Hand Eye Society Explained
The Hand Eye Society is a not-for-profit coalition of projects and people in support of Toronto's video game communities.[1]
The Hand Eye Society Organizes socials, unconferences, presentations, showcases and established connections with the interactive design community at large.[2]
Current members
- Executive Director, Sagan Yee[3]
- Technology Director, Ken Cho
- Communications, Royel Edwards
- Operations Director, Amanda Wong
Events
- The Hand Eye Society Participated in Toronto's 2010 Nuit Blanche Festival where they held a booth at the TIFF bell Lightbox called Arcadian Renaissance.[4]
- The Hand Eye Society was At the Toronto FAN EXPO showing off the Torontron.
- In 2011, The Hand Eye Society hosted two incarnations of the Difference Engine Initiative, a program dedicated toward getting more women involved in independent game development.[5]
Current projects
- Game Curious
- WordPlay
- Comics x Games
- Toronto Videogame Database
- Hand Eye Society Socials
- Artsy Games Incubator
- Torontron: a 1982 arcade cabinet that has been retrofitted to play six games created by Toronto independent game artists:[6] Albacross,[6] LockON 2,[6] Mondrian Provoked,[6] Monster Puncher,[6] Heavy Weather[6] and Night of the Cephalopods.[6] Traveling events include: Nuit Blanche Festival Toronto,[4] the Canadian Zine Fair Canzine[7] Toronto Fan Expo,[8] Flash In The Can,[6] Toronto Comic Arts Festival[9] Function 13,[6] InterAccess[6] and Gamercamp.[6]
Torontron credits
- Cabinet Retrofitter: Jph Wacheski, Iteration Games[6]
- Project Coordinator: Jim Munroe, No Media Kings[6]
- Cabinet Graphic Design: Nadine Lessio[6]
- Gamemaker Liaison: Jim McGinley, Bigpants Games[6]
- Deployment Officer: Peter Marshall[6]
- Housing Assistance: Rose Bianchini and Jason Van Horne[6]
- Financial Support: Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council[6]
Partnering projects
- Gamercamp
- TOJam (Toronto Game Jam)
References
- Web site: The Hand Eye Society . The Hand Eye Society . 2012-08-17.
- Web site: Welcome to totech.ca.
- Web site: About Us. 2021-05-17. Hand Eye Society. en-US.
- Web site: Scotiabank Nuit Blanche . 2011-02-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706202742/http://www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca/iprojects.aspx?zone=C&mapID=51 . 2011-07-06 .
- Web site: Munroe. Jim. Difference Engine Initiative. Hand Eye Society. October 30, 2011.
- Web site: Torontrons.
- Web site: IndieGames.com - The Weblog - Torontron Indie Game Arcade Machine . www.indiegames.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091116191832/http://www.indiegames.com/blog/2009/11/torontron_indie_game_arcade_ma.html . 2009-11-16.
- Web site: Hand Eye Society Arcade at Fan Expo – rgbFilter.
- Web site: Torontrons.,
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