{"id":997,"date":"2016-08-17T09:57:37","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T07:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sgda.ch\/?p=997"},"modified":"2017-02-15T16:38:09","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T14:38:09","slug":"swiss-games-gamescom16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sgda.ch\/it\/swiss-games-gamescom16\/","title":{"rendered":"Gamescom starts today: Here&#8217;s what you need to know about Swiss game excellence at Europe&#8217;s main event for games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>#SwissGames will be again at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamescom.de\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gamescom<\/a> this year. An impressive Swiss delegation has travelled\u00a0to Cologne\u00a0presenting\u00a0a selection of 21 games and technologies developed by 10 independent studios and start-ups as well as 3 major art and design universities (Ecole Cantonale d\u2019Art de Lausanne, Haute Ecole d\u2019Art et de Design de Gen\u00e8ve and Zurich University of the Arts). The Swiss delegation represents the diversity of a strong and growing game developer industry in\u00a0Switzerland. It includes games with innovative design and gameplays for every platform, interactive movies, Virtual Reality experiences and groundbreaking technologies. Make sure you meet fellow SGDA members in\u00a0Hall\u00a04.1 (D022, E021). Like member games <a href=\"http:\/\/airheartgame.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Airheart<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ludicious.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=e3aaf32f1ac5f1d70c44783c6&amp;id=75f6ff6e98&amp;e=c1fee1b0b9\" target=\"_blank\">AirConsole<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/far-game.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">FAR<\/a>\u00a0(nominated for the Gamescom Indie Award), <a href=\"http:\/\/meantimegame.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Meantime<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ludicious.us8.list-manage2.com\/track\/click?u=e3aaf32f1ac5f1d70c44783c6&amp;id=da94995a9b&amp;e=c1fee1b0b9\" target=\"_blank\">Niche<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nimbatus.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nimbatus<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ludicious.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=e3aaf32f1ac5f1d70c44783c6&amp;id=54e13f7af1&amp;e=c1fee1b0b9\" target=\"_blank\">Organism<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ludicious.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=e3aaf32f1ac5f1d70c44783c6&amp;id=986334bb6b&amp;e=c1fee1b0b9\" target=\"_blank\">Schlicht<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/playsbp.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Splash Blast Panic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/struckd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Struckd<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/gamedesign.zhdk.ch\/projekte\/watcher\/\" target=\"_blank\">Watcher<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/ludicious.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=e3aaf32f1ac5f1d70c44783c6&amp;id=deedf4de94&amp;e=c1fee1b0b9\" target=\"_blank\">World Never End<\/a>\u00a0that can all be seen and played at the #SwissGames booth. Also\u00a0check out member games \u2013\u00a0yes, some games of the Swiss delegation have\u00a0a double feature at Gamescom \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/airheartgame.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Airheart<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ludicious.us8.list-manage2.com\/track\/click?u=e3aaf32f1ac5f1d70c44783c6&amp;id=1fe3273daf&amp;e=c1fee1b0b9\" target=\"_blank\">Airships<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ludicious.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=e3aaf32f1ac5f1d70c44783c6&amp;id=92b8ec0a26&amp;e=c1fee1b0b9\" target=\"_blank\">Modsork<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludicious.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=e3aaf32f1ac5f1d70c44783c6&amp;id=986334bb6b&amp;e=c1fee1b0b9\" target=\"_blank\">Schlicht<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/playsbp.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Splash Blast Panic<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludicious.us8.list-manage2.com\/track\/click?u=e3aaf32f1ac5f1d70c44783c6&amp;id=da94995a9b&amp;e=c1fee1b0b9\" target=\"_blank\">Niche<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ludicious.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=e3aaf32f1ac5f1d70c44783c6&amp;id=e40abe7437&amp;e=c1fee1b0b9\" target=\"_blank\">Oniri Islands<\/a>\u00a0at the <a href=\"http:\/\/ludicious.us8.list-manage2.com\/track\/click?u=e3aaf32f1ac5f1d70c44783c6&amp;id=180fdc0eb0&amp;e=c1fee1b0b9\" target=\"_blank\">Indie Arena Booth<\/a> in\u00a0Hall 10.1, Booth A-020 B-021 A-031.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0#SwissGames Booth will host two special events:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Today on August 17th at 10:00 guests will be welcomed with a special breakfast and an interactive screening of Late Shift, CTRL Movie\u2019s first interactive movie (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/breakfast-at-the-swissgames-area-gamescom-2016-tickets-26866350979\">Tickets<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>On August 18th at 17:00, #SwissGames will host an aperitif\u00a0with a tournament on AirConsole, the online gaming platform that turns browsers into video game consoles and smartphones into gamepads. The game chosen for the tournament is The Neighborhood, DNA Studios\u2019 latest title (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/beer-swiss-chocolate-and-games-swissgames-area-gamescom-2016-tickets-26931836849\">Tickets<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The #SwissGames booth is powered by Pro Helvetia \u2013 the Swiss Arts Council \u2013 in cooperation\u00a0with the SGDA. Also a partner of the #SwissGames booth is <a href=\"http:\/\/ludicious.ch\/\">Ludicious<\/a> \u2013 Zurich Game Festival. Hit\u00a0up <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/flybyei\">Director Dominik Marosi<\/a> to chat with him at Gamescom and to get to know all the details about Switzerland&#8217;s Game festival for innovative games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#SwissGames will be again at\u00a0Gamescom this year. An impressive Swiss delegation has travelled\u00a0to Cologne\u00a0presenting\u00a0a selection of 21 games and technologies developed by 10 independent studios and start-ups as well as 3 major art and design universities (Ecole Cantonale d\u2019Art de Lausanne, Haute Ecole d\u2019Art et de Design de Gen\u00e8ve and Zurich University of the Arts). &#8230; <a title=\"Gamescom starts today: Here&#8217;s what you need to know about Swiss game excellence at Europe&#8217;s main event for games\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sgda.ch\/it\/swiss-games-gamescom16\/\" aria-label=\"More on Gamescom starts today: Here&#8217;s what you need to know about Swiss game excellence at Europe&#8217;s main event for games\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":312,"featured_media":1004,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","pmpro-has-access"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sgda.ch\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sgda.ch\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sgda.ch\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sgda.ch\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/312"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sgda.ch\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sgda.ch\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sgda.ch\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sgda.ch\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sgda.ch\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sgda.ch\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}