Kokoromi Collective

GAMMA IV, TONIGHT!

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:29:26 +0000

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

cloo — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:32:59 +0000

Gamma IV comes to San Francisco’s Mezzanine (444 Jessie Street) this Wednesday, March 10^th, 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 10^th, 8pm-3am
Free entry with any GDC badge
$10 public admission
Entry to Mezzanine is 21+, with I.D.

Yay yay yay…

BEEEEEEP!

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:00:37 +0000

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

moboid — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:15:17 +0000

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

moboid — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:20:59 +0000

We have 144 games to play today. A HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR.
The only thing keeping us sane is me0wtr0n.

Kokorommas approaches!

moboid — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:22:39 +0000

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!

admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:42:51 +0000

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!

Shining Armor? please apply within.

moboid — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:15:59 +0000

Kokoromi is eagerly looking for one more Presenting sponsor to join us and our 2010 partner GDC in bringing Gamma4 to the world this March. Honestly, we really need your help to make this happen. Needless to say, a Presenting sponsor (the top tier of Gamma4 support) gets lots of great media coverage, international industry visibility, and some sweet VIP benefits at the event itself!

So! You (or someone you know) want to reach out to the beautiful mess of game creators that will be assembling soon in San Francisco? Do get in touch (gamma4 -at- kokoromi -dot- org) and we’ll drop you a Gamma4 sponsorship writeup, which explains how we will make it so. Muchas gracias, caballeros!

Gamma4 Submission Time

moboid — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:31:15 +0000

Ready to submit your One Button Game? Cool.

The Gamma4 submission page is live.

GAMMA 4 EVER

admin — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:51:45 +0000

Is the secret to good games found in high-tech interfaces? Kokoromi proposes that game developers can still find beauty in absolute simplicity. On March 10th, Gamma 4 will unveil brand-new games that use JUST ONE BUTTON.