Explore with your own avatar at the virtual Singapore Games Week 2021 village

Why not hang out at the Singapore Games Week (SGW) 2021 village this week? Opening today, find a showcase and celebration of Singapore’s vibrant games industry and its communities, featuring workshops, a treasure hunt, trivia sessions, and more. The SGW Virtual Village will be open until 31 October, while other activities run from 11 to 17 October.

The Singapore Pavilion will also be open to industry players keen to network with home-grown companies in the gaming and esports scene at gamescom asia, Suntec Convention Center, 14 / 15 October. 17 October will see Asia’s best gaming companies recognised for their achievements in areas including events, gaming and esports at the inaugural Asia Games Award.

Start by customising your avatar and travelling through the zones:

• Meet and chat with Singapore-based gaming companies, publishers, game design, jewellery, marketing, and video production. There are also game showcases, including an exclusive showcase of “Convalescence” – a game developed by Singapore Polytechnic Year 2 Design students
• Screening Zone: watch gaming content from video screenings to live-streamed sessions direct from gamescom asia
• Treasure Hunt within the village grounds, with partners including ArtScience Museum, Gank, Origame, SCAPE, Orh Gao Taproom, yeastside, In Bad Company

Maybe you’d like to attend the other offerings, available for free or subsidized rates:

• The Paper Playground by AlterCulture Studios: A workshop that gives attendees a sneak peek into the process of designing games, and hands-on experience in designing their very own game prototype to take home.
• Running Tabletop RPGs for Friends and Family: A Beginner’s Guide to TRPGs and Storytelling by Curious Chimeras: A workshop where experienced TRPG (Tabletop Role-playing Games) designers and gamemasters will show how you can enjoy these games too with your friends and family.
• Dungeons & Dragons Experience by Neo Tokyo Project: Learn to play Dungeons & Dragons with Singapore’s first and only ENnie Awards nominated adventure author Jason Koh, and experience a series of gripping, 4‐hour long adventures specially adapted for SGW 2021.
• Learn to Paint Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures by Neo Tokyo Project: A beginner friendly miniature painting workshop will let attendees learn techniques to add color to their tabletop gaming experience by bringing their favorite monsters and characters to life.
• Play with Gank’s Playpals by Gank: From 11 – 17 October, Gank will be offering subsidized rates to play and interact with their SEA-based content creators and gamers.

Industry side, the hybrid Singapore Pavilion will run 14 to 17 October, at gamescom asia, the first Asian satellite event of the world‘s largest computer and video games festival, gamescom. The Singapore Pavilion will feature exhibitors from Singapore-based gaming and esports startups and SMEs. Not forgetting the inaugural Asia Games Awards, streamed live on 17 October in the SGW Virtual Village.

The Singapore Games Week 2021 is organised by the Singapore Games Association (SGGA) and held in conjunction with gamescom asia. Be sure to check out the official website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Discord.

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