of About Love, Hate and the Other Ones (http://blackpants.de/about-love-and-hate/)

– Fernando Ramallo (http://www.byfernando.com/) (from Argentina), the man behind Panoramical (http://www.feelpanoramical.com/), Snaaake! (http://games.adultswim.com/snaaaake-action-online-game.html), #lostlevels (http://www.lostlevels.net/) and Fuck This Jam! (http://www.fuckthisjam.com/), among other things

– Stephen Lavelle aka Increpare (http://www.increpare.com/) (from UK), who made English Country Tune (http://www.englishcountrytune.com/) + almost 200 other games (maybe more?) and very recently released a brilliant open source HTML5 puzzle game engine called PuzzleScript (http://www.puzzlescript.net/)

Would you like to give a talk as well in the future? Get in touch (http://www.meetup.com/opentechschool-berlin/members/1939705/)!

During the second part of the evening we're going to have an Oculus Rift (http://www.oculusvr.com/) and an OUYA (https://www.ouya.tv/) for you to try, in addition to the usual selection of fantastic games made by local developers.

Subscribe to our newsletter (https://tinyletter.com/talkandplay) for sporadic updates about the event and other game-related activities in Berlin.

Talk & Play is organised in collaboration with the monthly Berlin Mini Game Jam (http://www.meetup.com/game-developers-berlin/) and A MAZE (https://www.facebook.com/amaze.festival).

Lorenzo Pilia

OpenTechSchool Berlin

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