Mandy Han, head of maintenance 🔧, has a gruff exterior. But inside her office? Something of a softer side... I wonder what cozy game she's been playing? 📦 @witchbeam.com.au @unpackinggame.com ❤️
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Game Producer at @hipsterwhaledev.bsky.social (✿˙ᗜ˙)੭ avid reader 📚 sometimes writer 📝 日本語少し話せる★彡 (she/they) based in Melbourne https://marlzipan.carrd.co/
✦ PARALLELS 2026 — THE CALL-OUT IS HERE ✦ Making a game, and wanna yap about it at Parallels 2026? Now is the time to let us know! Speaker submissions close on the 5th of June. That’s THREE WEEKS. Don't overthink it. Just apply here: forms.gle/j8NkrdqMnwoH...
Submissions to the National Cultural Policy close next Sunday 24 May. We need as many studios, gamemakers and sector support organisations to put in submissions. Freeplay's helpful guide on making a submission can be found here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
2026 05 - National Cultural Policy submission drive
Games and play sector National Cultural Policy submission drive brought to you by your mates at Freeplay 💞 Instructions We need as many studios, gamemakers and sector support organisations to put in s...
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Hello, I am looking for recommendations for freelance motion graphics + video editors in the ANZ timezone if anyone can pls help! Links to portfolios greatly appreciated thank you 📽️
I will never forget @xoxofest.com, despite only attending once. The vibes were unlike anything, and if anything, it's exactly what US games events miss in 2026. XOXO was focused, it had soul, it was challenging and playful - it was the polar opposite of the giant smooth mega-events games has now.
XOXO@xoxofest.com · 3mo agoOne last thing before we go. Today, after 2+ (or 10+??) years of work, we’re launching XOXO Explore, a complete archive of all eight years of the festival. xoxofest.com
Level Up Tasmania was astonishingly good and I'll write more about it when I've recovered good grief I'm tired but my heart is full
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Leaving Hobart with a full heart 🥰💖 The huge success of @screentasmania.bsky.social's Level Up TAS is a sign of the strength and health of the incredible Tasmanian gamemaking scene. Y'all have so much to be proud of 💕💕
And finally, the Level Up Awards! Presented by Amelia ⚡️Emerging Innovator - Shaun Hatten / AFK 🎤 Peoples Choice - Bree Ratten / Soup Weather 🙏 The Tee-Posey Award - Paris Buttfield 🍺 Tasmanian Games Champion - Oli Potter
Signal boosting!! If you make games or like supporting local games now is the time to ADVOCATE for that via the National Cultural Policy! Submit a statement - tell them you make/love games and WHY it’s so important that games be supported. I’ve attached a link! www.arts.gov.au/what-we-do/n...
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Then we had a Screen Agency Q&A from @jasonimms.bsky.social @maarlzipan.bsky.social Dakota Barker and @ollipotter.bsky.social 🎤 Very informative and grounding!
Our talk at GDC 2026 is up on the Vault for FREE! ⭐ Game Funding: Lessons from Outersloth ⭐ - What survival means as an indie - The origins of the fund - Our process for evaluating games - The Outersloth contract and explanation Watch now: gdcvault.com/play/1035853...
The GDC talk I did with @dtrebella.bsky.social about the foundational “boring” behind-the-scenes marketing work is FREE on the Vault! 🎉 gdcvault.com/play/1035767...
Back to Basics: Translating Your Invisible Marketing Foundation into Visibility
Many devs love to skip all the behind-the-scenes marketing prep work that no one publicly sees. Traditional marketing best practices can seem obtuse or even useless when you do not understand the bene...
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Freeplay@free-play.bsky.social · 4mo agoAnnouncing: Freeplay is here to stay. Parallels 2026 is coming and we're advocating for games to be funded as art. Read more and get involved: freeplay.net.au/posts/freepl...
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Freeplay@free-play.bsky.social · 4mo agoAnnouncing: Freeplay is here to stay. Parallels 2026 is coming and we're advocating for games to be funded as art. Read more and get involved: freeplay.net.au/posts/freepl...
Announcing: Freeplay is here to stay. Parallels 2026 is coming and we're advocating for games to be funded as art. Read more and get involved: freeplay.net.au/posts/freepl...
Freeplay | The Shape of Games to Come
talks and games and friends
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"Business & Marketing in the indie space" panel discusses wishlists, lengthy dev cycles, events, social media, community, how you can't do everything in marketing, the changing games media landscape, content creators and how the dredge demo was designed to "hook" players (Jon notes he went there)
The panel "Canberra: what makes us special and what do we need" features Ed Orman of Uppercut Games, @deanw.xyz of Blue Manchu, @markschramm.bsky.social , Kieran Schmidt of Branno and Michelle McPartland of @sledgehammergames.com moderated by @canberra.games Vice President & ub4q lead Ruqiyah Patel
It truly takes a village; but in our case, the village is super weird, surrealist, whimsical, earnest, witty, optimistic, creative, warm, human, and brilliant! 😊
Lee Petty@leepetty.bsky.social · 5mo agoFly through of part of a Keeper level directly in the Unreal Engine editor. Part way through I turn on all of the game objects the player doesn't see -- it takes a lot to make games work.
yo Aussie gamemakers - have you got sick new demos in the current Next Fest? Lemme know about them so I can check em out! 🔥👀
We have made a new demo for Key Fairy! We took the demo down right before release, to make it easier to do patches and stuff on the full game! But we like demo's, and we want people to be able to taste the game before they commit to it! store.steampowered.com/news/app/287...
Key Fairy - Return of the Demo - Steam News
The new demo is a snapshot of the full game. If you do buy the full game, you will keep your save from the demo!
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Our next event will feature 5 amazing games and teams from our industry in NSW! @patnaoumgames.bsky.social | @liamflannery.bsky.social | @hariedwin.bsky.social | @chrismarcatili.bsky.social | @kitkat5100.bsky.social We're thankful to feature these new games at our upcoming anniversary event ❤️
Really sad to hear today that Freeplay Independent Games Festival is likely coming to the end of its adventure in 2026 after 22 incredible years. Freeplay has been pivotal to my own career and I have some complex, straight out contradictory feelings about the announcement I wanna try to articulate.