Boston Festival Of Indie Games

Boston F.I.G. made great improvements for this year. I had an awesome day & it seemed bigger and better than last year.
Tickets cost $ 10 this year — but that was worth it. (Thanks to Unilocal I was given a VIP pass.)
The digital games showcase was on the 2^nd floor this year — which greatly improved cell phone service. (Last year, my phone died searching for signal & I couldn’t even check in on Unilocal but there were none of those issues this year.) My favorite digital game of the show was called «That Rock Paper Scissors Game».
The 1^st floor table top showcase was great too! My favorite game there was called «Dolly’s Bookworm». It was a fun game created by an 11 year old girl that wanted a game that involved books. (Kinda like guess who but with book titles instead of people.)
I went to 2 panels — one of player agency & game design and one on improv. Both presenters were great.
Boston Festival of Indie Games has just become a «must attend» event on my yearly calendar.

You know I wasn’t quite sure how this would pan out. It was the second year running this and I thought it went well. You’re dealing with a smaller venue mostly at MIT’s Student Center and the focus is mainly on Indie Games. I was expecting a smaller version of what I witnessed at PAX East with various digital, board and card games. That’s exactly what I got.
The BFIG originally was focused on games in the New England area but they had expanded their range this year which I think worked well. I know there were a couple of games there from west coast developers. I’m not complaining though, I was stoked to try and play new games. I don’t really care where they come from.
Being a gamer of the digital variety they setup most of those games in the ski rink area. It was dimly lit and I think at some point a couple of the developers lost power. But I was quite happy discovering some new apps and games that I’ll definitely keep an eye out for.
It’s growing every year I fear they’ll soon outgrow their MIT base of operations. Of course though because it’s held at MIT admission is free. Which is the big thing they’ve got going that their other convention counterparts lack.
I wish I was able to check this out more. 12 hours is much too short for any convention but it was fun. Also thank god for food trucks. Kudos to all the volunteers, staff and games that made this happen.