The Ball, The Talks, and The Ghosts Are Coming 👻: October Newsletter
October 14, 2025
Welcome to this month’s Hand Eye Society newsletter!
We’ve also got your Halloween weekend plans covered: the Hand Eye Society Ball returns with ghosts, games, and an immersive experience that’s to die for. Plus, check out some very special upcoming industry events!
🎟️Hand Eye Society Ball – Regular Admission Tickets Still Available!
Join us for a Spooky Soirée! This is your chance to dance, play games, win prizes, and explore a brand-new immersive experience by our friends at Lockwood.
🦇 Event Details
📅 Saturday, November 1 (Halloween weekend)
⏰ 8:00 PM EST ’til late
📍 Cecil Community Centre – 58 Cecil St, Toronto, ON M5T 1N6
Your ticket helps support Hand Eye Society’s mission to celebrate games as art and create inclusive, community-driven events like Super FESTival. Throughout this year we were able to showcase over 30 game artists, hosted more than 20 speakers and workshop hosts, included 4 alternative game artists, and promoted game arts at events across the city. Next year, we’re hoping to do even more.
🔮 From Lockwood: RAVE IN PEACE
This year, ghosts are crashing the party, and they’re not the friendly kind. Luckily, you’ll be guided by a Victorian-era ghost hunter on an immersive quest to explore the occult, solve supernatural mysteries, and restore peace so we can all… RAVE IN PEACE.
Created by Lockwood Immersive exclusively for the ball.
Keep an eye on their socials for more sneak peeks!
📅 SuperFEST 2025 FREE Talks, Panels & Workshops Schedule Is Here!
Take a sneak peek at our SuperFEST website before it goes fully live on November 1st!
https://handeyesociety.com/superfestival/
🎮 Industry News & Opportunities
Hot Docs Panel: Where Art Meets Tech
📅Saturday, November 8, 4:15 PM
📍Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Join HES’s own Victoria Kucher as she moderates a conversation with local game creators Navid Khavari (Ubisoft), Lindsay Rollins (Rocket Adrift), and Kaitlin Tremblay (Soft Rains) on Toronto’s creative tech scene and where storytelling meets interactivity.
Tickets: https://hotdocs.ca/whats-on/films/cmfest-where-art-meets-tech
Toronto Game Expo – Fall Show
📅November 22 & 23, 2025
📍 Better Living Centre, Exhibition Place
The Toronto Game Expo returns with games, cosplay, vendors, creators, and more. Want to attend? Showcase your work? Show off a costume? Now’s the time to get involved.
Check it out: https://www.torontogameexpo.ca/
Stay tuned and stay spooky!
– The Hand Eye Society Team 💛
