IndieCade — the international festival of independent games — is going virtual for its 2020 event. The #AnywhereAndEverywhere festival will feature nine days of 24-hour programming on October 16–24 and the organization is currently crowdfunding to put on this year’s digital fest. The event will take place across multiple platforms including Twitch, Zoom, Discord, and more.
Plus: IndieCade’s 2020 Nominated Games this year includes a number of works across augmented reality, virtual reality, immersive theatre, and alternate reality games.
Tickets to attend go on sale September 28.
(Note: NoPro Executive Editor Kathryn Yu is a part of the nominating jury.)
Press Release Follows
IndieCade Announces 2020 Nominees & Lineup for Virtual #AnywhereAndEverywhere Festival
Santa Monica, CA (September 23, 2020) — IndieCade is going virtual for its 2020 #AnywhereAndEverywhere global online festival, featuring nine days of 24-hour programming on October 16–24. The 2020 festival lineup will include gameplay, exhibitions, conference sessions, workshops, discussions, Twitch streams and more, in addition to a virtual showcase of this year’s nominated titles that highlight top achievement across indie gaming. IndieCade is an independent, volunteer- and sponsor-supported event dedicated to cultivating innovation and artistry across indie game development, and to fund this year’s festival and future events, organizers have launched a Kickstarter to help build a virtual architecture to showcase top interactive media and emerging indie developers. For more details or to pledge support, visit: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/indiecade/anywhere-and-everywhere
“We’ve embraced 2020 as a year to embark on a new opportunity and broaden our impact by taking IndieCade virtual and reaching new international audiences,” said Stephanie Barish, CEO and Founder, IndieCade. “With community support, we look forward to opening our doors to more developers, gamers and fans than ever before by bringing this year’s festival to the global, virtual stage.”
IndieCade #AnywhereAndEverywhere festival highlights include 50 hours of live streamed gameplay and audience participation streams; multi-day tournaments; the return of Iron Game Designer and Influences panels; a TIGSource Retrospective focused on Derek Yu (of “Spelunky” and this year’s Trailblazer Honoree); and more. IndieCade is open to all indie game developers, players and fans of all ages, with three affordable pass pricing tiers including free public passes for general admission.
IndieCade’s 2020 festival nominees hail from five continents and include talented developers and teams from the U.S., Iceland, Germany, France, Argentina, Japan, China, New Zealand, Denmark, the U.K., Australia, Canada, Sweden and more. Nominees selected by IndieCade’s international jury include the following titles, with additional games to be announced leading up to the festival:
- ‘Ye or Nay?, by A.M. Darke, Tajae Keith and Nick Yonge
- ARCANA, by AOTW and E3W Productions
- Aria, by Rong Deng, Xin Ye, Rui Huang and Cheng Guo
- Beyond Blue, by E-Line Media
- Brukel, by Bob De Schutter
- CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience, by Delve Interactive
- Curious Expedition 2, by Maschinen-Mensch
- Davigo, by Davigo Studio
- Down the Rabbit Hole, by Cortopia Studios
- Electric Zine Maker, by alienmelon
- Endlight, by Troy Morrissey, Emilie McGinley and Jim McGinley
- Floppy Knights, by Rose City Games
- Gamer Girl, by Emily Turner, Jules Apicella, Pat Hosman, Sam Finston, Emily Horton, Dan Singer, Joseph Hong, Richard Swientonioski and Ian Schreiber
- Hexagroove: Tactical DJ, by Ichigoichie AB
- Honey & Hot Wax: An Anthology of Erotic Art Games, by Sharang Biswas, Lucian Kahn, Clio Yun-Su Davis, Alex Roberts, Kat Jones, Julia Ellingboe, Will Morningstar, Jonaya Kemper and Jana
- I Was a Teenage Exocolonist, by Northway Games
- Journey of the Broken Circle, by The Lovable Hat Cult
- Labyrinthe City, by Darjeeling Prod.
- Lost Words: Beyond the Page, by Sketchbook Games
- Lucifer Within Us, by Kitfox Games
- Mantis Falls (a game of trust), by Distant Rabbit Games
- Mini Motorways, by Dinosaur Polo Club
- Minute of Islands, by Studio Fizbin GmbH, Mixtvision Mediengesellschaft mbH
- Morse, by ALJO Games
- Mutazione, by Die Gute Fabrik
- Nine Witches: Family Disruption, by Indiesruption.com
- NUTS, by Joon, Pol, Muuutsch, Char and Torfi
- Operation: Tango, by Clever Plays
- Paradise Killer, by Kaizen Game Works and Fellow Traveller
- Pirates and Lasers, by Ian Cummins
- Propaganda, by Sindi Breshani
- Queer Quest: All in a Gay’s Work, by Mo Cohen, Maria Del Castillo, Hagen Deloss, Rex Waters, Autumn Rizzo and Alfie Padilla
- Radio General, by Foolish Mortals Games Inc
- Secret Oops!, by MixedBag Games
- Signal Decay, by Zack Zhang
- Sin Sol / No Sun, by Micha Cárdenas, Abraham Avnisan, Marcelo Díaz Viana Neto, Adrian Phillips, Wynne Greenwood and Morgan Thomas
- Skate City, by Daniel Zeller, Kim Lid, Peter Måseide, Andrei Surin, Ali Cedroni, Håvard Christensen, Erik Norderval and Andreas Alexander
- Star Dynasties, by Glen Pawley
- Starstruck: Hands of Time, by Createdelic, LLC
- Swordswallower, by Uti Azulay and Julia Del Matto
- Tales By Candlelight, by Cantrip Candles and Walk the Night
- Tangle Tower, by Adam Vian, Tom VIan, Catherine Unger, Jonathan Harris and Calum Bowen
- Terrarium: An Alternate Reality Game, by Patrick Jagoda, Heidi Coleman, Kristen Schilt, Ashlyn Sparrow and Marc Downie
- The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED], by Leonard Menchiari, Giulio Perrone, Daniele Vicinanzo, Manfredi Montemaggi, Giacomo Langella and Araceli Garcia
- The Everyone Shares One Butt Game, by 2 On the Nose LLC, Justin Ricafort and Brian Kim
- Thousand Year Old Vampire, by Petit Guignol, Tim Hutchings, Elizabeth Bellisario, Amber Autumn Faebrook, Jessie Rainbow, Tayler Stokes and Jackson Tegu
- Unheard, by NExT Studios
- We should talk., by Kat Aguiar, Nobonita Bhowmik, Francesca Carletto-Leon, Jordan Jones-Brewster, Carol Mertz and Jack Schlesinger
- Wide Ocean Big Jacket, by Ian Endsley, Carter Lodwick and Scott Archer
- Zenith Junction, by Dylan Nelkin, Palmmy Sivarapornsakul, Chapin Boyer, Siddarth Govindan and David Yuhic
Tickets will go on sale September 28th. For more information on IndieCade #AnywhereAndEverywhere, visit: https://anywhere.indiecade.com/
ABOUT INDIECADE
Applauded as the “Sundance of the videogame industry,” IndieCade supports independent game development globally through a series of international events highlighting the rich, diverse, artistic and culturally significant contributions of indie game developers. IndieCade’s programs are designed to bring visibility to and facilitate the production of new works within the emerging independent game community. IndieCade’s 2020 Anywhere & Everywhere virtual festival will be hosted October 16–24, 2020. For more details, visit: https://www.indiecade.com/
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