![]() ![]() The Big Games program served as an extension to IndieCade's mission to promote games of all kinds. IndieCade promoted Night Games to feature the beauty and innovation of modern game design in all forms, outside the label of what are commonly perceived to be "traditional" games. Examples of game types included single-player experiences played on a giant screen in front of an audience ( SuperHyperCube), multiplayer games that use only certain mechanics such as glowing wands or laser pointers ( Johann Sebastian Joust, Renga), and large performance pieces involving many players ( Humanoid Asteroids). Night Games was an evening centered large-scale physical and hybrid games played outside after dark. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the main showcase was known as the "Game Walk" with several games exhibited in various locations across downtown Culver City: the fire station, NextSpace coworking offices, and the Gregg Fleishman Studio, all turned into temporary galleries for the festival. Since 2020, the annual IndieCade festival has taken place online under the name IndieCade Anywhere & Everywhere. ![]() In 2016 IndieCade Europe was rebooted and took place in Paris, where it returned in 20. The festival transformed a central blacktop parking lot on Main Street, leveraging the open space by building temporary structures that host parties, individual games, and planned and spontaneous Big Games. Each year, IndieCade created a "city-sized arcade" in downtown Culver City. The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) partnered with the IndieCade organization in 2009. In 2009, IndieCade moved its flagship stand-alone festival from Bellevue, Washington, to Culver City (Los Angeles), California, where a Twitter game and an "urban" scavenger hunt were part of the festivities. The festival started as part of E3 before being spun off as an independent event in Bellevue, Washington. IndieCade founder is Stephanie Barish, Festival Chair is Celia Pearce, and Festival Director is Sam Roberts. IndieCade's board of advisors have included (among others) Seamus Blackley, Tracy Fullerton, Megan Gaiser, Andy Gavin, Carl Goodman, John Hight, Robin Hunicke, Henry Jenkins, Richard Lemarchand, Frans Mayra, Jamil Moledina, Janet Murray, Robert Nashak, Carolyn Rauch, Kellee Santiago, Keita Takahashi, Will Wright, and Eric Zimmerman. IndieCade was formed by Creative Media Collaborative, an alliance of industry producers and leaders founded in 2005. The showcase involves both digital and physical games. ![]() The IndieCade showcase is the heart of the IndieCade festival and consists of approximately 40 finalist games selected for their creativity, unique vision, and technological innovation. Online ("IndieCade Anywhere and Everywhere") Santa Monica College – Center for Media & Design Little Tokyo at the Japanese American National Museum ![]() Audience Choice and Developer Choice Awards are announced separately during the festival's closing party.Īwards categories vary by year. The finalists are eligible to compete in IndieCade's Red Carpet Awards. Additional games from the pool of IndieCade submissions are showcased at a variety of events each year around the world.īen Fritz for the Los Angeles Times called IndieCade "the video game industry's Sundance." IndieCade awards Īpproximately 40 games each year are selected to exhibit. Games are submitted for consideration to the IndieCade festival jury in the early spring and a selection of finalists for the culminating annual IndieCade festival is determined and announced by the fall. The IndieCade festival is the only stand-alone festival open to the public in the United States for exclusively independent games. Since 2020, the annual festival has taken place online under the name IndieCade Anywhere & Everywhere. IndieCade also includes a conference track featuring classes, panels, workshops, and keynotes. Independent game developers are selected to demo, screen, and promote their work at the annual IndieCade festival and showcase events. Game types include video games, live-action games, and tabletop games. IndieCade is an international juried festival of independent games. ![]()
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