NZ's international games festival is returning to Wellington, April 16th to 21st!

allurious · 2018-03-20T00:13:54.000Z

Hi, /r/NewZealand! [Play by Play](http://www.playbyplay.co.nz), New Zealand's international games festival, is coming back to Wellington for a third year between April 16th and 21st. We have a handy dandy page that explains exactly what [Play by Play is all about](https://playbyplay.co.nz/what-is-play-by-play/), but in cliff-notes it's a week-long festival that celebrates games & play, especially promoting exceptional titles developed in ANZ; educates on game development and games as a career; hosts fun events for people to get together and just have a pretty good time, eh. We have also developed the festival based on pillars of inclusiveness and diversity - play should be comfortable and safe. The festival very much reflects that, and we try to make every part of the festival as accessible/low-cost etc. as possible. This year, you can join in with some sweet activities such as: * **[Super Quiz Bros. 2](https://super-quiz-bros-2-the-lost-levels.lilregie.com/step1)** - a video game pub quiz coming back for a second year, there's still a few team spots left & some neat prizes on the line * An **[inaugural Overcooked Pairs Tournament](https://www.facebook.com/events/675837582540135/)** - an exciting 2v2 tournament fueling some sick kitchen action * A *free* week-long interactive exhibition held at Wellington Museum where you can come in and play all the ANZ finalist games for the Play by Play Awards * **[cosPlay by Play](https://www.facebook.com/events/884793045032256/)** - a games-based cosplay competition with a bunch of prizes to win * Our **[professional games conference](https://playbyplay.co.nz/conference-schedule/)** - an accessible, fun and esoteric conference that covers a lot of ground off the beaten track in games; anyone interested in games is welcome! * Accessible **game development workshops** - held throughout the week, we've run accessible workshops for children/teens the past two years, and are now expanding them to also include beginner game development workshops for adults * ... and there's still more to come, gosh. Wellington has been an amazing place to host and grow this event, and we're so pleased it's expanding so quickly! If you have any other suggestions of events you'd like to see, or if you have any questions, please feel free to PM me or send an email to info@playbyplay.co.nz. Hope to see a bunch of you there. :)

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Hi, r/NewZealand!

Play by Play, New Zealand's international games festival, is coming back to Wellington for a third year between April 16th and 21st. We have a handy dandy page that explains exactly what Play by Play is all about, but in cliff-notes it's a week-long festival that celebrates games & play, especially promoting exceptional titles developed in ANZ; educates on game development and games as a career; hosts fun events for people to get together and just have a pretty good time, eh. We have also developed the festival based on pillars of inclusiveness and diversity - play should be comfortable and safe. The festival very much reflects that, and we try to make every part of the festival as accessible/low-cost etc. as possible.

This year, you can join in with some sweet activities such as:

Super Quiz Bros. 2 - a video game pub quiz coming back for a second year, there's still a few team spots left & some neat prizes on the line
An inaugural Overcooked Pairs Tournament - an exciting 2v2 tournament fueling some sick kitchen action
A free week-long interactive exhibition held at Wellington Museum where you can come in and play all the ANZ finalist games for the Play by Play Awards
cosPlay by Play - a games-based cosplay competition with a bunch of prizes to win
Our professional games conference - an accessible, fun and esoteric conference that covers a lot of ground off the beaten track in games; anyone interested in games is welcome!
Accessible game development workshops - held throughout the week, we've run accessible workshops for children/teens the past two years, and are now expanding them to also include beginner game development workshops for adults
... and there's still more to come, gosh.

Wellington has been an amazing place to host and grow this event, and we're so pleased it's expanding so quickly! If you have any other suggestions of events you'd like to see, or if you have any questions, please feel free to PM me or send an email to [email protected]. Hope to see a bunch of you there. :)

Posted Mar 20, 2018, 12:13 AM UTC