Indie gaming and artis festival Playtopia is back. Picture: Supplied Indie gaming and arts festivalPlaytopiareturns to Cape Town this December with what organisers said may be its most ambitious edition yet. The event promises more than one hundred games to explore and a fresh festival arcade.
The event takes place at the Mother City’s Homecoming Centre on 5 and 6 December. As before, visitor numbers will be capped at 1000 to, said organisers, ensure the intimacy of the event. Now in its fifth year, the festival has expanded its programme significantly, introducing a newly constructed fantasy environment called Arcadia to house the main arcade and installations.
Arcadia was designed by décor artist Natasha Davidson and is set to feature oversized books, glowing bottles and fabricated curiosities intended to merge game worlds with physical space. Festival director Dominique Gawlowski said the aim was to create an instant sense of wonder. “Like their forgotten childhood dreams have just come true.” Playtopia will also host the global public premiere of new, unreleased levels from Team Lazerbeam’s Shroom and Gloom, published by international label Devolver Digital.
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Visitors will enter the redesigned arcade through a Shroom and Gloom tunnel installation before accessing the new fantasy library. Gawlowski said the partnership carries significance for the local industry. “I hope it serves as an inspiration that it is possible to land a publishing relationship like this as a local developer. That being local should not in any way be the reason that your game doesn’t make it out there.”
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