In the aftermath of Freeplay, there was a lot of interest in other events, get togethers, and general discussion about indie games and development. To help support that, we’ve set up a forum with the aim of giving the community a central place to get together, figure out how to work together, and to keep abreast of developments in the local indie community.
You can find it here
One of our partners, the Student Youth Network, is holding a Media Learning Week from August 24 – 28 at the State Library of Victoria. Sessions are free, but bookings are essential.
In SYN’s own words:
SYN Media Learning Week is underway next week!!
We will be hosting a week-long series of Free Teacher Professional events at The State Library of Victoria.
One of… Continue reading
We’re now a week out from Freeplay and some of the dust is starting to settle. Thanks to everyone who came along and made it a huge success.
Over 200 people came along to our panel, lecture, and workshop programme taking place in the Village Roadshow Theatrette and Seminar rooms, hearing from over 50 speakers including developers, educators, students, programmers, artists, film-makers, and cross-media practitioners.
For the first… Continue reading
A little late, but last night was a whirlwind of hand-shaking, drinking, dumplings, and finally making it home to bed, exhausted but happy.
We’ll write more about the experience from this side of things, but day two of Freeplay was just as exciting as day one. Running from space to space, seeing the workshops constantly full of people, hearing the discussions and debate bouncing back and forth in the… Continue reading
Wow.
Day one of Freeplay is over.
And wow. just wow.
A long, exhausting, brilliant, surprising, invigorating, challenging day.
We’re home prepping for tomorrow, and we’ll write more later, but I just want to say thanks to everyone who came along. I hope you all got as much out of it as I did. Even though I was running around making sure things happened, I saw enough of the panels, and read enough… Continue reading
Up this morning, there’s an interview with me on Jason Hill’s Screenplay blog about Freeplay and independent games in general. You can find it here
In under 22 hours, Freeplay will be happening. We’re in the home stretch now, and behind the scenes we’re rushing around making last minute preparations.
Big news is that Petri Purho, our international speaker is in the country. We picked him up early this morning and whisked him off to a hotel to recover.
And for those who missed Byte Into It on RRR last night… Continue reading
One of the supporters of this year’s Freeplay, especially in regards to sourcing equipment for our public expo area, has been iDef, and they’re returning later this year.
The International Digital Entertainment Festival (iDEF) is heading back to Melbourne, Australia in 2009 playing host to a series of events and activities supporting and promoting the exciting and innovative digital world. The festival will include the eGames Expo, Digital Lifestyle… Continue reading
Well, here we are, the week of the 2009 Freeplay. We’re incredibly excited as we put the finishing touches on things, and think it’ll be a really interesting event. We’ve pulled together a strong, broad range of speakers, and put them in what should be some really thought-provoking sessions.
One of our highlights, and something we’re really pleased about, is having Petri Purho as our international keynote.
Petri… Continue reading
