Wednesday, September 19, Federation Square

19:30Spies by Night

Thursday, September 20, ACMI

18:15An Evening with Tetsuya Mizuguchi
Tetsuya Mizuguchi

Friday, September 21, Bella Union

19:00Games by the Fire
Andrew McClelland, Richard McKenzie, Clem Bastow, Melissa Kell, Blue Turtle Shell, Stephan Schutze, George Ivanoff, Lisa-Skye , Tim Hamilton, Nicholas J Johnson, Sean M Whelan

Freeplay’s Developer Program is presented in association with the Australian Centre for the Moving Image.

Thursday, September 20, ACMI

9:15Thursday Introductions & Housekeeping
9:30 Starting Your Own Business
John Vine
10:45Planning and Scheduling
Joe Tabor
12:00Negotation Strategies
Vanessa Toholka
13:00Lunch
13:30Managing Teams
Trent Kusters
14:45Pitching
David Surman, Ian Gouldstone
16:00Crowdfunding
Caswal Parker, Jeremy Kool, Rick Chen, Fee Plumley
Chair: Vanessa Toholka

Friday, September 21, ACMI

9:15Friday Introductions & Housekeeping
9:30Tension and Balance
Tetsuya Mizuguchi, Dan Graf, Simon Joslin, Dewi Tanner
Chair: David Surman
10:45Finding a platform
Nicholas Watt, Scott Riesmanis, Andrew Goulding, Thuyen Nguyen
Chair: Jon Hayward
12:00Platforms and Markets
Chris Wright
13:00Lunch
13:30Tales from the Trenches
Joe Tabor, Seon Rozenblum, Deb Polson, Lynda Mills, Rebecca Fernandez
Chair: Matt Ditton

Saturday, September 22, State Library of Victoria

Theatrette

Workshop Rooms

9:30Welcome and Housekeeping

10:00International Keynote - Chaos and Grace
Mare Sheppard

11:00The Path
Fiona Murray, Leena van Deventer, Trent Kusters, Morgan Jaffit
Chair: David Surman
Games and Theatre
Ruth Sancho Huerga, John Bailey
12:15Measures of Success
Harry Ravenswood, Mike Cowap, Helen Stuckey, Kate Inabinet, Christy Dena
Chair: Fee Plumley
Games and Words
Katie Keys, Katie Williams
13:30LunchLunch
14:30The Ethics of Game Design
Dan Clayton, Jeff Brand, Tanja Kovac, Leena van Deventer
Chair: Troy Innocent
Games and Design
Ben Dawe, Ivan Dixon
15:45A jam culture
Harry Lee, Truna , Simon Groth, Ariel Magnes
Chair: Brendan Keogh
Games and Music
Emily Ridgway, Andrew Pogson
17:00unKeynote

19:30After Party

Sunday, September 23, State Library of Victoria

Theatrette

Workshop Rooms

9:30Welcome and Housekeeping

10:00Australian Keynote - Chaos and Grace
Morgan Jaffit

11:00Sex and Death
Laura Crawford, Patrick O'Duffy, Blake Mizzi, tbc
Chair: Paul Gurney
Games and Images
Tracey Lien, Lubi Thomas
12:15Regional Variations
Bryan Ma, Tom Apperley, Emily Ridgway, Christina Chen
Chair: Stephanie Andrews
Games and Movement
Kim Vincs, Danielle Wilde
13:30LunchLunch
14:30Levels of Discourse
James Dominguez, Darshana Jayemanne, Katie Williams, Jessica Citizen
Chair: Paul Callaghan
Games and Games
Ben McKenzie, Stefanie Kethers
15:45More than just studios…
Ben McKenzie, Tim Webster, Harry Lee, Emily Sexton
Chair: Helen Stuckey
Games and Space
Dan Golding, Claire Hosking
17:00The Things We Want to Make

19:30Freeplay 2012 Awards

Saturday, September 22, State Library of Victoria Activity Room

10:00Game Design and Theatre
Robert Reid, Sayraphim Lothian
12:30Getting Started with App Development
Conor O'Kane
14:00Social Media Storytelling
Fee Plumley

Events

Saturday, September 22, Experimedia

11:00Nidhogg
12:30J.S Joust
14:00Board Game Remix Kit
15:30Proteus

Sunday, September 23, Experimedia

11:00Canabalt
12:30J.S Joust
14:00GIRP
15:30Zombies, Aliens and Monsters (Oh My!)

Games

Anne and Beanie - Jason Cheung Yi Kai
Boson X - Mu and Heyo
Colour Bind - Finn Morgan
DeathSpuds - Josh Sacco, Alex Tuckett, Adam Taylor
Expand - Christopher Johnson, Christopher Larkin
Flatland: Fallen Angle - SeeThrough Studios
Hanging Off A Bar - Exertion Games Lab
Lego Poetry - Daniel Donahoo
Little Things Forever - KlickTock
Meow Mayhem - Swing Interactive
Protocol E - Silver Nova Software
Tasty Fish - Dime Studios
Winnitron AU - James Rhodes

Gallery

Read Fee Plumley’s full curator’s essay.

Lovepunks, BighART / Yijala Yala Project (AU). 2012. [Flash]
The Show Must Go On, The Royal Opera House & Hide and Seek (UK). 2011. [iPhone]
Dear Esther, the chinese room (UK). 2012. [PC/Mac/Steam]
Lose/Lose, Zach Gage, (USA). 2009. [shown as documentation]
I'd Hide You, Blast Theory (UK). 2012. [shown as documentation]
Systems Maintenance, Perry Hoberman (USA). 1998. [shown as documentation]
Arcade, Project Blinkenlights (G). 2002. [shown as documentation]
What it is Without the Hand That Wields it, Riley Harmon (USA). 2008. [shown as documentation]
Telling Death, Pippa Tshabalala (South Africa). 2009. [shown as documentation]

Exhibitors

QANTM
RMIT
Monash
Swinburne University of Technology
AIE