{"id":924,"date":"2026-05-14T14:33:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T12:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamedev.tugraz.at\/?p=924"},"modified":"2026-05-22T16:48:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:48:43","slug":"button-festival-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamedev.tugraz.at\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/button-festival-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"button festival 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">button festival 2026<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1016\" src=\"https:\/\/gamedev.tugraz.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_46_GDG_Button2026-1-1024x1016.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gamedev.tugraz.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_46_GDG_Button2026-1-1024x1016.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gamedev.tugraz.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_46_GDG_Button2026-1-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gamedev.tugraz.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_46_GDG_Button2026-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gamedev.tugraz.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_46_GDG_Button2026-1-768x762.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gamedev.tugraz.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_46_GDG_Button2026-1-1536x1524.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gamedev.tugraz.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_46_GDG_Button2026-1-2048x2031.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/gamedev.tugraz.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_46_GDG_Button2026-1-1200x1190.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/gamedev.tugraz.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_46_GDG_Button2026-1-1980x1964.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>For this year&#8217;s button festival (an event for the local gaming and nerd culture), taking place on the 6th and 7th of March, we were an additional force for the <a href=\"https:\/\/gamedevgraz.at\/\">Game Dev Graz<\/a> and helping out with the SAGA (StyriAn Game Award).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This Award promotes the development and consumption of local (styrian) made games with this year contestants being:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palecoins.at\/\">Pale Coins<\/a> (Lukas Irzl)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3471820\/Roguefall\/\">Roguefall<\/a> (Velwoot Games)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilikescifi.com\/\">Space Cowboy<\/a> (ILIKESCIFI Games)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/causacreations.net\/\">Weblab<\/a> (Causa Creations)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Toni&#8217;s Turbo Tunnel (Anton Klinger)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We congratulate the winner Roguefall and are excited to be a helping hand again for button festival 2027!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buttonfestival.at\/\">button festival<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">March, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>button festival 2026 For this year&#8217;s button festival (an event for the local gaming and nerd culture), taking place on the 6th and 7th of March, we were an additional force for the Game Dev Graz and helping out with the SAGA (StyriAn Game Award). 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