August 6th @
Babycastles
Babycastles
An all-day indie games tournament
Players are placed into one of three teams!!!
GAMES
Videoball
Particle Mace
Star Versus
Yo Fight My Mans
BANG BANG BANG!
Chirp Club
Snacats
Hecticube
Brolly Folly
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11:30 AM | Get to the Choppa!!! | East River (see map) |
A one mile road race between Joe Salina of Babycastles, Tim Rogers of Action Button
Entertainment, Toni Pizza of Indiecade East, Gwynna Forgham-Thrift of NYU Game Center,
Nick Fortugno of Come Out & Play, Mark Kleeb of Death By Audio Arcade and Nick Montfort
of Synchrony. The
winner takes a victory lap in a helicopter that circles the Statue of Liberty, and they ride to the
tournament
in a private car. The losers swipe themselves into the subway.
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1 PM | Helicopter | Pier 6 (see map) |
The winner of the race is crowned and sent on a 15-minute helicopter ride around the Statue of
Liberty, Ellis Island and Governor's Island. |
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2:30 PM | Marshmallow Eating Contest | Babycastles |
Live marshmallow eating contest between Jesse, Dennis and Han! Visuals by Jónó Mí Ló.
Hosted by Coach Kyle.
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3 PM - 7 PM | Free Play / Official Matches / Robot Pageant | Babycastles, Hack Manhattan |
Let the games begin! Matches are held continuously at stations around Babycastles. Practice with friends or challenge players from other teams to official matches! As official matches are played, results are added to a live team point count. On the main screen, games rotate every hour and live commentators announce the action. Across the hall, build robots for a beauty pageant using supplies from the public bins. | ||
3 PM | Snacats | Babycastles Main Screen |
4 PM | Yo Fight My Mans | |
5 PM | Particle Mace | |
6 PM | Videoball | |
7 PM | Closing Ceremony | Babycastles |
We gather in the main space and place the representatives on the podium
next to their team's MVP. Creators of Killer Queen, Nik Mikros and Josh Debonis, will be
joining us to crown the champion of Super Hot Ronny's Rumble! Afterward, we break the
piñata. |
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9 PM | After Party | Babycastles |
Music by TBA. Tickets sold separately! |