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Hololabs will be in New York City for MontrealX Developer Showcase

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On December 4th, 2014 Hololabs will be joining nine other Montreal-based indie developers to showcase our games in the Quebec Government’s Rockefeller Center office.

We will be there with Papercade, and Astrid will be moderating a panel discussion on the games industry in Montreal.

This event is organized by Rogue Counsel, with support from Alliance Numerique and the Quebec Government Office in New York.

For more information about who else is participating see the full event details over on Rogue Counsel’s site.

Visit the Papercade Demo Pod at MIGS 2014 in November

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It’s that time of the year again!

MIGS 2014 is just around the corner, and Hololabs will be there in full force. We will be showcasing the latest version of Papercade in the new Demo Zone, and Astrid will be speaking about the Canada Media Fund.

If you’re coming to town and are interested in meeting please do send us an email, or get in touch on LinkedIn.

Looking forward to seeing you there!
- Team Hololabs

Papercade at the October MRGS Craft Meetup

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The evening of October 16, 2014 we will be presenting Papercade at the October edition of the MRGS Craft Meetup. Held monthly, these meetups focus on the craft and experience of designing games.

Throughout Papercade’s development we have often sought feedback from local game developers and enthusiasts. Our presentation on Thursday will be a discussion on the evolution of Papercade as a result of this feedback and - now that Papercade is live on the App Store - what type of improvements can be made to create a better in-game experience for our budding creative community.

We hope to see you there!

Hololabs will be at Unite 2014

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Going to Unite 2014? Us too! Let’s meet up.

As you may know, we have been developing a number of projects using Unity 3D, including our interactive music making homage to Norman McLaren, Phonophotopia, and our soon-to-be-released diorama creation game Papercade.

Because we are on a never ending quest to keep learning here at Hololabs, Co-Founder and CTO Mike Wozniewski will be at Unite this year. If you will also be in Seattle we would love to hear from you.

You can email us any time or drop us a line over on LinkedIn.

See you soon!
Team Hololabs

Papercade Moves into Closed Alpha Testing

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We are excited to announce that we are pulling back the Papercade curtain, so to speak, for a handful of people. These lucky few get to test out the game and give us feedback about what they like / dislike / would like to see in the future.

This is a very important stage for Papercade as we work towards making the best game we can.

If you need a refresher: Papercade is a social storytelling and game creation app where players are invited to create and share story games in virtual diorama boxes using photographs and paper cutouts.

A newer feature we are working on are PaperJAMS. These are weekly creative challenges that give community members specific tasks to create a story game following a common theme.

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We have been working on Papercade for quite some time now (we’re coming up on a year of development later this summer!) and it is a thrill for us to finally share the game with enthusiastic new players.

If you are interested in joining this great community of testers send over an email. You can also sign up for updates on the website, like the game on Facebook, or follow along on Twitter and Pinterest.

Oh and by the way, if you’re in the Montreal area and interested in working on Papercade (along with our other projects) remember to check out our latest job post.

Hololabs will be at GDC 2014 in March

Yes folks, the rumors are true. A couple of us from Hololabs will be heading out west to the Pacific time zone to attend the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.

There may or may not be flowers in our hair.

Anyhow, if you will also be going to GDC, and/ or will be in the San Fancisco region at the same time, drop us a line! We’ll be there for the whole week, by the way, and we are very much looking forward to seeing old friends, making new ones, and showing off Papercade.

See you soon!

PS: If email isn’t your thing you can say hi any time over on Facebook, Google+, or Twitter.