Playful Program
For the first time, Freeplay is stretching itself out beyond the weekend. Join us for some playful and boisterous events that take games out of their traditional confines and into the streets and bars of Melbourne.
The Games That Made Me – Wednesday August 17, 8:00 – Bella Union, Trades Hall
Speakers include:
A life is a collection of experiences. Books, films, trips overseas on holiday, people kissed, people not kissed, moments of joy, moments of loss. And in amongst all of that, there’s time to play videogames. Join our speakers for an evening of Pecha Kucha style talks (20 slides, 20 seconds each, auto-advancing) about the games that made them who they are.
Lemon Joust Club – Thursday August 18, 7:30 – Rue Bebelons
There are rumours in the seedier parts of town of groups who get together with spoons and lemons and take part in competitions of skill and strategy. The word jousting has been used to describe it. But so has flailing. And citrusy. And ridiculous. Descend into the yellow underbelly of the city and see if you have what it takes to be victorious in Lemon Joust Club. (Thanks to Coney for inspiration.)
A Musical interlude – Friday August 19, 7:30 – Gertrude’s Brown Couch
Come break open the quiet moment before the festival with a night of videogame inspired music.
Technodrome is a group of four guys with a passion for music, and a love of all things nerdy. Naturally, they combined the two to form a band that plays music from video games, TV shows, and other such dorktastic endeavours!
Chiptunes DJs /via Soundbytes - CTrix, Derris-Kharlan, Pselodux and Maddest Kings Alive
Freeplay Arcade and Expo
August 20 & 21, 10:00 – 18:00 – Experimedia @ State Library of Victoria
Running in the Experimedia room oover the weekend is the FREE Freeplay Arcade and Expo. Come play locally developed independent Games, meet their creators, and find out about pathways to game development.
Click here for a full list of projects and exhibitors.
State Library Conference Program
August 20 & 21, 9:30 – 18:00 – Conference Centre @ State Library of Victoria
Running over two days, the Freeplay conference program once again explores independent development, art, and gaming culture.
Saturday, August 20
| Theatrette | Workshops | ||
| 9:00 – 9:30 | Registration | Registration | |
| 9:30 – 10:00 | Welcome and Freeplay Launch | Registration | |
| 10:00 – 11:15 | Why we do what we do | How Every Little Decision Can Bring You Closer To or Further Away from Creating Art | |
| 11:15 – 11:45 | What we were playing – Andrew Goulding & Ben Kosmina | Ways of thinking about the world | |
| 11:45 – 12:15 | What we were playing – Luke Muscat | ||
| 12:15 – 13:15 | The big and the small stage | Tiny Speakers | |
| 13:15 – 13:45 | Lunch | Lunch | |
| 13:45 – 14:15 | What we were playing – Tian Li & Henrik Pettersson | I Don’t Hate Mondays : Creating a Company You Might Actually Enjoy | |
| 14:15 – 14:45 | What we were playing – Jason Bakker | ||
| 14:45 – 15:45 | Everything is political | Code and the Player Experience | |
| 15:45 – 17:00 | Indies, academics, and institutions | Handling Scattered Teams | |
| 17:00 – 18:00 | (un)Keynote | ||
| 18:00 | Program Close | Program Close |
Sunday, August 21
| Theatrette | Workshops | ||
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Registration | Registration | |
| 10:00 – 11:15 | Cheating the Golden Rule | Registration | |
| 11:15 – 11:45 | That one piece of advice – Truna | Judging games by their cover | |
| 11:45 – 12:15 | That one piece of advice – Ben Britten | ||
| 12:15 – 13:15 | Growing up in a gaming culture | The use of metrics | |
| 13:15 – 13:45 | Lunch | Lunch | |
| 13:45 – 14:15 | That one piece of advice – Leigh Klaver | Rolling your own | |
| 14:15 – 14:45 | That one piece of advice – Rob Macbride | ||
| 14:45 – 15:45 | The words that we use | Designing an Opus | |
| 15:45 – 17:00 | The next 12 months | How to Design the Same Game, Twice | |
| 17:00 – 18:00 | Freeplay Awards | ||
| 18:00 | Program Close | Program Close | |
Interview Series
Sunday August 21 – Wheeler Centre
These FREE in-depth interviews explore the creative processes, successes, and failures of some of our most notable game development creatives.
| 11:15 – 12:15 | Steve Fawkner- Warlords; Puzzle Quest; GalactrixInterviewed by Drew Taylor |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Alex Bruce – AntichamberInterviewed by Ben McKenzie |
| 13:45 – 14:45 | Farbs – Captain Forever; Captain JamesonInterviewed by Caleb Bridge |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Simon Joslin- Train ConductorInterviewed by Leena van Deventer |
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