Well. We’re still recovering from last week’s Freeplay, but we’ve been watching all of the positive things’ve been saying – and we’re incredibly pleased to have had such an impact. It was a massive event for us, but seeing people respond so strongly to it puts all of that work into perspective.
During the weekend, we handed out feedback forms for sessions and the whole event to capture people’s… Continue reading | 1 Comment
Everything is packed away. The directors are in their beds. The library has been returned to its books. And somewhere, hopefully, some people are thinking about the game idea they’ve had for a while – and how to make it a reality.
We want to write a proper wrap-up post (once we’ve recovered), but as something to tide everyone over, we’re very pleased to announce the winners for the… Continue reading | 8 Comments
Even though 2010 is sold out, Experimedia is still open to the public and is FREE!
Open from 10:00 to 18:00, you can get your hands on 12 locally developed indie games, experience digital art, and listen to some talks on games, culture, and development.
Shadow Field – Shadow Field Team
Shadow Field is a preternatural tactical strategy game for the iPhone. You control four members of… Continue reading | 1 Comment
Tickets for this year’s Freeplay have sold out.
For those of you lucky enough to have grabbed some, you’ll be able to pick up your pass & program from the registration desk in the State Library’s conference centre. To find it, use entry 3 from La Trobe Street on the map below.
Registration is from 9:00 on… Continue reading | 1 Comment
All good things must come to an end, and other such cliches. But the end of our Fast Five questions means that Freeplay itself is just around the corner! To play us out keyboard cat, here’s Sam Mayo who’ll be talking on our Ask a Game Developer panel.
What are you working on right now?
Just… Continue reading
Soon. Soon, soon, soon. Neil Rennison will be speaking on Everything Old is New Again and chairing the One Man Band session.
What are you working on right now?
I am currently increasing the resolution of the in-game UI artwork for our new Gamebook Adventures title, Slaves of Rema for iPhone 4 and iPad. This… Continue reading | 2 Comments
Helping to turn Freeplay itself into a game, John Sietsma from Tall Games set up the backchatter code & server for us. He’ll also be speaking on the Beyond the Controller panel.
What are you working on right now?
I’m working on an augmented reality game based on the prank of taking a garden… Continue reading | 1 Comment
Whoops, we asked for more of these than there were days in the leadup to Freeplay, so we’ll be having more than one for the last few days. We’re very excited to have Brandon Boyer out for Freeplay to talk about how All Play is Personal.
What are you working on right now?
More than it… Continue reading | 1 Comment
Not long to go now! Terry Paton will be on the panel A Million Little Ideas.
What are you working on right now?
I’m producing games using a pre-release version of Adobe AIR to get my flash games running on Android phones with the hope to be able to monetise them in the future -… Continue reading | 2 Comments
As our theme for 2010 is play is everywhere we thought it only sensible that we turned the festival itself into a game.
foursquare
We’ve set up an account for Freeplay and also locations in foursquare
Backchatter
Thanks to John Sietsma from Tall Games, we’ll also be running Backchatter throughout Freeplay… Continue reading | 1 Comment