Category: About CounterPlay
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Making a play festival playful
It’s been a while since the third CounterPlay festival ended, but we’re still extremely excited that so many wonderful people came from all around the world to play and we still feel the energy. We’ve been evaluating and reflecting on the event, including question of what actually makes a play festival like CounterPlay truly playful?
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Organising CounterPlay ’16
Working on CounterPlay ’16, it’s clear that we need to also focus on the way the festival is organised. Even though we want CounterPlay to be deliberately (somewhat) chaotic to support a more relaxed, informal and playful atmosphere, we also strive to make it as meaningful as possible. It’s a constant dance between rigid structure and full-blown…
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Impressions from CounterPlay ’15
With the second edition of CounterPlay over, we’re working on evaluation and documentation…and slowly preparing for CounterPlay ’16. I thought I would share some thoughts from behind the (already fairly transparent) scenes, so this post is my personal reflections on my work with and experiences from the festival. Leading up to the festival, I had…
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CounterPlay – på dansk
Nu nærmer vi os hastigt den 2. udgave af CounterPlay, og vi arbejder på højtryk for at lave den bedst mulige festival. Personligt er jeg ikke et øjeblik i tvivl om, at det bliver en helt fantastisk oplevelse for alle involverede. Med festivalen forsøger vi at ramme en balance mellem det internationale udsyn, og den…
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CounterPlay ’15 Contributors #1
We’ve been working hard on CounterPlay ’15 for the past several months, and we’re very happy to announce the first batch of contributors for the upcoming festival. While this is already an amazing collection, we’ve got a lot more coming, and we aim to have a first edition of the actual program ready within a…
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The CounterPlay advisors
“An advisory board is a body that provides non-binding strategic advice to the management of a corporation, organization, or foundation” I read that on Wikipedia, and I thought: “Hey, there’s no doubt that CounterPlay needs a lot of advice to evolve and improve. Why not ask a group of smart people if they want to be…
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Make games for & during CounterPlay
Over on Facebook, a good friend & game developer Esben came up with a great suggestion for CounterPlay: What about a few concrete dogmas too, like: Everyone at the festival are part of a new game developed for that particular festival The workshops of the festival are focused on concrete development, therefore we publish at…
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Steps towards #CounterPlay15
Ever since the first CounterPlay festival back in April, I’ve been working on CounterPlay ’15. The first time was an absolute blast, and it seems like the 150 playful participants generally share that sentiment. There’s lots of room for improvement and new ideas, of course, but I’m incredibly happy with the outcome. Hey, it was…
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The local roots of CounterPlay
There’s not much news about CounterPlay ’15 yet, but things are starting to happen, and based on the successful first edition with 150 wonderful people, I have a lot of ideas for next year. So many things I want to do better next time, and so many new initiatives I’d like to facilitate in and around CounterPlay. At…