Fantastic Arcade: Fun Size Edition!

October is here and Fantastic Arcade is back for our 10th event, Fantastic Arcade: Fun Size Edition! Join us on October 26th, 2024 at the Baker Center in Austin, TX for a one-day event showcasing indie games from your favorite and soon-to-be favorite developers, groundbreaking talks, and wild tournaments. This year’s game developers-in-residence include Wenxiao Ding and Sihan Zhang, Leo Flint of Forget Me Not Games, and VR artist Lauren Schroeder. Among our many awesome developer booths, we are excited to partner with FREEPLAY! to bring a fun size edition of their queer games exhibit, and with Women Led Games for a showcase from their community. Fantastic Arcade is curated by Games Y’all and produced by The Museum of Human Achievement. We are also proud to announce that Fantastic Arcade is a fully masked event and will have a HEPA filter courtesy of Clear The Air ATX. We can’t wait to see you all again! -=-=-=-=-=-=- Timeline 10 AM - 6 PM Talks 11 AM - 2 PM Games Showcase all day, tournaments in the afternoon, awards ceremony at end of day. Venue Location Baker Center 3908 Avenue B, Austin, TX 78751 https://maps.app.goo.gl/1CW3Y2q7LcPBuswe9 -=-=-=-=-=-=- The Lineup GAMES A Good Night's Rest - Rookery Interactive no signal - exodrifter Slot Waste - pickpanpuck Stick It to the Stickman - Free Lives, Published by Devolver Digital Terratopia: March of The Demon King - Kodiak Games Usual June - Finji Wilmot Works it Out - Hollow Ponds and Richard Hogg FREEPLAY! featuring: Love Always Runs Away - GameSetBoy; Guardian Frame: Debrief! - mothtown, cavegift, takuma okada, crtgirl; Fishin' for Average Caucasian Boyfriends - Jackie Liu Unannounced projects from Lauren Schroeder, Ledbetter Games, and Forget Me Not Games ...and more! TOURNAMENTS Dyebreaker by Running Jump ...and more to be announced! TALKS The Secret Sauce (WIP) by Merge Conflict Studio Melody Geiger - CEO & Producer Karina Teruya - Art Director FREEPLAY! Producing a queer games experience moaw! - Curator, Fabricator Jackie Liu - Artist, Designer Talks from CATS+ residents on creating VR, alt controller, and 2D platformer projects Lauren Schroeder - VR artist Wenxiao Ding – Game Designer Sihan Zhang – Game Developer Leo Flint - Game Director … and more to be announced! -=-=-=-=-=-=- Health Reminder that this is a fully masked event. Masks are required in the Rosette Room and the Cafetorium. We strongly encourage that everyone be fully vaccinated for COVID and the flu. Do not attend if you feel ill or were recently exposed to COVID. Hand sanitizer and masks will be available. HEPA filtration courtesy of Clear The Air ATX. -=-=-=-=-=-=- Getting There We encourage public transit, carpooling, and rideshare options. Baker Center is a 4 minute walk from Cap Metro’s Hyde Park Station (801, 1, and 481 bus lines). Baker Center has a parking lot and ample additional neighborhood street parking. -=-=-=-=-=-=- Accessibility The building is ADA compliant, including entrances, restrooms, and layout of the event. -=-=-=-=-=-=- Amenities Terrible Love coffee shop is on site and open until 3pm. We'll have a bar with refreshments open in the afternoon. There are many restaurants within 10-20m walking or very short driving distance to the venue. -=-=-=-=-=-=- Volunteer Help out at the event and get in for free! Shift details and sign up at http://fantasticarcade.com/join/hey -=-=-=-=-=-=- Credits Organizers Curated by Games Y’all - https://gamesyall.com Produced by The Museum of Human Achievement - https://moha.wiki Supported by CATS+ (Collaborative Art + Technology Situation) - https://moha.wiki/CATS+ -=-=-=-=-=-=- Thank you to our Sponsors Venue host - Mighty Coconut - https://www.mightycoconut.com Devolver Digital - https://www.devolverdigital.com 22nd Century Toys - https://22ndtoys.com FarBridge - https://farbridge.com Air filtration provided by Clear the Air ATX - https://linktr.ee/clear.the.air.atx CATS+ is supported in part by the City of Austin through the Grant for Technology Opportunities Program. -=-=-=-=-=-=- Fantastic Arcade is a celebration of international indie and cult video games in Austin, TX. Over the last 14 years we’ve: featured 650+ games from around the world, hosted 111+ monthly events, commissioned 20+ original games, produced 100+ talks and game jams, and developed an active community of developers, fans, and friends. The Museum of Human Achievement is a community-driven space grounded in affordability, inclusivity and access for artists. MoHA’s vision is for an empowered, resilient creative community where each member has the resources to foster well-being, prosperity, and a self-determined future. Games Y’all is a monthly event held at venues around Austin for indie devs, digital artists, and games fans. Games Y’all celebrates, amplifies, and supports the unique and underrepresented within indie games and beyond. MoHA’s CATS+ (Collaborative Art + Technology Situation) is a residency program that creates access

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