OpenGameCity

The new platform for GameCity goodness.

We want more people to get more out of GameCity.

Developers, Students, Publishers, Writers, Composers, Families, Baked-Potato Vendors, Bars & Restaurants, Churches, you*...

* and even him.

OpenGameCity is an idea to help this happen.

Weʼve been trying to define* what GameCity is.

*Not in the “we’re trying to work out what a videogame festival could be..” sense of the early branding we used, but in the sense of its dimensions, resources and boundaries.

So, OpenGameCity is a platform for festival development.

We thought it might be interesting, illuminating, fun and helpful to think of the festival as a content platform.

GameCity is made up of content assets and content platforms.

The draft specification of all of these, with more context and information about OpenGameCity in 2010 is

available online at www.gamecity.org/open

Weʼd love you to take part and tell us what you think.

Either bring your content to a platform, or help extend the festival definition with some

new ideas.

What might you do?

Content can be be anything* really-

Although, it does have to be at least two of the below :

fun. interesting. exciting.

*permissible within United Kingdom Law.

For example...

Industry talks • Moving Image • Illustration • Art • Design • Installations • Photography • Craft • Talented animals • Workshops • Tutorials • Parties •

Networking Events • Food/Cake • Games (screen/board/social/locative) • Performance • Spoken Word • Music...

It can be something not listed here, of course.

The point is that you can extend it with new ideas, see?

What do we do?We bring:

A festival

Technical resource

Marketing resource

A seemingly limitless reservoir of optimism

GatecrasherAlea

Alley Cafe

The Approach WalkaboutThe GameCity

Lounge

DogmaPitcher & Piano

Antenna

Speaker’s Corner Lee Rosy’s

Tonic

Fat Cat

Just The Tonic

Content Platforms (GC5) include:

Go to www.gamecity.org/open

1. Propose content using the delightful form.

2. Download the festival definition document for specific information.

3. Get in touch with more questions - open@gamecity.org.

OpenGameCity is Open.