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THANKS FOR PLAYING! 2009 was an outstanding year of growth. The festival ran June 12-14, and players came out to compete, smile, and have the time of their lives all weekend long. 33 games later, we are a stronger and happier community of designers, players, volunteers, and New Yorkers. Games took place throughout Times Square, Pier 84, Central Park, NYC Subway, Grand Central Station, and even Brooklyn. We all looked great, too, and partied hard. People loved being at The Tank and playing games in the middle of Broadway. Big thanks to our partners who made it all possible, including the dream of a white inflatable dome and access to a sweet HD screen.
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There were also loads of super smart conversations - at the panel discussion and beyond - about how to advance these types of games and our budding industry around them. We are building a revolution!
Since we started in 2006, we've encouraged designers to view their being selected to run games at the festival as an honor. With the medium of new urban street games maturing, our annual selection pool gets bigger and better all the time. This year was an experiment to give special recognition to the very best of the best. With the help of 14 judges, we carefully picked winners for 2009. Look for these awards again in 2010, as well as a "Best Family-Friendly Game" award.
Congratulations to the 2009 Come Out & Play Award Winners:
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Big thanks to all of the amazing volunteers who made the festival happen:
Omar Alfred Almodóvar,
Charles Amis,
Andrew Ashcraft (Survey King),
Pollie Bardenn (Facebook Maven),
Catherine Blanksby,
Lisa Caldeira,
Sam Charron,
Leslie Chicoine,
Jamison Claxton,
Karen Dealy,
Sherri Eldin,
David Fono,
Stephenie Futch,
Dan Gant,
E.Go Emmanuel Go,
Michel Gold,
Ginger Gray-Trefry,
Manar Hussain,
Patrick Jao,
Jenifer Kaminsky,
James Kane,
Aaron Krasnov,
Joanie Kwok,
Daniel Lau,
Tahiat Mahboob,
Sydney Maresca,
Mac McAnally,
Dessislava Michaylova,
Nicole Newman,
Shayna Nickel,
Valary Oleinik,
Ana Paula,
Scott Price,
Otavia Propper (volunteer volunteer coordinator extraordinaire!),
Julia Pun,
Fahad Quraishi,
Christoph Schmaltz,
Gabe Smedresman,
Brea Taylor-Munro (Facebook Maven),
Amy Wawak,
Sarah Williams,
Nicole Zeiss
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1. Paparazzi , 2. Groove Moove, 3. Jamson , 4. Tims Square HQ, 5. Train Mafia, 6. Outdoor Cham Ball, 7. Hopscotch Highways, 8. Signals on the S, 9. Outdoor Cham Ball, 10. CyptoZoo, 11. Hopscotch Highways, 12. Opening Ceremony, 13. Circle Rules Football, 14. Alien Recon, 15. Neo-Cowgirl Rodeo, 16. Player Party, 17. Great Whale Hunt, 18. Heartbreaker, 19. Pitfall! Live at the Tank, 20. The Tank, 21. Empress Kiki's
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Anytime throughout the festival
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Photopolis*
All Weekend: Friday June 12 at 10 AM through Sunday June 14 at 4 PM
Location: Festival HQ at the The Tank (354 W 45th St. between 8th/9th Aves)
Notes: family friendly, hi-tech, theatrical
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Team up with players from New York, Beijing, and Shanghai for a cross-continental photography challenge.
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Hidden Park
All Weekend: Download the iPhone app at the HQ during festival event hours and play at your leisure anytime during the weekend.
Location: Download at Festival HQ at the The Tank (354 W 45th St. between 8th/9th Aves). Then play the game in Central Park.
Notes: family friendly, hi-tech, iPhone, cerebral, theatrical
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A fantastic adventure that blends geo-caching, puzzle solving and photography into an innovative outdoor gaming experience.
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Friday June 12, 2009
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Stalk Exchange*
Start Time: Friday June 12 at 6 PM
Location: Grand Central Terminal - Players will be sent details about where to meet.
Notes: hi-tech, cerebral, social experiment
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A mobile-phone based espionage game for Grand Central
Terminal.
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Neo-Cowgirl Faux Rodeo*
Start Time: Friday June 12 at 6-8 PM
Location: Festival HQ at the The Tank (354 W 45th St. between 8th/9th Aves)
Notes: family friendly, theatrical, extreme, new sport
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Everyone's a cowgirl in this here rodeo! Stamp, holler, rope, 'n buck fer glory.
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Come Out & Play 2009 Opening Ceremony
Start Time: Friday June 12 at 7 PM - midnight
Location: Festival HQ at the The Tank (354 W 45th St. between 8th/9th Aves)
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Join us for the Come Out & Play Festival 2009 opening ceremony and party. Get a rundown on games to play throughout the weekend. Join in the fun with several party games at the opening.
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Hijack the Band
Start Time: Friday June 12 at 7-8:30 PM
Location: Festival HQ at the The Tank (354 W 45th St. between 8th/9th Aves)
Notes: hi-tech, live music!
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Interactive cell phone game played with a live rock band
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CryptoZoo*
Start Time: Friday June 12 at 11 PM
Location: Festival HQ at the The Tank (354 W 45th St. between 8th/9th Aves)
Notes: theatrical, extreme, new sport
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A secret world of strange and fast-moving creatures
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Saturday June 13, 2009
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Panel Discussion
Start Time: Saturday June 13 at 10 AM
Location: Festival HQ at the The Tank (354 W 45th St. between 8th/9th Aves)
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Join us for a conversation about the intersection of geography and games. Confirmed panelists: Mattia Romeo (Gigantic Mechanic), Sarah Williams (Spatial Information Design Lab, Columbia University).
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Day in the Park*
Start Time: Saturday June 13 at 12 PM
Location: Heckscher Fields in Central Park near 65th St & Central Park West entrance
Notes: family friendly, cerebral, theatrical
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Wanna play hooky from the streets? Solve big puzzles and complete missions to win a day in the park.
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BlockBall
Start Time: Saturday June 13 at 12-2 PM
Location: Festival HQ at the The Tank (354 W 45th St. between 8th/9th Aves)
Notes: cerebral, extreme, new-sport
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A real-time game of spatial strategy that plays at the speed of sport.
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F Be I, See I A*
Start Time: Saturday June 13 at 12:30 PM
Location:
COaP Times Square HQ, Broadway Pedestrian Mall @ 45th St
Notes: hi-tech, cerebral
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F Be I, See I A is Urban Capture The Flag without the sweat. Celebrating peer-to-peer communication in its purest form, players move carefully into the enemy team's territory as groups of under cover Field Agents connected to each other through two-way radios.
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Jamson
Start Time: Saturday June 13 at 3-5 PM
Location: Heckscher Fields in Central Park near 65th St & Central Park West entrance
Notes: extreme, new-sport
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Jamson is the backyard game of the future that will leave you wanting to play again and again.
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Circle Rules Football
Start Time: Saturday June 13 at 4 PM
Location: Heckscher Fields in Central Park near 65th St & Central Park West entrance
Notes: theatrical, extreme, new-sport
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Circle Rules Football is a new, action packed team sport played on a circular field with a giant yoga ball.
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Adrift Atlantean*
Start Time: Saturday June 13 at 4 PM
Location: Brooklyn Waterfront (see registration page for info)
Notes: family friendly, cerebral, theatrical, extreme
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A wayward Atlantean must return home, but hasn't the courage - only you can help!
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Picky Sticky Pollen*
Start Time: Saturday June 13 at 5 PM
Location: Heckscher Fields in Central Park near 65th St & Central Park West entrance
Notes: family friendly, cerebral, theatrical, active, blown up video game
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Be part of a hive! Competing hives direct crazed worker bees as they scurry to pick up pollen in this colorful lawn game.
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Player Party
Start Time: Saturday June 13 at 8 PM - midnight
Location: Festival HQ at the The Tank (354 W 45th St. between 8th/9th Aves)
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The Come Out & Play player party will feature more games, a comedy performance, a DJ, a raffle for awesome prizes, and beer. Help support Come Out & Play with a $5 donation.
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Sunday June 14, 2009
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Massively Multiplayer Mushu*
Start Time: Sunday June 14 at 11 AM
Location: Festival HQ at the The Tank (354 W 45th St. between 8th/9th Aves)
Notes: family friendly, social experiment, theatrical, extreme
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Grab some friends and traverse remarkable neighborhoods in New York City. Talk to strangers, find clues, and fetch ingredients for a giant collective dinner party!
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Gigaputt
Start Time: Sunday June 14 at 1-3 PM
Location: Festival HQ at the The Tank (354 W 45th St. between 8th/9th Aves)
Notes: family friendly, hi-tech, iPhone, new-sport
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Play golf across Manhattan using your iPhone.
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Seek n' Spell
Start Time: Sunday June 14 at 1-3 PM
Location: Pier 84, 44th Street and 12th Ave
Notes: family friendly, hi-tech, iPhone, cerebral, extreme, new-sport
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Virtual letters + real outdoor spaces = the only iPhone game that exercises your mind and body!
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Fast Foot Challenge*
Start Time: Sunday June 14 at 1-3 PM
Location: Pier 84, 44th Street and 12th Ave
Notes: hi-tech, extreme, new-sport
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FastFoot-Challenge is a GPS multiplayer game. Meet other players, choose your terrain, and experience the real world with new eyes. Be fast on your feet, prepare for the environment, and play your best strategy. Let's see how good you play: You are live on Google Earth!
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COaP 2009 Awards Ceremony*
Start Time: Sunday June 14 at 3:30-4:30 PM
Location: Festival HQ at the The Tank (354 W 45th St. between 8th/9th Aves)
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Wrap up Come Out & Play with other players and designers at an awards ceremony to recognize players' choice, best in fest, best use of space, best use of technology, best use of narrative, and best new sport.
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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.
General Information
e: gtrefry(@)comeoutandplay(.)org
p: 646-807-8131
Partnerships and San Francisco
e: cherdlick(@)comeoutandplay(.)org
p: 917-821-3078
Come Out & Play Festival
113 Carroll St, #3
Brooklyn, NY 11231
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