Niall MoodyOct 7, 2024

If you're in or around Dundee at the end of the month, Biome Collective are going to be running a takeover of the Hapworks arts/co-working space, and we've got a number of public events scheduled.

You can see all the events here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/biome-collective-14753077668 but I'll do a thread with a bit more info on each event...

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Arcadia Festival is brought to you Biome Collective.Biome Collective is a creative studio, community and co-working space for people to create, collaborate and explore new frontiers in games, digital art and technology.We create world class interactive and multi sensory experiences for global audiences. Our unique and accessible games, interventions and installations span across digital, physical and cultural spaces.Biome Collective attracts diverse independent creative minds and facilitates collaborative projects with partners from the arts, academia, games and business to respond to technological and cultural challenges through unique work that ranges from the delightful to the complex.

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On Halloween we're going to be running a spooky games party in the evening.

In previous years we've got together over discord to play spooky games together (usually one person streaming while everyone else watches and offers suggestions, encouragement, etc.). This will be a similar deal, only in-person and open to the public.

Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hapworks-takeover-lets-get-spookyscared-together-with-biome-collective-tickets-1028318717967

Hapworks Takeover: Let’s get spookyscared together with Biome Collective!

Join us for a night of playing spooky games together on the big screen

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Show threadNiall MoodyOct 7, 2024

On the afternoon of Saturday 2nd November we'll be running an Arcadia Playful Design workshop.

This will be a chill, drop-in-style workshop: I'll be running my game 'making it up as we go along', James Morwood will be running a choose-your-own-adventure zine-makng workshop, and Claire Morwood will be running a collaborative bitsy workshop.

We've run this workshop once before for Dundee Design Week (see here: https://www.niallmoody.com/work/arcadia-playful-design-workshop/)

Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hapworks-takeover-arcadia-day-playful-design-workshop-tickets-1028335778997

Niall Moody - Arcadia Playful Design Workshop

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On the evening of Saturday 2nd November we'll be running an Arcadia Night event.

This will be an evening of microtalks by biome members and friends of biome, some live music, and some games. If you've been to an Arcadia event before you probably know the deal.

Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hapworks-takeover-arcadia-night-2024-tickets-1028356972387

Hapworks Takeover: Arcadia Night 2024

An evening of talks, games to play and performance!

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Show threadNiall MoodyOct 7, 2024

Finally, on the evening of Monday 4th November, I'm going to be giving an interactive talk titled 'A Yet-Unforeclosed Possibility of Freedom and Joy'.

I'm going to talk about old game dev subcultures and argue for the necessity of spaces that do not revolve around 'hard work', 'success', or your ability to produce on demand. And as part of it, we're going to make a game together in Klik & Play.

Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hapworks-takeover-a-yet-un-foreclosed-possibility-of-freedom-and-joy-tickets-1028381746487

And a tiny, inscrutable teaser:

Hapworks Takeover: A Yet Un-Foreclosed Possibility of Freedom and Joy

Trainwrecks, Pirate Karts, and the importance of making things solely for the joy of making them

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