The CBGB of Videogames
Report and pix of FORT90 x Babycastles, from Matt of FORT90!
SET YOUR HYPERCUBES TO SUPER
I am totally going to appear at this thing.
And then disappear just as mysteriously as i appeared.
Leaving everybody behind, uncertain of what it all meant, but certain that they were changed forever.
In the silence, they can still hear the whispers: ” babycastles… babycastles… ”
www.babycastles.com
www.fort90.com
You made it happen! You are lovely.
We would like to share our heartfelt thanks with the amazing supporters who helped us bring Gamma IV to the GDC this year! We still cannot get over the amazing response to this year’s arcade. Thank you all for making Gamma IV such an incredible success.
OFFICIAL SPONSORS
Game Developers Conference
Semi Secret Software
thatgamecompany
Number None
Twisted Pixel Games
Mezzanine
Tiger Style Games
AppAbove
Technoculture, Art and Games (Concordia)
Spyeart Games
Hemisphere Games
Ted Martens
KICKSTARTER SUPPORTERS
-Brass Monkey-
Four Door Lemon
Duncan Robson
Charles Berube
-Super Meaty-
Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab
Kongregate
Andy Moore
GameDev.net
-Atomic Unicycle-
Simon Carless
Matt Mechtley
John Sharp
Uncommon Assembly
James Montagna
Tiff Chow
Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace/Obx Labs
Darius Kazemi
Kim Pallister
Rik Eberhardt
Richard Lemarchand
Darren Torpey
Mike Nowak
2BeeGames
-Chin of Holowka-
Kevin Gadd
James Riley
Jordan Magnuson
Brittany Aubert
Cort Stratton
Ron Theis
Joshua Diaz
Sebastien Delahaye
Scott Price
Peter Smith
Dave LeCompte
Mike Gnade
David McGraw
Henk Boom
Andrij
Robin Hunicke
Bigpants
Ian Bogost
Miguel Sicart
Brandon Mechtley
Shawn White
Teck Lee Tan
-Purho’s Ponytail-
Erin Robinson
Corwyn Kalenda
James Everett
Ryan Mattson
William Feldhaus
Gregory Peng
FortNinety
Martin Jonasson
har0ld
Martin Thériault
RedHades
Brian Creeden
Dylan Fries
Justin Smith
Adam Mowery
Craig Ostrin
Miguel Sternberg
David Koontz
jemini.org
Anthony Burch
Pixelate
Michel
Patrick Hancock
Zo-ii
Chris McMahon
OneSwitch.org.uk
Chris Zamanillo
Paul Satchell
Pixeljam
-Owl Country-
Daniel James
Matthew Gallant
Brandon Boyer
10rdBen
Éric Fournier
Malik Waters
Stephen Chiavelli
Daniel Oliveira Carneiro
Victor
K. Adam White
fluffy
Thomas Bedenk
Jonathan Justin
Hersh Choksi
Marc ten Bosch
dayonte
KoalaShot.com
Mitu S. R. Khandaker
gerard
Tyrone Henrie
Ben Miller
Scott Macmillan
Jeremy Sprague
Robin Chenoweth McShaffry
John Belcher
Paul Sottosanti
SERIOUSLY AWESOME VOLUNTEERS
Stevie Hryciw
Andrea Craver
Bradley Rose
Harris Yu
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID!
Peter Kirn
Steve Swink
Matthew Wegner
Kellee Santiago
Jason Della Rocca
Lynn Hughes
Greg Wohlwend
Josette Melchor
Melissa Marie
GIVERS OF COOL STUFF
Broken Rules (http://www.andyetitmoves.net/)
Capybara Games (http://www.capybaragames.com/)
DB Soundworks (http://www.dbsoundworks.com)
Dejobaan Games (http://www.dejobaan.com/aaaaa/)
Flashbang Studios (http://www.raptorsafari.com)
Gaijin Games (http://www.gaijingames.com/)
Hemisphere Games (http://www.hemispheregames.com/osmos/)
Infinite Ammo (http://www.infiniteammo.ca)
Invisible Handlebar (http://www.audio-surf.com/)
NimbleBit (http://myzerogear.com/)
Klei Entertainment (http://kleientertainment.com/games/shank/)
Kloonigames (http://www.crayonphysicsdeluxe.com/)
Metanet (http://www.metanetsoftware.com/)
Semi Secret Software (http://www.semisecretsoftware.com/)
Team Meat (http://supermeatboy.blogspot.com/)
The Odd Gentlemen (http://www.winterbottomgame.com/)
Think Services (http://www.think-services.com/gamegroup.php)
Tiger Style (http://www.tigerstylegames.com/)
Torpex Games (http://www.torpexgames.com/)
Unknown Worlds (http://www.unknownworlds.com/)
GAMMA IV, TONIGHT!
Finally, it’s time! Gamma IV: One Button Games is tonight at Mezzanine, 444 Jessie St!
We’re psyched to debut the six games, and listen to some great music. Here’s the musical lineup for the night. Doors open at 8, see you soon!
PHIL FISH (MTL) – selecting psychedelic new wave with dance beats
MOLDOVER (SF) – rock controllerist djing boom bap
CRASHFASTER (SF) – 8bit new wave live set
STARPAUSE (SF) – 16bit electro live set
BAIYON (JP) – minimal techno dj set
PETER KIRN (NYC) – ambient techno live set
CLASS PREZ (ATX) – future disco dj set
FUTURE BOY (ATX) – rowdy new rave dj set
ANNOUNCING: THE GAMES
Gamma IV comes to San Francisco’s Mezzanine (444 Jessie Street) this Wednesday, March 10th, 2010! We’re in an extra powerful scramble to make sure this is the best Gamma yet.
Meanwhile, we’re pleased to announce the six brand-new One Button Games, chosen from over 150 submissions(!), for this year’s Gamma:
- Silent Skies by Spyeart
- Poto & Cabenga by Honeyslug
- 4Fourths by Mikengreg
- B.U.T.T.O.N. (Brutally Unfair Tactics Totally OK Now) by Copenhagen Game Collective
- GAMMA IV – THE GAME by cactus
- Faraway by Steph Thirion
This year presented a significant curatorial challenge for us, given the exceptional quality and diversity of submissions to our “one-button games” call. The six games we ended up choosing demonstrate creative approaches to the one-button restriction, AND are tailored to the unique challenges of Gamma’s “new arcade” format. Games will be displayed on large screen projections and set to music from Starpause (SF), Baiyon (Kyoto), Class Prez (ATX), and more.
Also, don’t forget that from March 11th-13th, you can check out the One Button Games showcase at the Gamma IV Pavilion on the GDC Show Floor, presented in association with the Game Developers Conference.
And for more Gamma fun, come see One Button Objects on March 12th, a collection of playful circuit hacked creations inspired by the Gamma4 theme, at Gray Area Foundation for the Arts (55 Taylor St. San Francisco).
Gamma IV
Wednesday, March 10th, 8pm-3am
Free entry with any GDC badge
$10 public admission
Entry to Mezzanine is 21+, with I.D.
Yay yay yay…
BEEEEEEP!
Create Digital Motion’s Peter Kirn explains a bit more about the One Button Objects show that we’re co-organizing on March 12 at Gray Area Foundation.
So many fun toys coming our way!
http://createdigitalmotion.com/2010/03/extended-through-friday-one-button-objects-call/
Kick it into the black
We’re still feverishly playing and debating all the great Gamma4 games we received last week! So while you wait for us, why not browse the primo rewards we’re offering in our brand-new Kickstarter campaign. We launched the campaign today to raise the last chunk funds that we need, to hold our amazing curated indie game debut party-thing next month in San Francisco! A whole slew of indie devs have given us great schwag like tshirts, download codes, and maquettes to pass along to our pledgers. Most enticing of all, we are offering THREE All-Access GDC Passes, generously donated by Think Services! For $1600, getting your GDC pass from the Gamma4 Kickstarter campaign isn’t only The Right Thing To Do, it’s just plain economical.
hey i’m just a cat trying to live my life
We have 144 games to play today. A HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR.
The only thing keeping us sane is me0wtr0n.
Kokorommas approaches!
Just under four hours remain before the Gamma4 deadline at 11:59 Pacific time. It’s a good thing we all set aside the entire day tomorrow to play your games. We’re gonna need it!
Call for One-Button Objects!
For those of you who work more on the hardware/electronics side of things, Kokoromi and Create Digital Media are very happy to announce:
CALL FOR WORKS – KOKOROMI’S ONE-BUTTON GAME OBJECTS
What can you do with one button? In an age of ever-more-complex touch interfaces, we’d like to imagine what a single, tangible, hardware button can mean for a design.
To celebrate the arrival of their Gamma game event in San Francisco, game collective Kokoromi is teaming up with Create Digital Music and Create Digital Motion to launch a call for ONE-BUTTON OBJECTS. This call seeks to inspire unique hardware/software hacks that integrate playful, one-button interaction within a standalone machine or device. The curators are seeking circuit-bent gadgets, retro-fitted consoles, mechanical constructions, custom electronics, and other one-off creations. During the week of the Game Developers Conference, the Game Objects will be featured in an exhibit at the Gray Area Foundation, 
a new collaboration and exhibition venue revitalizing the Tenderloin, near the Moscone Center. A selection of these Objects will be shown at the opening night Gamma party, alongside the software-based Gamma4 one-button games, on March 10th at the Mezzanine in SoMa.
Check out the full Guidelines and Submission requirements.
CDM will be organizing some hackdays around the world to get people started on their One Button creations, so stay tuned!
