Fantastic Arcade: Fun Size Edition!

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Event Details

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.

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

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.

About

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 for underrepresented and under-resourced artists to thoughtfully incorporate digital media and games technology into their practice through mentorship, tool access, skill-building workshops, and community. It offers technologists the opportunity to share knowledge, explore artistic frameworks, and build meaningful connections in the creative community.

Contact

Please reach out with any questions at games@themuseumofhumanachievement.com