Two5six, our annual conference and festival, is a three-day celebration of a life well-played. If you haven’t been to Two5six before, you still have several days to buy a ticket for our conference and other events. The final schedule is now available for our conference next Saturday, May 16th. You can view the full festival schedule on Two5six’s website.

Saturday’s conference will bring together leaders from game design and other industries to discuss the connections between games and other creative spaces. Game designers David O’Reilly (Mountain), Kara Stone (Sext Adventure), and Torfi Frans Olafsson (Eve Universe) will share  the stage with culture-shapers like Randy Hunt (Creative director at Etsy) and Christian Rudder (Founder of OKCupid) to find the common threads between them. Our keynote speakers, Amy & Ryan Green, are creating That Dragon, Cancer, a game about processing their son Joel’s terminal cancer. An excerpt of a documentary about the Greens and the development of their game will be screened Friday night at the Two5six film fest.

10:00-10:15

Opening, Jamin Warren

10:15-10:50

‘The Future of Craft’, Randy Hunt & Katherine Bidwell

10:50-11:25

‘Spectators & Sport’, Marcus Reed & John White

11:40-12:15

‘Intimacy’, Christian Rudder & Kara Stone

12:15-1:00

‘Loss & Hope’, Amy Green & Ryan Green

2:30-3:05

‘Sound to Story’, David O’Reilly & Bianca Giaever

3:05-3:40

‘The Child’s Mind’, Youngna Park & Willow Mellbratt

4:00-4:35

‘Space and Beyond’, Torfi Olafsson & Lucianne Walcowicz

Two5six’s three-day festival will also feature an film fest the evening of Friday, May 15th, and our arcade of curated games Sunday, May 17th. All events will take place at Villain (50 North 3rd Street) in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.