OPEN CALL FOR URBAN GAME DESIGNERS
Tobacco City. Time Machine!
three-day urban game festival promoted by Plovdiv 2019 - European Capital of Culture
After the first successful edition last year of the Urban Games Festival – Tobacco City. Inception, Plovdiv will be once again changed into an engaging playground! This year the urban games festival will take place under the motive Time Machine from 16th till 18th November 2018 in and around the Tobacco City area, as part of the social programme of Plovdiv2019 European Capital of Culture and as a continuation of the partnership with Matera 2019 Foundation thus enriching the urban games approach as a powerful strategy to improve, make alive and take back abandoned city areas. We want to continue the stared boost of developing a community of creative people that would explore this topic in the next years and to make it an important cornerstone of the 2019 cultural programme and the legacy of the European Capital of Culture initiative. With the success of last year's festival, Plovdiv 2019 Foundation has decided to open a call to European game designers that are interested in
The application is online at the following link - please read the full regulations before applying.
The full text of the OPEN CALL you can download HERE
Call
During the festival, we will showcase 4 games from 16th - 18th November 2018: Friday evening, Saturday during the day, Saturday at night and Sunday during the day. The games should consider the theme "Time Machine". We would like you to think about transformation, (re)perception and appropriation of public
The Area
Games
As public we are expecting mostly families and young people. The proposed games should have room for this public and be able to make them play all in the time-span suggested. We will try and curate a wide range of games and concepts in different scales and time frames, uses of technology, etc.
Designers’ Team Fee
The fee for the designers’ team is 700€ including game’s material (travel and accommodation are excluded). We can accommodate up to 2 people per team.
Travel Dates
15th/16th November - 19th November 2018. Flight to Sofia and Plovdiv airport and transfer to/from Plovdiv.
Application Deadline
Open call deadline: Thursday 18th October at 12 (noon). The Application Proposals should be submitted only in English language or if you prefer to do it in Bulgarian it should obligatory have an English translation appendix.
Eligibility
Games already play-tested (also in different cultural contexts) will be preferred. We will select one game from a designer with Bulgarian background, one from a designer of Italian background and two games are open to all applicants from all European backgrounds. Travel and accommodation will be covered by
Selection Process
Plovdiv 2019 Foundation appoints general selector Philipp Ehmann with whom to evaluate the proposals based on the eligibility criteria and then select 4 games.
Contact
For more info, please write to tobaccocity@plovdiv2019.eu