Website: Bigpants Games
Twitter: @misterbigpants
Sessions: A Walk Through the Trash: Celebrating the Games & People of the TRS-80 Microcomputer; Indie Game Tournaments
Jim McGinley was creating indie games long before that was a term. He recently left a lovely wage to pursue Bigpants full time, in hopes of creating something amazing. In October, their latest game, The Depths To Which I Sink, won the Audience Choice Award at the international games festival IndieCade.
Website: Matthammill.com
Twitter: @matthammill
Session: The Visual Medium Is The Message: Exploring The Art of Gesundheit!
Matt Hammill is a Toronto-based animator and game designer. He is the creator of the acclaimed action-puzzle game Gesundheit!, published by Konami for iOS. With a background in TV animation, short films, and children’s books, he is interested in expanding the visual palette of games.
Website: @mrfaceplant
Session: MakerU Board Games
Adam Clare specializes in serious games and is a professor of game design at George Brown. At Wero Creative he manages educational gaming portal Kidoid. His work on games and education has been presented at conferences around the world. In 2010, Adam co-founded Board Game Jam and, for fun, he runs ThingsAreGood.com.
Website: mrghosty.net
Twitter: @mrghostyx
Session: Crafting A Mindset For Play As Adults
Skot Deeming is a media artist, VJ culture writer, and curator preoccupied with intersections between gamer culture, hacker culture, and art. He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree, while continuing to curate and program game and art events in Toronto and Winnipeg.
Gamercamp 2012 will take place November 3 and 4 in Toronto, Ontario. Expect more interesting talks, more inspiring ideas, and more first-looks at the newest innovative games. Passes and schedule to come.
Friday 8:00 to 10:00 pm. Join us for the Casual Gala at CSI Annex.
Gamercamp gives back with a party hosted by Electric Playground‘s Shaun Hatton celebrating a year of great games from local designers and developers. See Toronto’s future talent with the emerging artist showcase and get your hands on one-of-a-kind game art with an exciting charity raffle supporting the Hospital for Sick Children.
[Separately ticketed event!]
Saturday from 8:00 to 10:00 pm. Sign up for a night of adventure with our Urban Road Trip—like a live-action Mario Party across the city, but better!— as we challenge teams to race to complete ten unique challenges and battle to be on top!
Not participating in the Urban Road Trip? Join us at Betty’s while we cheer on the teams and provide live updates, before holding the trophy ceremony at 10:30 pm.
Sunday 7:00 to 10:00 pm. Join Will Perkins and Peter Kuplowsky post-Gamercamp for the Toronto premiere of The FP, a film best described as the Warriors meets Dance Dance Revolution. Then, play some DDR on the big screen!
[Note: special event! Tickets sold at the door of Toronto Underground Cinema!]
