Makers’ Corner

Welcome to our weekend of events running 6-7 April, for people with a particular interest in the processes and practice of making games.

A Makers’ Corner ticket is £25, and includes unlimited access to the Now Play This exhibition across 6-7 April; access to the Makers’ Corner dedicated space, with a selection of books and board games; plus workshops throughout the weekend, and our new conference, “A Series of Interesting Decisions”, in which our speakers will discuss one of their projects in depth, and look at the different decisions that went into creating it. A timetable for the weekend is available here.

A Series Of Interesting Decisions

Talk: Macho Cam

Robert Yang

Talk: Macho Cam – Robert Yang |

Sun, Apr 7 at 11:00am

Robert Yang makes surprisingly popular games about gay culture and intimacy -- he is most known for his historical bathroom sex simulator The Tearoom and his male shower simulator Rinse and Repeat, and his gay sex triptych Radiator 2 has over 150,000 users on Steam. He is currently an Assistant Arts Professor at NYU Game Center.

Panel: Making Physical Things

Amy Godliman
We Throw Switches
Raphael Kim

Panel: Making Physical Things – Amy Godliman | We Throw Switches | Raphael Kim

Sun, Apr 7 at 11:45am

Panel: Doing Things with Board Games

Hwa Young Jung
Kenechukwu Ogbuagu
Sindi Breshani

Panel: Doing Things with Board Games – Hwa Young Jung | Kenechukwu Ogbuagu | Sindi Breshani

Sun, Apr 7 at 1:00pm

Talk: AFFIX

Sabrina Shirazi

Talk: AFFIX – Sabrina Shirazi |

Sun, Apr 7 at 2:45pm

Sabrina Shirazi is a designer and resident of Bristol’s Pervasive Media Studio. Sabrina produces visual art, textile installations and dining events inspired by colour, unconventional behaviour and play.

Panel: Games as Creative Tools

bleeptrack
sokpop
Tomo Kihara

Panel: Games as Creative Tools – bleeptrack | sokpop | Tomo Kihara

Sun, Apr 7 at 3:15pm

Talk: Frog Detective 2

Grace Bruxner

Talk: Frog Detective 2 – Grace Bruxner |

Sun, Apr 7 at 4:30pm

WORM CLUB is a studio comprised of Grace Bruxner, Thomas Bowker and Dan Golding. They made the smash hit (kinda) "The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game" and have teamed up again to bring some more mystery and silliness to the medium of games.

Panel: Playing in Public Space

Kristi Minchin
Nikki Pugh
Zach Gage

Panel: Playing in Public Space – Kristi Minchin | Nikki Pugh | Zach Gage

Sun, Apr 7 at 5:00pm

Workshops

Playing with Artificial Eyes

by Tomo Kihara

Playing with Artificial Eyes – Tomo Kihara

Sat, Apr 6 at 2:00pm

Shitpost Tarot: Session 1

by Dámhín Mckeown

Shitpost Tarot: Session 1 – Dámhín Mckeown

Sat, Apr 6 at 1:00pm

Dámhín Mckeown is an artist, curator, and gender killer based in Dublin, Ireland. Gaby Aveiro-Ojeda is an artist, speaker, and game designer. They are currently working on their spooky, witchy game, Don't Wake the Night, while also creating art based around expressions of Paraguayan identity and ancestral traditions.

MouldCraft

by Raphael Kim

MouldCraft – Raphael Kim

Sat, Apr 6 at 4:00pm

Raphael Kim is a researcher interested in hybrid games involving micro-organisms and computers. Currently, he is undertaking a PhD at Media and Arts Technology (MAT) programme, at Queen Mary, University of London.

Memphis Jam

by Heterocosmica

Memphis Jam – Heterocosmica

Sat, Apr 6 at 10:00am

Heterocosmica consists of Simon Johnson, a data scientist and Shruti Grover, a design researcher. They are based at Makerversity in Somerset House. Memphis Jam is a development of a prototype that Johnson made after visiting Now Play This in 2018, and feeling inspired to experiment with making games.
Diagram of Unity ECS

Working with Unity ECS

by Terry Yu/Yu Tian
Diagram of Unity ECS

Working with Unity ECS – Terry Yu/Yu Tian

Sat, Apr 6 at 11:00am

Terry Yu/Yu Tian is a game producer, programmer, and game jammer, working on a mobile roguelite mini-sandbox game, and making indie games in private.

Is This Violence? Am I Too Sexy?

by Tomo Kihara

Is This Violence? Am I Too Sexy? – Tomo Kihara

Sun, Apr 7 at 10:00am

Board Game Selection

Board Game Selection –

Sun, Apr 7 at 2:00pm

A Series of Unexpected Constraints

by Abi Palmer

A Series of Unexpected Constraints – Abi Palmer

Sun, Apr 7 at 1:00pm

Abi Palmer is an experimental artist and writer. In 2018 she designed ‘Crip Casino’ - an interactive gambling arcade exploring the disabled body in institutionalised spaces. Her forthcoming book ‘Sanatorium’ navigates a luxury rehabilitation space in Budapest and an £80 inflatable blue Korean bathtub (Penned in the Margins, 2020).

The Mission: Occupy Mars

by Exit Productions

The Mission: Occupy Mars – Exit Productions

Sun, Apr 7 at 4:30pm

Exit Productions are a games-based theatre company, trying to find the meeting points between those two things. Their previous work has seen audience-led factions in a revolution and king-makers of a boxing match at Fight Night.

Colony: meet the critters

by Nikki Pugh

Colony: meet the critters – Nikki Pugh

Sun, Apr 7 at 10:00am

Nikki Pugh explores questions relating to how we perceive, move through and interact with our surroundings. She instigates enquiry-led processes that are often participatory in nature, designing mechanisms to support exploration, discussion and criticism. Colony is made in collaboration with Tarim (Media Playgrounds) and supported using public funding by Arts Council England.