Welcome to OpenGameCity, our attempt at making the festival as accessible as possible for you. The site for GameCity 7 has just gone live, and we’re ready to receive your brilliant ideas, but please bear with us as we snag out any problems that we discover within it. If you find a problem with the site, or have any feedback on the process – do drop us a line!

We’ve tried to make it as easy to use as possible, and will be adding more information, places and ideas over the coming weeks, but for the time being, here’s a quick intro to what it’s all about.

Suitable for:

• Videogame developers
• Meet-ups
• Talks with screen content

Features. Main event area; multiple TV screens, video projector and screen, stage, full bar set up. Food and drink available. Smaller meeting rooms also available with video projectors and screen set up for more private events. Elaborate technical set up more likely to be easily supported.

Availability: 20th to 27th, 9am-late

Capacity: 120 seated max

Address:

Antenna,

Beck Street

Nottingham

Our largest event space, the Royal Concert Hall is not only spread across three floors, allowing for some unique event ideas possibly even utilising all three spaces, but it’s also the most artistically focused venue in the list. Having hosted everything from orchestral symphonies to stand up comedy, theatrical performances to pop concerts, the Royal Concert Hall foyers are destined to inspire performers every it as much as attendees.

Suitable for 

• Meet-ups and gamesjams
• Talks with screen content

Features: Open foyer space with seating, tables and powerpoint displays available over three floors. Quiet city centre space with great views of the city.

Availability: 20-27th. 10am-5pm

Capacity: From 10 to approx 30, seated. Multiple events can be booked in across different floors

Address:

Royal Concert Hall

Theatre Square

Nottingham

Suitable for- short sessions of 15 mins max

• Videogame developers
• Short film screenings
• Talks with screen content
• Performance pieces

Features: Main stage, full lighting rig, overhead projector and screen. 100 seated audience, theatre style

Availability: 22th to 27th, 2pm slot.

Capacity: 100 seated

Address:

The Council House

Old Market Square

Nottingham

Suitable for:

• craft and animation workshops
• exhibitions
• performance pieces

Features: large, impressive room adjacent to main Ballroom festival space.

Availability: 22th to 26th, 10am-5pm

Capacity: approx 100 standing, tbc depending on event

Address:

The Council House

Old Market Square

Nottingham

Suitable for:

• Videogame developers
• Film screenings
• Meet-ups
• Great place to meet for street based games
• Talks with screen content

Availability: 20th to 27th, 9am-late

Capacity: Dependent upon space chosen; from 5 participants to 100 (approx.)

Address:

The Broadway Media Centre

Broad Street

Nottingham

Suitable for:

• Developers
• Film screenings
• Meet-ups
• Talks with screen content

Features: Contained ‘living room’ with sofas and armchairs, focusing on an overhead video projector and screen. Ideal if you want your session to be quiet and relaxed. Also suitable for events with a long running time of several hours

Availability: 20th to 27th, 9am-late

Capacity: 30 seated max

Address:

The Broadway Media Centre

Broad Street

Nottingham

Suitable for:

• Videogame developers
• Assorted workshop activities, from craft to dance and everything in between

Features:

• The largest single area for public footfall

Availability: 20th to 27th, 10am to 5pm.

Capacity: Many throughout the day.

Address:

Market Square,

Nottingham.

What is a Visual  event?

By visual, we mean events that are for spectators only; without active participants. You’ll be watching someone do something they’re brilliant at, seeing the maestro at work, as it were.

What sort of Visual events can I expect to see?

• Film screenings
• Live art projects (graffiti/illustration/multimedia, etc)
• Art/media exhibitions

These are just a few examples. You can expect to see a lot more than just those listed, and they’ll be spread out across the city in a range of venues

What is a Talk event?

GameCity exists to give creative industries their voice, and we’re equally proud to be able to extend this opportunity to everyone who wants to share their view on something. Here’s where you can wax lyrical about anything you like*

What sort of Talks can I expect to see?

The spoken word is a powerful tool and comes in many forms…

• Storytelling
• Debate
• Panels
• Unconferences
• Poetry (beat/spoken word/etc)

Don’t forget, just because you’re the one with the mic doesn’t mean others can’t join in with you. Talk to people. Talk with people. Lead. Follow. The choice is yours.

*We ask that all content refrains from making any comments likely to offend/upset people. We reserve the right to check content ahead of time