Today: Free Play 2004: co-founders look back
In 2004, Katharine Neil and Marcus Westbury created what was then called “Free Play: The Next Wave Independent Game Developers Conference”. Ten festivals later, Katharine and Marcus will talk about what the world of games and festivals was like all those years ago, and what’s changed since.
Speakers: Katharine Neil (France), Marcus Westbury
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April 10 – 19 in Melbourne and Online.
Friday 10 April
- 4pm-7pm: Multiplicity Game Jam talks // The Channel // Eugenia Flynn, Neda Rahmani, Jessamy Gleeson, Nur Shkembi
- 8pm: Freeplay launch // The Channel // Ben McKenzie, Dan Golding, Cherie Davidson
- Midnight: Online: Australia From The Outside // Alex Hutchinson, Siobhan Reddy, Bennett Foddy
Saturday 11 April
- 10am-5pm: Multiplicity Game Jam // The Channel
- 6pm: Online: Romance and Queer Representation in Games // Liam Esler, Snow McNally, Alexander Ocias, Luke Miller, Barbara Kerr
- 7pm: Online: Watch This Game // Prescription Pixel, Emma Graham, Brendan Keogh
Sunday 12 April
- 10am-5pm: Multiplicity Game Jam // The Channel
- 6pm: Online: Self-Care For Game Devs // Leena van Deventer, Natasha Katopodis, Francis Fitzgerald, Laura Crawford
- 7pm: Online: Games With Invisible Buttons // Christy Dena, Holly Gramazio, Kate Raynes-Goldie
- Midnight: Online: Games Around The World // Celia Pearce, Andrea Hasselager, James Mielke, Mariam Asad, Sarah Schoemann, Thorsten Wiedemann
Monday 13 April
- 12pm: Online: The Interview Game // Chris Johnson, Katie Williams
- 6:15pm: Going Deeper Into Videogame Culture // The Wheeler Centre // Lawrence Leung, Vanessa Toholka, Leena van Deventer
Tuesday 14 April
- 5pm: Online: Videogames and indigenous cultures // Rae Johnson, Amy Fredeen, Alan Gershenfeld
- 7pm: Online: Collective Intelligence // Andrew Brophy, Matthew Gatland, Maize Wallin, Amani Naseem, Chad Toprak
- 9pm: Online: Games and War // Dr. Malcolm Ryan, Hugh Davies, Dr. Helen Berents, Cory Davis, Rev. Nikki Coleman
Wednesday 15 April
- 10am: Online: Curating for Diversity // Celia Pearce
- 6pm: Online: Free Play 2004: co-founders look back // Katharine Neil, Marcus Westbury
Thursday 16 April
- 7pm: Freeplay 10 // ACMI Studio 1 // Trent Kusters, Helen Stuckey, and special guests
- 8pm: Party.exe // Hares Hyenas // SK Games & Wonder Consortium
Friday 17 April
- 6pm: GameLoading Screening // ACMI Studio 1 // Trent Kusters, Giselle Rosman
- 8pm: Board Games Up Late // ACMI Studio 1 // Mark Morrison, Melissa Rogerson, Nathan Cocks
Saturday 18 April
- 10am: Freeplay Fete (talks, stalls, performances) // LAB-14 // Liam Esler, Maize Wallin, Josh Cousins, Tom Penny, Rosie Leverton, David Harris, Louis Roots, Lauren Clinnick, Katie Gall, Meghann O’Neill
- 8pm: Hovergarden Party // RMIT Design Hub floor 10
Sunday 19 April
- 10am: Sunday sessions // ACMI Studio 1 // You
- 2pm: Symposium + Keynote // ACMI Cinema 2 // Austin Wintory (USA), Lucy Morris (NZ), Andrew Sum, Matt Hall, Maya Violet, Georgia Symons, Snow McNally, Andrew Brophy, Chad Toprak, Claire Hosking, Harry Lee, Ben McKenzie, Cherie Davidson, Alice Fraser
- 8pm: Freeplay Awards // Loop Bar
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