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Game designers meeting at the Swiss
Museum of Games
The sixth Swiss game designers' meeting will
be held in the medieval castle of La Tour-de-Peilz on May 1st and 2nd.
The goal of this conference is to stimulate game-design creativity by meeting and exchanging information, and to make contacts.
This event is open to any designer, Swiss or not, professional or amateur, published or not.
Sometimes because of language barrier, other times because of isolation,
Swiss game designers do not get to know each other very well, if at
all. Furthermore, as the gaming world consists of small groups of gamers,
many amateur designers do not have access to groups of play testers
and cannot get their prototypes tested and do not know about game market
standards. Others just are not aware of their game's potential, and
many prototypes end up in the back of a cupboard, never again to see the light
of day.
That’s why we propose this meeting year after year. Its goal is to meet, to exchange
information, and to make contacts, in order to stimulate everybody's
creativity. This event is open to any designer, Swiss or not, professional
or amateur, published or not.
This year's guests will be Niek Neuwahl (NL) and Kris Burm (B)
But, don't forget, the motto is PLAYING!
You will have an opportunity to have your prototypes criticised by a
peer-group of designers and tested by experienced players, as well as
spending the weekend in the fabulous setting of the Castle at La Tour-de-Peilz,
situated at the shore of Lake Geneva, and overlooking the mountains
of the French Haute-Savoie. On Saturday evening as well as on Sunday,
the convention will be open to the public, which will provide the opportunity
to have your game tested, this time by families.
Interested?
The Swiss Museum of Games welcomes you and is looking forward to hosting
this second designers' meeting.
For the Museum: Ulrich Schädler, Director
For GameWorks Sébastien Pauchon
Participation fee is CHF 30.- , which covers :
- free entry to the Museum throughout the whole weekend
- a badge with your name
- a reserved area to show and test your prototypes (if you request one)
- participation to the conference
- 6 entries to the Museum for your family or for future visits
- Sunday Breakfast at the Museum
The program so far is the following :
Saturday May 1st
10h00 : opening, visit of the Museum, arrival of the designers
11h30 : welcome speech from Mr Ulrich Schädler, Director
15h00 : conference by Niek Neuwahl and Kris Burm
18h00 : closing, followed by a meal in a pizzeria by the lake
Sunday May 2nd
09h00 – 11h00 : breakfast offered to the participants
10h00 - 17h00 tests, meeting the public
17h00 - official farewell and closure of the Museum
Applications
The deadline for applications is 26th April 2010. Please send completed
application or any queries to:
Musée Suisse du Jeu
Rue du Château 11
1814 La Tour-de-Peilz
Tél. : +41 21 977 23 00
Fax : +41 21 977 23 07
info@museedujeu.com
Hotels & Rooms :
Between Vevey and La Tour-de-Peilz, there are many hotels
The closest hotel to the museum here.
Probably the cheapest solution for a group here.
A luxurious solution here.
Other choices here.
Reports from previous years on Tric Trac: 2007 / 2008 |
