Tuesday 22nd May
03:00pm–04:00pm: Online Session: “Storytelling and Visual Novels” // Pritika Sachdev, Barbara Kerr, Cassiel Merricat, Alison Huang, Abigail Adel, Tristan Barber
05:00pm–06:00pm: Online Session: “Get In & Get Out: Escape Rooms” // Elie Abraham, Laura E. Hall
06:30pm–08:00pm: ACMI Conversations “The Pleasure of Pixels” // ACMI // Chad Toprak, Zuraida Buter, Auriea Harvey, Michaël Samyn // $18-$22
09:00pm–10:00pm: Online Session: “Alt / DIY Controls” // Louis Roots, Tatiana Vilela dos Santos, Robin Baumgarten, Ramsey Nasser
11:00pm–12:00am: Online Session: “Success: the only race you’ll self-sabotage to win” // Robin Vilain, Sybil Collas, Jason Imms, Tj Hughes, Emma Siu, Brianna Shuttleworth
Wednesday 23rd May
- 10:00am–12:00pm: Workshop: “Theatre” // Library at The Dock // Georgia Symons, Josiah Lulham // $15-$20
- 01:00pm–02:00pm: Online Session: “Games in Focus: Lessons in Photography” // Izzy Gramp, Myriame Lachapelle, EMiSpicer, Liam Wong
- 03:00pm–04:00pm: Online Session: “Is Making Games in South-East Asia The Dark Souls of Gamedev?” // Brian Kwek, Gwen Foster, Hilmy Abdul Rahim, Kris Antoni, Tidarat Thanapakpawin
- 05:00pm–06:00pm: Online Session: “Cardboard vs Bits: What Boardgames and Videogames Can Learn From Each Other” // Steve Dee, Carl de Visser, Phoebe Wild, Kristín Guðmundsdóttir
- 07:00pm–08:00pm: Online Session: “Body Play: How Dance and Games Intersect” // Tim Snowdon, Sherveen Uduwana, Bilqis Hijjas, Adriaan de Jongh
- 08:30pm–10:00pm: Screening: “Branching Paths” // ACMI Studio 1 // $15-$20
- 11:00pm–12:00am: Online Session: “Psychogeography, Games, Play” // Marigold Bartlett, Vanessa Berry, Rosa Carbo-Mascarell, Sarah Brin
Thursday 24th May
- 10:00am–12:00pm: Workshop: “Twine Games” // Library at The Dock // Snow McNally // $15-$20
- 12:30pm–02:30pm: Workshop: “Zine Making” // Library at The Dock // Gemma Mahadeo // $15-$20
- 03:00pm–05:00pm: Workshop: “Alt Control” // Library at The Dock // Louis Roots // $15-$20
- 07:00pm–08:30pm: Screening: “The CheckPoint Series: Feature” // ACMI The Cube // $15-$20
- 08:30pm–11:30pm: Live Game: “PlayReactive’s Gameshow” // PlayReactive Theatre // $15-$20
Friday 25th May
- 10:00am–05:00pm: Freeplay x ACMI Games Lab exhibition // ACMI Screen Worlds // FREE
- 07:00pm–11:00pm: Boardgames Up Late // acmi X // Aaron Lim, Phoebe Wild, Ben McKenzie, Douglas Wilson // FREE – registration required
Saturday 26th May
- 09:00am–05:00pm: Freeplay 2018 Conference: Day One // ACMI // $50-$80 (two-day ticket)
- 07:00pm–12:00am: Freeplay x Hovergarden: The Night Market Party // Testing Grounds // FREE
Sunday 27th May
- 09:00am–05:00pm: Freeplay 2018 Conference: Day Two // ACMI // $55-$80 (two-day ticket)
- 07:00pm–10:30pm: Freeplay 2018 Awards Ceremony // ACMI Lightwell // $15 – FREE for conference attendees
ACMI
- Tue 22: ACMI Conversations
- Wed 23: Screening: “Branching Paths”
- Thu 24: Screening: “The CheckPoint Series: Feature”
- Sat 26 & Sun 27: Freeplay 2018 Conference
- Sun 27: Freeplay 2018 Awards Ceremony
acmi X
- Fri 25: Boardgames Up Late
Testing Grounds
- Sat 26: Freeplay x Hovergarden: The Night Market Party?
Library at The Dock
- Wed 23: Workshop: “Theatre”
- Thu 24: Workshop: “Twine Games”
- Thu 24: Workshop: “Zine Making”
- Thu 24: Workshop: “Alt Control”
Bar SK
- Tue 22 – Sun 27: Freeplay 2018 Exhibition at Bar SK
PlayReactive Theatre
- Thu 24: PlayReactive’s Gameshow
Freeplay acknowledges and pays respect to the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, the Traditional Custodians of the Land upon which the festival takes place.
We pay respect to their Elders past and present.