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w00t w00t
The weekend has passed and so has the festival. We have had great response and a lot of fun running this festival. There were so many cool game talks people, boardgame people and cool game designers running their street games. I even had a friend not usually associating with games being there with his two…
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We’re going to the Maldives – The games
Read about the background of this trip here. We got the move controllers water-proofed and were excited to try our underwater idea. We thought of having an underwater minefield of floating move controllers. If you touched one, a chain reaction would start, and you would hear sounds played from above the water. However, as soon…
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We’re going to the Maldives – Boat, water and island games
Read about the background of this trip here. At our third day here we wanted to get to know the local culture more. We wanted to hear some local fairytales and folk stories. That’s why we arranged a get-together with some of the locals at a café on a Malé suburb – Villingili (it’s on…
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We’re going to the Maldives – first days
Read about the background of this trip here. The last couple of days we have been settling in. Getting to know the “island time” and meeting local people and Amani’s family. All very nice people. I got to play a game with the locals that they claim is the predecessor of the other games in…
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We’re going to the Maldives – day 0
Yay! We got invited to participate in this cool game design trip to the Maldives. Amani Naseem of the Collective has invited a group of international game designers to go and design games and make playful events in the capital city of the Maldives, Malé. We will work with key artists, thinkers and organizers in…
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ERVAX for 2 nominated for A MAZE!
So, our little game / compositional tool ERVAX for 2 has been nominated for the Most Amazing Indie Game of 2013. We are, of course, very honoured and find it a bit daunting to see the quality and scope of the other nominees. The competition Before this, I only knew of three of the other…
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Burglers ain’t gonna burgle us no more
Ohh noooo. Last week, some burglars went into Chassis Arcade, our favorite Arcade in Copenhagen (read: only arcade) and stole a lot of things. As we have written earlier, we really like this place. They have also been helpful with lending us machines for different events we have been hosting. Latest, the Nordic Game Jam’s pre-party, where we…
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Nordic Game Jam Pre-jam Party 2013
Nordic Game Jam is coming up really soon and Copenhagen Game Collective, as always, is hosting a pre-party the day before. This year we have packed more activities into the program. There will be lots of music, social and physical games, so put your social gloves on and get down to Sydhavn to have some…
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Playing with magnets – Magnetize Me
Not so long ago, most of us went to The Exile Game Jam. Well, we were hosting it after all. It is the bestest game jam of them all. I had brought some whiskey, a western board/card game (Bang!) and some magnets (yes, ol’ school magnets) and was all set. I wanted to create a…
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Exile Game Jam Fall 2012
Many of us at the Game Collective are going to and hosting this Game Jam. We think that it is a great way to realize and to form ideas as well as socialize and build networks. It was at the last exile game jam that we developed Idiots attack the Top Noodle together with many…
