The Eerie Horror Film Festival has announced a game competition to occur later this year. The focus is on horror, sci-fi and mystery/suspense games. The deadline for submissions is September 1, so you’ve got plenty of time to cook something up.

In reference to the recent Slamdance / Super Columbine issue, note what they emphasize in the Eligibility section: “Content is NOT an issue.”

I think this genre specialization will make for an interesting and fresh take on the game festival concept. Unfortunately, Braid is only tangentially in the Speculative Fiction genre so it’s not appropriate for this festival, otherwise it would be entered posthaste.

In other news, there’s also Indiecade, with a focus on indepdent developers, innovation and experimentalism. I’ve been told that they may be planning an event this summer, as a precursor to the main festival; I will post more about that as information becomes available.

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