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About the Festival
New games, new ways to play In 2006 the Come Out & Play Festival turned New York City into a playground for a weekend, then did the same for the city of Amsterdam in 2007. We returned home to NYC in 2008. Over the years, thousands of players have gathered to play dozens of different games across each city. Players raced through the night in a city-wide game of zombie tag. Friends faced off in life-sized Pong using only their ears to "hear" the ball. (Papier-mache) pigeons were pummeled with wiffleball bats. Bicyclists armed with spray chalk and stencils competed to claim and build bike lanes. Stragers worked together to build and race blindly through labyrinths as part of a ancient lost sport. Payphones produced points and Tompkins Square Park became a putt-putt course. 200 people performed stunts to display on the Reuters screen in Times Square. Thousands of onlookers and passersby wondered just what the heck all these people were doing! It has been darn good and fascinating fun. Well, the festival is back. In June 2010, New York will have the chance to come out and play again across Brooklyn, New York. Right now we're accepting submissions for games in Come Out & Play 2010 in Brooklyn, NY. Drawing international media attention, designers from around the world, hundreds of players, and millions of impressions, Come Out & Play features innovative work in the emerging world of street games, big games, pervasive games, and location based games. For more information about past festivals check out games and pictures from:
About the festival
What Come Out & Play helps people rediscover the city around them through play. The festival offers a chance to explore new styles of public games and play. We show how much fun can be had by combining elements like GPS, sidewalks, chalk, smartphones, kickball, SMS, capture the flag, bluetooth, and treasure hunts in a dramatic urban context like New York City. Best of all: the games we feature are not just for kids (though kids are of course welcome)! We have featured games from the creators of I love bees, PacManhattan, The Go Game, Conqwest, Big Urban Game, Hide & Seek, igfest and more. From massive multi-player scavenger hunts to public play performances, the festival gives players and the public the chance to take part in a variety of different games. Why street games? Why a street games festival, you ask? Fair questions. Well, we like innovative use of public space. We like games which make people interact in new ways. We like games that alter your perception of your surroundings. But most importantly, we think games are great way to have fun. When The Come Out & Play Festival 2010 will take place June 4-6. Where New York City centered around the borough of Brooklyn. The festival will be headquartered at the Brooklyn Lyceum, but will spread out through the surrounding neighborhoods including Park Slope, Gowanus and Prospect Park. Interested in playing? Sign up for updates about the festival and schedule. How Coming from out of town? New York City is served by three modern international airports: Kennedy (JFK), LaGuardia (LGA), and Newark Liberty in New Jersey(EWR). Regional commuters can take trains or buses into Grand Central, Penn Station, or Port Authority. Once you're here you won't want to deal with a car or parking as the subway runs 24/7 and covers the whole city. Taxis are cheap and plentiful for more direct and private service. If you need a place to stay but want to avoid the pricey hotels, we recommend looking into short term/vacation rentals or apartment swaps on Craigslist. There's also a ymca hostel across the East River in trendy Greenpoint, Brooklyn that we've heard good things about. Who The Come Out & Play Festival wouldn't be possible without help from the growing community of people interested in street games. We'd love to have your help in making the festival a success. Tell your friends about us, create and run a game at the festival, volunteer at the festival, sign up to play games, blog about us, ask your company to sponsor us, or start a similar festival in your hometown. What are you waiting for? COME OUT & PLAY! |
The Organizers The festival is actually run by people we swear.
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Our Mission The Come Out & Play Festival seeks to provide a forum for new types of public games and play. We want to bring together a public eager to rediscover the world around them through play with designers interested in producing innovative new games and experiences. Oh yeah, and we want to have city-size fun.
Information for The Press HI-RES PHOTOS FOR PRESS: Press may use images and photos. Please note and (when possible) hyperlink to the festival. When using photos, also note corresponding game title and credit photographer. Photographer's name is indicated by folder title. Game title is indicated in image names. For more information (rules, etc.) about specific games, please visit 2008 schedule or 2009 schedule. Photos from 2006 and 2007 available upon request (contact info below)
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Contact
General Information e: gtrefry(at)comeoutandplay(dot)org p: 646-280-8311
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