Schedule
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Opening Night Party, 8:00pm
Location: Scratchouse
Join us at Scratchouse for our opening night party, featuring party videogames brought to us by Bar SK, Australia and music by guest headliner Sleep∞Over.
21 and up, free with suggested donation.
Thursday, November 16
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Block 1 - Presentation Quest! with Jared Johnson, 10 Mississippi, ALIEN CASENO and Fugl Developer Commentaries, 11:00am
Location: Alamo Drafthouse Mueller, Theater 1
Join Jared Johnston (Love is Moving), Karina Popp (10 Mississippi) Grace Bruxner (ALIEN CASENO) and Johan Gjestland (Fugl) for our first block of developer commentaries!
Fantastic Arcade Passes required for seating, please arrive before the panel begins. Overflow streaming may be available in Barrel O’ Fun.
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Block 2 - A Mortician's Tale, Moloch (zero), and Hypnospace Outlaw Developer Commentaries, 2:00pm
Location: Alamo Drafthouse Mueller, Theater 1
Join Laundry Bear (Gabby DaRienzo, Kaitlin Tremblay, Jen Costa, Andrew Carvalho), creators of the critically acclaimed A Mortician’s Tale, James and Joe Cox, creators of Moloch(zero) and Fantastic Arcade alum Jay Tholen, creator of Hypnospace Outlaw, for their developer commentaries!
Fantastic Arcade Passes required for seating, please arrive before the panel begins. Overflow streaming may be available in Barrel O’ Fun.
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Block 3 - Loren Schmidt and Katie Rose Pipkin, Heat Signature, and Chuchel Developer Commentaries, 5:00pm
Location: Alamo Drafthouse Mueller, Theater 1
Join artists Loren Schmidt and Katie Rose Pipkin as they talk about this year’s original Cabinet creation. Tom Francis returns to Fantastic Arcade with the final iteration of his space-heist-hit Heat Signature and Lukas Kunce of Amanita Design shows us the whimsical Chuchel.
Fantastic Arcade Passes required for seating, please arrive before the panel begins. Overflow streaming may be available in Barrel O’ Fun.
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Block 4 - Genesis Noir and Epic Games Developer Commentary, Forest Cup Tournament, 8:00pm
Location: Alamo Drafthouse Mueller, Theater 1
Join Feral Cat Den’s Jeremy Abel as he explores the inspirations for the mesmerizing new game GENESIS NOIR. A guided tour through the world of motion graphics and web interactions and how they’re using them to make something truly new in Unreal Engine. This panel made possible through the generous support of Epic! Afterwards we’ll fire up our first tournament of FA 2017, the rambunctious & charming 10 person soccer game Forest Cup, by Ivan Safrin. Come compete for prizes from Death Waltz records and Toy Joy!
Fantastic Arcade Passes required for seating, please arrive before the panel begins. Overflow streaming may be available in Barrel O’ Fun.
Friday, November 17
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Block Five - Into The Breach Developer Commentary, Jar Wars Tournament, 11:00am
Location: Alamo Drafthouse Mueller, Theater 1
Justin Ma (FTL) returns to Fantastic Arcade with the turn based Kaiju strategy game Into the Breach, and Patrick Curry + Taco Illuminati blow minds with the 4 player VR deathmatch game Jar Wars.
Fantastic Arcade Passes required for seating, please arrive before the panel begins. Overflow streaming may be available in Barrel O’ Fun.
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Block 6 - Small Talk, Overpass, and Dig Dog Developer Commentaries, 2:00pm
Location: Alamo Drafthouse Mueller, Theater 1
Austin game artists Gabrielle Hoggett (Small Talk), Michael Molinari (Overpass) Rusty Moyher (Dig Dog) join us for their developer commentaries! It’s the Austin Block!
Fantastic Arcade Passes required for seating, please arrive before the panel begins. Overflow streaming may be available in Barrel O’ Fun.
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Block 7 - 10 Beautiful Postcards, Wilmot's Warehouse, and Fernando Ramallo and Nathalie Lawhead Developer Commentaries, 5:00pm
Location: Alamo Drafthouse Mueller, Theater 1
The first stateside appearance of Fanastic Arcade Legend Stephen “thecatamites” Gill-Murphy (Space Funeral, Murder Dog IV: Trial of the Murder Dog, Goblet Grotto), plus Richard Hogg (Hohokum) returning with Wilmot’s Warehouse and Fernando Ramallo and Nathalie Lawhead team up for a suprise exhibition.
Fantastic Arcade Passes required for seating, please arrive before the panel begins. Overflow streaming may be available in Barrel O’ Fun.
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Block 8 - Untitled Goose Game and Below Developer Commentaries, Nidhogg 2 Tournament, 8:00pm
Location: Alamo Drafthouse Mueller, Theater 1
Join House House (Michael + Nico + Jake + Stuart) as they show off comedy stealth project Untitled Goose Game, Kris Piotrowski of CAPY, showing the highly anticipated dungeon crawler BELOW and then the ultimate tournament of Fantastic Arcade 2017: Nidhogg 2! Test your skills to win prizes from our friends at Death Waltz Records!
Fantastic Arcade Passes required for seating, please arrive before the panel begins. Overflow streaming may be available in Barrel O’ Fun.
Saturday, November 18th
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Block 9 - Making sounds for Everything... and everything else,Weird Hardware Panel, Wandersong and Blind Drive Developer Panels, 11:00am
Location: Alamo Drafthouse Mueller, Theater 1
Join sound designers Eduardo Ortiz (Everything) and Martin Kvale (Fugl) as they make sounds for Everything and Everything else. Followed by our third annual Weird Hardware panel, brought to you once again by Rachel Weil (Electronic Sweet n’ Fun), Andy Reitano (Super Russian Roulette) and Alan Watts (Eye of the Pyramid). Joining them will be Gordon McGladdery(Wandersong), Doron Assayas Terre and Giori Politi(Blind Drive), two more audio-centric games.
Fantastic Arcade Passes required for seating, please arrive before the panel begins. Overflow streaming may be available in Barrel O’ Fun.
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Block 10 - Disco Bear, Jenny Jiao Hsia, Kyle Reimergartin Developer Commentaries, 2:00pm
Location: Alamo Drafthouse Mueller, Theater 1
Brian Handy / Jenny Jiao Hsia / Kyle Reimergartin
Join USC Games alum Brian Handy (Disco Bear) on a journey of Bears, skates and mirrorballs, followed by Jenny Jiao Hsia (Daily Motions) and Kyle Reimergartin (Fjords) as they unveil their contributions to this year’s premiering Fantastic Arcade games!
Fantastic Arcade Passes required for seating, please arrive before the panel begins. Overflow streaming may be available in Barrel O’ Fun.
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Starcade and Fantastic Arcade Awards, 5:00pm
Location: Barrel O' Fun
Join us for our Starcade special, a visit to PHONY ISLAND. Artists from around the world submitted their head-to-head carninval games and 2 lucky contestants will play them for TICKETS that can be exchanged for FABULOUS PRIZES from our pals at Toy Joy! Cheer on your favorite and enjoy libation from our hosts Barrel O’ Fun.
Directly following Starcade we will announce our coveted Jury and Audience Choice winners from this year’s showcase and spotlight sections!
