Morning

Theatre Talks

Isabel Bader Theatre (93 Charles Street West) doors at 8:30 am.

9:30 am – 10:00 am
Dean Hall, Bohemia (creator, DayZ) — Origins of DayZ

10:00 am – 10:30 am
Rob Segal, Get Set (co-creator Mega Run and Mega Jump) — From 0 to 40 Million Downloads

11:00 am – 11:30 am
Emerging Artists Showcase: Kyle Halladay (Humber) and Francesco Ciarlandini (University of Toronto)

11:30 am – 12:00 pm
Vander Caballero, Minority (creative director, Papo & Yo) — Creating Emotional Journeys

Games Showcase – Starships Edition

Victoria College (93 Charles West) Saturday 10:00 am – 1:00 pm; Sunday 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm.

Over 25 games will be showcased in the Gamercamp Center Hall, a mix of new and upcoming games you’ll see and try before anyone else. Game descriptions can be found here!

Check out the following games during the Starships Edition:

SBACE – Owen Deery (Canada)
VOYAGER — Ken Amarit (United States)
CAPSIZED — Alientrap (Canada)
LOVERS IN A DANGEROUS SPACETIME — Jamie Tucker and Matt Hammill (Canada)
PROBABILITY0 — Droqen (Canada)
SUPER SNACK TIME — Little Guy Games (Canada)
GRAVITY GHOST — Erin Robinson (United States)
NIDHOGG — Mark Essen (United States)
SPLICE — Cipher Prime (United States)
AT A DISTANCE — Terry Cavanagh (United Kingdom)
GUTS OF GLORY — Zach Gage (United States)

Snakes & Lattes Pop-Up Café

Victoria College (93 Charles West) all day.

Itching for a great game of Settlers of Catan? Think you have what it takes to be champion of Gamercamp favourite Blokus? Drop by our Snakes & Lattes Pop-Up Café for a game or two and a cup of coffee! We have an assortment of games available to choose from: grab a favourite or discover something new!

Hands-On Workshops

Victoria College (93 Charles West)

Workshops:

 10:00 am to 11:00 am
Breaking The Ice: Game Exercises For Everyone

 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
The Browser Arcade: Fundamentals Of CreateJS Using HTML5 – Microsoft

Click here to read full descriptions of workshops.



Afternoon

Theatre Talks

Isabel Bader Theatre (93 Charles Street West)

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm
JP Dyson (Director, International Centre for the History of Electronic Games)

1:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Jon Mak, Queasy (Creator, Everyday Shooter, co-creator Sound Shapes)

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Leonard Paul, Video Game Audio (Composer, Retro City Rampage)

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Ken Yeung, Capy Games (Co-creator, Super TIME Force)

Hands-On Workshops and Demonstrations

Victoria College (93 Charles West) 

Workshops:

 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Board Game Jam – George Brown College

 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Using Next-Gen Web Tech To Revolutionize Game – Mozilla

 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Taking Your Game Idea Beyond Games – Kill Shakespeare

Demonstration:

1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Games For The Blind – University Of Toronto

Click here to read full descriptions of workshops.

Games Showcase – Out of My Mind Edition

Victoria College (93 Charles West) Saturday 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm; Sunday 10:00 am – 1:00 pm..

Over 25 games will be showcased in the Gamercamp Center Hall, a mix of new and upcoming games you’ll see and try before anyone else. Game descriptions can be found here!

Check out the following games during the Out Of My Mind Edition:

EUROPEAN RAINBOW TRAINING – Kyle Dwyer (Canada)
SUPER TIME FORCE — Capy (Canada)
HOME — Benjamin Rivers (Canada)
HOKRA — Ramiro Corbetta (United States)
DEEP SEA — Robin Arnott (United States)
DYAD — Shawn McGrath (Canada)
GUACAMELEE — DrinkBox (Canada)
BARABARIBALL — Noah Sasso (United States)
SOUND SHAPES — Queasy (Canada)
MEGA RUN — Get Set Games (Canada)
PAPO & YO — Minority (Canada)
RECURSE — Matt Parker (United States)
SKULLS OF THE SHOGUN — 17-BIT (United States)

Snakes & Lattes Pop-Up Café

Victoria College (93 Charles West) all day.

Itching for a great game of Settlers of Catan? Think you have what it takes to be champion of Gamercamp favourite Blokus? Drop by our Snakes & Lattes Pop-Up Café for a game or two and a cup of coffee! We have an assortment of games available to choose from: grab a favourite or discover something new!

Evening

Saturday Social

Watermark Pub (207 Queens Quay West) at 8:30 pm.

Join host Shaun Hatton of Electric Playground for a night of music, games, and great company after the first day of Gamercamp talks at the beautiful Watermark Pub, situated on the waterfront in the Queen’s Quay Terminal. 

Leonard J. Paul [Vessel and Retro City Rampage], Peter Chapman aka Coins [Mutant Blobs Attack, ModRacer Nation], and Hatton will be performing at the Gamercamp Social.

Enjoy The Gamercamp No Quarter Arcade, a selection of games from the No Quarter exhibition, commissioned by NYU and curated by Charles Pratt. Games include

BaraBariBall by Noah Sasso;
Guts of Glory by Zach Gage (SpellTower);
Drunk Dungeon by Margaret Robertson;
Hokra by Ramiro Corbetta;
At a Distance by Terry Cavanagh (VVVVVV);
Deep Sea by Robin Arnott;
Recurse by Matt Parker; and,
Nidhogg by Mark Essen.

Note: the event is a separately-ticketed event from Gamercamp. We have limited quantities of tickets for the Social remaining.