Automat

Experimental video game party from Gothenburg, Sweden. Arcade games, Alternative Controls, DIY game events, Game culture, Play culture.                 Sister group of Game Dev GBG.

[automatarkad]

Heyo from Game Dev GBG!

Game Dev GBG is a group of developers and hobbyist in GBG who likes to game jam, chat and just have fun.

Here’s our website: https://gamedevgbg.com/

and here’s our discord: https://discord.gg/hJs5FYb

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Hey look it’s some more pictures from Automat 2019! Who knows maybe we’ll make a third post with just pictures!? Lots of love, the Automat.

[kjellhaften]

Some pictures from this year’s Automat event! Thanks everyone for coming! Stay tuned for more shenanigans!

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Don’t sleep on this!

Automat goes neon this saturday!

Automat invites you to Sweden's only experimental GAME PARTY! Play our mindaltering alternative games and meet the fantastic people behind them! There will be snacks and soft drinks. A neo arcade for playful people of all ages. A great big thanks to our long time supporters and friends at RISE Research Institutes of Sweden for allowing us to use their venue for this event.

Click me for event link!

C U 5P4C3 C0\/\/B01

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Bennifer sightings

Bennifer is a triangle animal from outer space. They can jump through dimensions and they can never die. They are a very playful and mischievous person. They are also the official mascot of Automat.

Their appearace will change slightly to fit into the new dimensions they visit, but they will always be recognizable wth their long, wedgeshaped body with legs underneath.

(image 1, 2, 3) Ess Mattisson’s website: http://mtsn.se

(image 4, 5) Kjell Håftén: http://haftens.com

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RSM - Hello!

We’re superbusy with Retrospelsmässan right now, but I just wanted to throw 2 links out to those that got our “klistermärke” yesterday.

First, Automats own discord where we talk about our events: https://discord.gg/yrNDExj

And secondly, Gamedev GBG where we also talk about events, game creations and more. https://discord.gg/azNUNBs

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Retrospelsmässan Game Jam Kickoff!

Retrospelsmässan is on the horizon and as always - We have a game jam before it! Come to the Rise workshop for a presentation of the theme and meet fellow jammers, or show up in the discord and say hello from distance. The jam will span over the next couple of weeks before RSM, so you'll have a chance to work on your game from home, with future meetups where we talk about the games and work on our cabinets. Jammers will be given free entrance and be allowed to skip the waiting line for Retrospelsmässan. (99% sure of it) Games made on the Jam will then be shown at Retrospelsmässan, in our own made cabinets. The kickoff for the jam is ~2 hours, the game jam will last until 3rd May.

Say hello to us:

Discord  

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The times are approaching

One week from now, those who joined the Game Jam event will have about 1 hour left until they’ll present their games.

Hopefully none will be too stressed :)

After the Game Jam, those who want can have their games presented at Tidsvåg, an event in part of the Science festival in Gothenburg in April.

Read more here (and join the events!)

Game Jam - Facebook Event

Game Jam - Meetup

Science Festival - Tidsvåg

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Oh hi there, didn’t see you come in. Welcome to my extremely improvised home woodworking studio.

What’s this I’m building? It’s the arcade of tomorrow! I call it the “Instant Arcade - just add venue!”. It is inspired by the Babycade which was made by my dear friends at Glitchnap. But I want to make Automat’s version a bit more versatile. 

The idea is to have a complete indie arcade kit that you can easily transport on a tram or possibly in large car I guess. It must contain everything you might need to set up an indie arcade. This list includes: arcade cabinets (probably small ones), a f*ck-ton of controllers, wired power (with a long-ass cable), speakers, projector, lights, soap bubble machine? and whatever we find that’s funny and interesting! Oh and it should also look very cool and interesting! We’ll get to that later.

The materials used to build the machine so far are our old babystroller, a wooden table-like board and a chopped up drawing board for kids that I found in our trash room. #trashgames amirite? See you next time players, lovers and friends!

XOXO Kjell

[kjellhaften]

Hey we’re making a Game Jam!

So we’re collaborating with Elisabeth Tegner of http://neohouse.se and her event Tidsvåg. It’s a pretty darn cool happening with lots of playful installations and other stuff. Also, it happened in the 1990′s. And now it’s happening again at Vetenskapsfestivalen in Gothenburg this year (2019 for those reading this from the future). Anyway, we got in touch with Elisabeth a while back and decided that Automat should host a game jam and then showcase the results at the Tidsvåg event. We came up with two themes: utopia and crafts, but couldn’t decide on which we liked best, så we ended up merging them into “Craft Your Own Utopia”.

Above are some pictures of our marketing process for the game jam. Making the picture was very much a brainstorm process where we just came up with ideas and made them into objects that we then put into the picture.

Let’s talk again soon!

//Kjell

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New fancy website design!

[tingvall]

🐱 CatBoy🐱

CatBoy is a brand new console from Catalope Games! CatBoy is a handheld cartridge based gaming system. Just plug in a 5v mobile phone charger and play! Different games can be loaded by inserting different cartridges and rebooting the console. Developed under 48 hours during Spring Game Jam 2017 using an Arduino Esplora as hardware platform. More info: https://tingvall.pw/catboy/

[brokenrealitygame]

@quaNet 

[wolfhard]

Zane: Plays PROBOID

Heyyyy long time no post,

A short I made this summer just got posted, I’m pretty proud of it!

Animation by Matt Everton Voices by Griffin McElroy Music by Leslie Wolfhard

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The New Wave Of Indie Arcade Cabinets Continues To Look Beautiful

Fewer and fewer new releases find their way into arcades these days. Even the latest version of Street Fighter, a series synonymous with the scene, ended up forgoing an official arcade cabinet having settled instead solely on the virtual arena of online multiplayer. Fortunately, there are still people trying to preserve the feeling of local co-op with new machines.

Would you look at these stunning cabinets! So nice to see the scene thriving!

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Automat: Halloween (Fall 2017)

After a couple of years of hiatus, Automat returned to the world of the living. This time around, we hope to set up several events each semester. It was great to get back on track again and we learned a lot from this event. 

Games showcased:

Witchball by Stephen Clark 

Badblood by Winnie Song

Crawl by PowerHoof

Enbarr Mac Lir by Erik Einebrant

The Rekindlers by Kevin Andersson & Emil Nilsson

The Valley by Mårten Jonsson Thanks a lot to UNF Kravall for providing alcohol free drinks and bootleg delicato balls. Thanks to Indiespel GBG for being a great community. Thanks to RISE for letting us use your tech. Thanks to Mustafa and Joel for driving the old but trusty volvo 240 that I must remember to thank my neighbors for letting us borrow. And of course, thanks to everyone who showed up! We can’t, won’t, shan’t do this w/o you!

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Automat är tillbaka!

Kl 18:00 - 22:00 fredagen den 27 oktober släpar vi in arkadmaskiner, VR-stolar och en alkoholfri bar till Kompani 415s lokaler i Kviberg. Vi bjuder er till en helkväll med läskig musik, jumpscares, kamratlig kamp och närodlade spel från Göteborgs frigående spelskapare. I vår alkoholfria bar kommer ni kunna köpa alkoholfria drinkar och veganska äggmackor och fika.

Vår spelutställning består av både uppsökta spel från när och fjärran och resultatet av ett gamejam som anordnas inför Automat: Halloween. Länk: https://www.facebook.com/events/803100459867717

Rekommenderad åldersgräns: 15+

Biljetter kostar 50:- / besökare och betalas i entrén.

Evenemanget är ett samarbete mellan Wang Electronics CO., LTD., Indiespel GBG, UNF Kravall och Sverok Väst.

Länk till evenemanget på facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2195771290649981

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Automat is back!

At 18:00 - 22:00 on Friday October 27th we haul arcade machines, VR chairs and an alcohol free bar over to Kompani 415 in Kviberg. We invite you to an evening filled with spoopy music, jumpscares, jolly competition and locally grown games from the free range game devs of Gothenburg. You will be able to buy alcohol-free drinks and vegan egg sandwiches and fika at our alcohol-free bar.

Our game exhibition consists of curated games from near and far as well as the result of a gamejam taking place before Automat: Halloween. Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/803100459867717

Recommended age: 15+

Tickets are 50:- / visitor and can be bought at the entrance.

The event is a collaboration between Wang Electronics CO., LTD., Indiespel GBG, UNF Kravall & Sverok Väst.

Link to the event on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2195771290649981