July 2018
Boston Indies: July, Lecture TBA
The MIT Game Lab is happy to host the Boston Indies group this July for their monthly meeting. This month features a lecture, TBA when details come in.
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Boston Indies: August Demo Night
Sponsored by the MIT Game Lab
The MIT Game Lab is happy to host the Boston Indies group this August for their monthly meeting. This month features their regular Demo Night
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Boston Indies: September, Lightning Talks
The MIT Game Lab is happy to host the Boston Indies group this September for their monthly meeting. This month features a round of 'Lightning Talks' - short talks, rants, or raves from members of the Boston Indies communities about topics that are important to them.
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BostonFIG Fest 2018
Sponsored by the MIT Game Lab The Boston Festival of Indie Games is a celebration of independent game development with emphasis on the New England and neighboring regions. The Boston Festival of Indie Games seeks to support and showcase the efforts of independent game developers by providing an inclusive, safe, family-friendly event that encourages attendees to share and interact with games in various media, from video games to tabletop games and beyond. The Boston Festival of Indie Games is focused …
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Find out more »October 2018
Boston Indies: October, Gwen Frey “The Secret to Success in Indie Games”
The MIT Game Lab is happy to host the Boston Indies group this September for their monthly meeting. In this talk The Molasses Flood Founder and CFO Gwen Frey outlines her strategy for starting an indie studio and launching a successful indie game. She will use examples from her experience co-founding The Molasses Flood, detailing what worked and what didn't work for their team as they built their studio and launched their flagship title The Flame in The Flood.
Find out more »November 2018
Boston Indies: November, Demo/Hack Night
The MIT Game Lab is happy to host the Boston Indies group this September for their monthly meeting. This month features a round of 'Lightning Talks' - short talks, rants, or raves from members of the Boston Indies communities about topics that are important to them.
Find out more »February 2019
BostonFIG Talks & Learns 2019
This year, BostonFIG is excited to present two back-to-back days of content for the independent game creator communities! Join us on Saturday, February 9, and Sunday, February 10th for BostonFIG Talks and BostonFIG Learns!
Find out more »Boston Indies: February, Demo Night
Sponsored by the MIT Game Lab The MIT Game Lab is happy to host the Boston Indies group this February for their monthly meeting. This month features Demo night!! Bring your unfinished work, and we will give feedback. It's a very freeform event; imagine long rows of tables full of laptops with people mingling in the room. If you need any sort of advice (general, specific, whatever) on something you're working on, this is a great way to get it. …
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Find out more »September 2020
Break this Code: “Tmb’a uism i xchhtm qv iv pwcz!”
Participants will leave this session with a puzzle of their own design to stump their friends! We will learn about different kinds of puzzles, how puzzle designers approach puzzle creation, and the challenges of making a puzzle difficult but solvable.
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Playing in Extreme Environments: What space health research can teach us about adapting to life during pandemic
Panelists will discuss their work in designing and studying living spaces for astronauts and we’ll connect this to the stressors affecting our current living situation. Astronauts also face the challenge of living and working in extreme environments. Surrounded by danger, extreme heat or cold, poisonous gases, or a lack of oxygen, they live in small living quarters, closed off from the outside world and with only tenuous connections back to their loved ones at home. But throughout all of this, not only do they find opportunities to play, they make it an important factor in their lives.
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