r/kansailife

Game Night: LAN Party this Saturday at Secret Shop Osaka ~ suggestions for games welcome

I should have posted this last weekend, but I've been putting it off 😅

I've wanted to add a regular LAN party (Personally in it for the RTS😅 ) to the game nights at Secret Shop for a while, but couldn't quite decide on the format or the logistics of having setups available for people who want to join but don't have a PC/laptop they can bring.

So for now I'm just going to try it and figure things out as we go.

The current idea is a casual BYOD LAN night. Bring a laptop/PC if you have one, there are a few monitors available if you need them, come solo or with friends, form some teams, and play whatever people are in the mood for.

Right now the default game list is mostly:

• Deadlock
• Counter-Strike
• Dota 2
• Left 4 Dead
• Command & Conquer

But that's definitely not meant to be a fixed roster.

If there are any LAN/multiplayer games you'd love to see added, old-school or new, I'd really like suggestions. Especially games that work well with a room full of people and are easy for people to jump into.

I'm also still figuring out how best to handle spare PCs/setups for people who don't have something portable, so feedback on that is welcome too.

Game Night: LAN Party
📅 Saturday, August 22
🕕 18:00–22:00
📍 Secret Shop Osaka - Sanno, Nishinari
💻 BYOD encouraged
🎮 Casual / all skill levels welcome

You don't need to be super competitive either. Playing, watching, learning a game, hanging out, or convincing everyone to install some ancient multiplayer game you haven't played in 15 years are all valid ways to spend the night.

Peatix: https://peatix.com/event/5143595

Would also genuinely love to hear what games people around Osaka/Kansai would want at a regular LAN night.

Game Dev & Digital Art Meetup this Sunday in Osaka

Hey! We’re running our Game Dev & Digital Art meetup again this Sunday at Secret Shop Osaka.

It’s a casual meetup/coworking day for game devs, digital artists, animators, musicians, etc. Bring whatever you’re working on, hang out, share ideas, or just come meet people.

🕐 13:00–18:00 meetup
🍻 18:00–22:00 hangout
📍 Secret Shop Osaka
🎟 https://peatix.com/event/5135104

https://secretshop.osaka/

We’re doing these regularly, so no worries if you can’t make this one - there’ll be more!