🌟Open Call for Creation
🕹️Make a video game using our customized foot pedals!
📅Deadline: Sept 15, 2025
💸Fee: €2500
🛠️Production: Nov–Dec
📦Delivery: Jan 15, 2026
🎪2 Exhibitions
💸2500€ for a video game ?
Yes but not a AAA, we’re asking a short, original game with small scope (around 100h of dev) using our custom footpedals.
It should be accessible to all : kids, families, non-players but also fun for casual and hardcore gamers 👾
📅What is the timeline ?
You’ll produce the game in november - december 2025, with Q/A feedback from us.
Game must be delivered bug-free by 15th january 2026!
🎯How many people are selected ?
Only one project will be picked !
Solo dev, studio, artist, hacker, creator ; whatever your profile is, you’re welcome to apply.
👣The controllers are really footpedals ?
Yes, you will develop video game on 3 or 10 footpedals (your choice).
You design the scenography (screen, pedals, etc.)
But no additional technology is allowed (no webcam, no sensors etc).
What we provide :
- Up to 10 pedals (with RGB LEDs inside)
- PC
- Sound system and display screen
- Exhibition space
- Technical specs : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QvxfOwLIqtOz_6eSrTK0RONrMG1aiAl8/view
Here are some pictures of our custom pedals !
💰When do I get paid ?
To be selected, you need to be able to invoice. The project is selected in october
Final payment: january 2026, after bug-free delivery
Up to 40% advance in december is possible, if production progression is shown.
☑️How is the project selected ?
Random Bazar is a non-profit organization.
We care about diversity of profiles, artistic intent, accessibility, and balance in our festival program.
📝What information do I need to apply ?
Fill this form : https://forms.gle/q4DABDYTgZbfpDx99
We ask :
- Your contact
- CV / portfolio
- Name of the project
- Creative Vision Statement
- Gameplay / Game Mechanics
- Scenography of pedals and screen
It takes ~10 min once your idea is clear!
🎪Two exhibitions in France ?
Yes the first one Random Bazar Festival, an alternative controller video game festival and the second one our partner Le Safran at Safra’numérique in Amiens !
Our audience : families, art lovers, curious minds, professionals and non-professionals
👾Can I reuse an old game ?
No, the game must be original, made for this project and our custom pedals. No pre-existing games and projects created with or by generative AI.
⚖️What about copyrights ?
The 2500€ covers production development and rights for the 2 mentionned exhibitions.
After that, we might offer a publishing contract : up to you to accept or decline.
You retain full ownership of your game.
🌟 Open Call for Exhibition
🕹️ Submit your playable or in-progress alternative controller video game
📅 Deadline: Sept 15, 2025
💸 Fee: upon invoice/quote
🎪 Random Bazar Festival, Feb 13–Mar 7, 2026
🎪What is the Random Bazar Festival?
A festival in Strasbourg celebrating alternative controller video games, experimental games and interactive art. Our audience: families, curious minds, art lovers, players, non-players and kids.
🕹️What do we mean by “alternative controller video game”?
At Random Bazar, it’s all about the HARDWARE
First we think about the INPUTS. Game controls must break away from standard gamepads ; think handcrafted or hacked objects, spatial setups, or devices driven by gesture & performance.
In addition to INPUTS, alternative controllers can also play with OUTPUTS.
Beyond screens and speakers: think scenography, projections, LEDs, custom sound, sensory feedback.
An original video game connects HARDWARE + SOFTWARE into a coherent, accessible artistic experience.
If you want some idea of alternative controller video game, we invite you to take a look at the great website https://shakethatbutton.com/ managed by Pierre Corbinais who documenting most video game installations.
📝How do I apply ?
Fill in our online form in FRENCH or ENGLISH
Deadline: 15th september 2025
We need :
- Your contact
- Artistic presentation
- Technical sheet
- Shipping informations
- Your quote
🛠️Can I submit a prototype ?
Yes, if it’s mature enough to be presented to the public without major bugs and can resist 3 weeks of exhibition with a large audience.
☑️How is the project selected ?
Random Bazar is a non-profit organization.
We care about diversity of profiles, artistic intent, accessibility, and balance in our festival program.