Announcing New Board Members

Announcing New Board Members

We’re delighted to welcome our new board members; a radiant mix of individuals, some steeped in Australian games and others -in typical Freeplay fashion- completely new to it, with a rich practice in other disciplines. Jason Imms, Travis Jordan, Georgia Symons, Alice Pryor, Doug Wilson – welcome!

Freeplay in 2017 – Updates, Changes, and Your Chance to Get Involved

Freeplay in 2017 – Updates, Changes, and Your Chance to Get Involved

Welcome to Freeplay for 2017! After a quiet 2016, which we used to build up the organisation behind the scenes, we’re going to have an exciting year. Let me update you on a few things we’ve been up to, and on our plans for the future. We’ve added some terrific people to the Freeplay board over the last year.

Freeplay’s comment on arts and cultural funding in Australia

Recently, we’ve seen unprecedented cuts for arts funding in Australia. Freeplay, and the world of independent videogames, will not go by unaffected. Our director, Dan Golding, has written a comment for Kotaku Australia on the topic here.

Freeplay in 2016

After our biggest festival and biggest year ever in 2015 — ten days! — this year, we’re doing things a little differently. The festival as an organisation is evolving, and that means that instead of focussing on our annual festival bringing together game-makers,...