Year Zero

The first edition in March 2024 was dedicated to the presentation of individual projects from Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Most of the participants presented in person. Among the presenters were representatives of the Slovak Design Centre, the Department of Digital Games at the University of St. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Prague Game Production Studies Group, Pixelarchiv.cz, VisionGame, Retro Nation, Level magazine, Czechoslovak Speccy Archive, Game History, free8bit.net, and game archaeologist and collector Filip Reichert. The room was packed with a knowledgeable audience of enthusiastic individuals, journalists, community projects and commercial companies.

program

2 March 2024

from 8.30 Registration
9.00 Opening speech
9.10-10.40 Presentation of academic projects and institutions
Maroš Brojo: Slovak Design Centre, Bratislava
Michal Kabát: Department of Digital Games, St. Cyril and Methodius University, Trnava
Tereza Fousek Krobová - Jaroslav Švelch: Prague Game Production Studies Group
Roman Berka - Jan Kremer - Jaroslav Švelch: Pixelarchiv.cz, Prague
10.30-11.00 Debate
11.00-11.10 Break
11.10-12.20 Media projects
Miroslav Žák: VisionGame
Pavel Dobrovský: Retro Nation
Pavel Dobrovský: Level - Starter Project
12.20-12.40 Debate
12.40-14.00 Lunch
14.00-16.00 Community projects
Karel Ondráček: Czechoslovak Speccy Archive (online)
Vojtěch Straka: Game Archive
Michal Kefurt: Game Archaeologist
Petr Hytha: Archive.free8bit.net
Luděk Janda: Efforts to archive Czechoslovak games around 2005
Filip Reichert: Collecting Czechoslovak games
16.00-16.30 Debate
16.30-17.00 Break
17.00-17.50 Screening - 2 episodes of the documentary series Game Story
17.50-18.20 Debate with the creators of Game Story