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The full programme for the "FROG – Future and Reality of Gaming" 2026 conference is now online! → www.frogvienna.at/programme-20... 1 award ceremony 2 days conference 3 days exhibition 4 everyone organised by SUBOTRON and @appliedgames.bsky.social in coop with the @belvederemuseum.bsky.social

In this months arcademy, @olima.bsky.social of @futurefriendsgames.com fame will shock us with number 7 of his Top 10 indie publishing mistakes. HelloWien! Fear? (Of Missing Out?) Répondez S'il Vous Plaît to Save Our Souls! All haunting details here: subotron.com/event/indie-...

We have keynote speaker! In “Game Art: Digital Games as Artistic Material”, @schwingeler.bsky.social explores the many forms of Game Art and how artists appropriate, modify and transform computer games. NB: The call for abstracts is open til 15 Sept! www.frogvienna.at @appliedgames.bsky.social

Join our arcademy on how games and studios can create meaningful change through design, partnerships, culture, wellbeing by using practical frameworks for systems thinking, opportunity mapping and organisational readiness. Extra: @playherdles.com gamescom recap subotron.com/event/wellbe...

Registration is open! Get your free ticket to #FROG2026! PLAYING ART - researchers and practitioners present and discuss with the audience. 📅 Nov. 20–22, 2026 📍 Belvedere 21, Vienna 🎟️ Free admission, registration required 🔗 www.frogvienna.at @appliedgames.bsky.social @belvederemuseum.bsky.social

six sleeps til gamescom - dev - congress! catch SUBOTRON founder jogi (or one of his alter egos) between talks and chat about game education - development - preservation, and how we play life these days. he will wear his new captain´s hat www.frogvienna.at and would love to invite you on board!

Call for „PLAYING ART“ Game Ideas Exhibit your games at FROG conference and win the first “Austrian Impact Game Idea Award”! Eligible participants: Students, Hobbyists, Solo Devs, Teams, Studios based in Austria Deadline: 30 Sept. Details and registration: subotron.com/15294-call-f...

#FROG2026 is calling! theme: PLAYING ART 📅 Nov. 20–22 📍 Belvedere21, Vienna 📢 We invite scholars, educators, artists, curators and developers to discuss games, play, art, culture and education. 📝 Submission deadline Sept. 15 www.frogvienna.at @appliedgames.bsky.social @belvederemuseum.bsky.social

Next in our arcademy is @marlenedelrive.bsky.social on how an student team balanced subtlety with drama and designed an emotional first-person narrative game about alzheimer´s. Plus panel on how games can enable patient-centred solutions in the healthcare sector. RSVP: subotron.com/event/as-lon...

We´re happy to welcome #PlayPraxis founder @breshansi.bsky.social at our arcademy next week, who will share learnings during the development of a shared language for tools of complex topics addressing complex players and emerging patterns in the process Details and RSVP subotron.com/event/play-p...

next game jams ahead! join at @tuwien.at this weekend and pick a @gamesforchange.bsky.social theme just in time for the deadline of their student challenge or choose art and develop a prototype based on the open content collection of the @belvederemuseum.bsky.social! subotron.com/14862-game-j...

Our arcademy is a back! Join Cyrus Nemati (Little Bat Games), Julia Murczek (Lost in the Garden) and Felix Bohatsch (Broken Rules) on 12 March at MQ discussing chances and challenges of developing, funding and marketing games beyond entertainment. New: RSVP please! subotron.com/event/impact...

hello world! next level! all details and updates at subotron.com/14862-game-j... letsago @gamesforchange.bsky.social @belvederemuseum.bsky.social @nataliedenk.bsky.social

next levels

we are supporting fresh viennese game dev talent in their gamescom adventures again. apply for financial support and on-site guidance until 9 march: subotron.com/14271-open-c...

Attention Austrian Game Developers! We are awarding the SAGA again this year to the most amazing games from Austria at the button Festival in Graz. Prize Pool: 1500€ Submit your game to the SAGA 2026 (free) docs.google.com/form... #gamedev #austria but wait there is more...

join our 400th event since 2004! as every year, our final event reflects on chances and challenges of local game dev & education in a panel. tomorrow 7pm at MQ with @microbirdgames.bsky.social, @bongfishofficial.bsky.social, @pgda.at, @cyangmou.bsky.social, #FHSalzburg subotron.com/event/panel25/

this friday 21 nov, our annual live pitch competition for student projects is live for the 12th time! 4pm: playtest the projects & talk to the devs 7pm: live pitches jury: @philomenaschwab.bsky.social @reginatown.bsky.social @rattenhirn.bsky.social all details here: subotron.com/event/live-p...

our arcademy continues fri. 17 october 7pm with @byterockers.games´ rocker jan halwe. headbang your thoughts with us! all details here: subotron.com/event/pitchi...

two sleeps til game dev days graz! @gamedevgraz.bsky.social congrats to 10 years! they grow up so fast! thank you for your vital work for the austrian scene! 1up @joeyprink.bsky.social and team! #GDDG25

our coop with #ExperimentalGameCultures at #angewandte continues 08 oct. 5pm: #SusannaPollack, president of @gamesforchange.bsky.social is calling to embrace games as a force for hope, connection, and real-world change. discuss with us! subotron.com/event/games-...

‪ ships ahoi! our jury of local experts handpicked five finalists for our annual live pitch competition for austrian student projects. all details here: subotron.com/14602-live-p... next port: a workshop with jan halwe of @byterockers.games fame. final island: live competition 21 november

the SUBOTRON arcademy returns next week with zurichs´ @mariov.ch on design and development processes, his collaborations at @playables.net and his upcoming game "pocket boss", a data-bending remote career simulator. subotron.com/event/playab...

our live pitch competition winner (some moons ago 😬) lifts off!

Remembering 2021 to look forward to tomorrow - see you at the Vienna Gamedev Meetup at Auer von Welsbach Park - tomorrow (Tue, 15.7) around 6:30 pm

last SUBOTRON arcademy before summer break on thu. 26 June: together with @wearemuesli.bsky.social, we explore the path of a possible fresh and innovative ‘interactive neorealism’, based on values of empathy, social impact and the transformative potential of game design subotron.com/event/neorea...

Our annual LIVE PITCH COMPETITION FOR STUDENT PROJECTS returns for the 12th time! Students in Austrian can apply with their projects, diploma, bachelor’s or master’s thesis. 5 projects attend a workshop and pitch in front of an international jury on Nov 21st. Details: subotron.com/13947-open-c...

our partner #ViennaBusinessAgency is offering support for games or other creative digital projects made in vienna again and calls to enter the 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚 competition for digital design 2025. win €10,000 in production grants as well as special prizes here: viennabusinessagency.at/current-fund...

collecting local #oralhistory #gamehistory for #softwareLAB, the dept. for archiving & collecting software at @tmwpress.bsky.social part 5: harald riegler, entrepreneur and founder of the largest austrian studio in the early 21st century #sproing info on the series at subotron.com/14322-tmw-so...

creepy crawly!

we start a new lecture series together with #ExperimentalGameCultures at the #UniversityOfAppliedArtsVienna about games in museums/collections. our first guest on 22 march 4pm is laura schmidt from #ZKM / Karlsruhe experimentalgamecultures.uni-ak.ac.at/collecting-p...

we return to amazing @amazefest.bsky.social in the maze of / BERLIN next week 14-16 may and would like to talk to you about your talk for our arcademy series, game preservation, and of course art. let´s meet on the meadow! 2025.amaze-berlin.de

our AI in game dev-workshop with Daria Radu on may 15th during #CreativeDaysVienna is almost fully booked. last slots available via registration email until thursday may 8th here: subotron.com/event/ai-cre...

Special! In einer besonderen Ausgabe des @fm4.orf.at Game Podcast spreche ich mit dem dänischen Spieletheoretiker @jesperjuul.bsky.social: sound.orf.at/collection/2...

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register now for daria radus (#modl.ai) workshop on may 15th during #CreativeDaysVienna feat. AI tools for indie devs to streamline their workflow, built-in AI features in game engines, security and ethical concerns. bring your pitch for a hands-on approach! subotron.com/event/ai-cre...

congrats @strawboie.bsky.social 2025.amaze-berlin.de/nominees/

Tuesday, April 1st will be no joke - but pure fun and information at the #88 Vienna Gamedev Meetup - happening again in the amazing event space of Das Packhaus Follow the Cult! www.meetup.com/de-DE/vienna...

SUBOTRON arcademy Thu. 27.03.25 7pm at MuseumsQuartier Too Much Fun: The European History of the #commodore64 @jesperjuul.bsky.social on the #C64 ’s history from computer for #BASIC programming, to #game computer, to #demoscene computer, to a comforting #retrodevice subotron.com/event/c64/

It’s finally time! Our submissions for gamescom 2025 are officially open! ✨ We have a bunch of free and discounted showcasing options available for you 👀 Please check out our website for all relevant information: indiearenabooth.de/apply ⌛ Open until 9 April We look forward to your submissions! 🙌💗

EFGAMP continues to grow. 📢 We are glad to announce, that @hernihistorie.cz becomes a new member. Herní historie is a Czech collective of quite young retro game enthusiasts doing a lot of interesting stuff with a focus on Czechoslovak gaming history. Full news: efgamp.eu/2025/02/18/c...

re. last nights arcademy: itch.io/jam/climate-... igda.org/sigs/climate/ www.playing4theplanet.org/green-game-j... climatejusticecollab.org/climatejusti... www.monumentvalleygame.com/mv3 thanks again for the power ups @aeiea.bsky.social @ustwogames.co.uk

we start this years program on thu 20 february with discussing how rethinking priorities can benefit not only the planet but also our business. "monument valley"-mother jennifer estaris will prove that purpose and profit aren’t opposing forces - they’re partners. subotron.com/event/change/

20 years! our very first arcademy (then called "electric meeting") happened on 26 february 2005. a shop/hub and hundreds of talks, panels, workshops, exhibitions, festivals, cooperations later, we continue to advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion in our lives, the scene and in our program:

Dungeons of Hinterberg is coming to PlayStation on March 13th!!! We are so excited! 💙

(1/2) Do you live in Austria and are you making a cool game? Submit to the SAGA (StyriAn Games Award) to win up to 1000€! Finalists will get to showcase their game at a booth at the button festival, where the award ceremony will be held.

Don't forget to submit your work for the 2025 A MAZE. Awards by January 31st! 🦩🏆 Register here: https://2025.award.amaze-berlin.de/ #AMazeAwards #AMaze2025

our arcademy is back to the future! skip dystopia, connect with forward-thinking minds: 🪐 feb 20 @aeiea.bsky.social @ustwogames.bsky.social how prioritizing change saves the planet - and your bottom line 🕹️ march 27 @jesperjuul.bsky.social the european history of the C64 subotron.com/events/event/

We support the #ViennaBusinessAgency again in their "Content Vienna Connecting" service for 3 Vienna-based game dev talents. Get € 1,500 for participating in this year's #gamescom (consider #devcom), guidance, networking dinner. Apply here until March 10th: subotron.com/14271-open-c...