Powerhouse Games Curator @chloeappleby.bsky.social onstage at the Alt: Features section of Alt: Games introducing today's feature talk Billy Basso talking about his career and the development of Animal Well.

At Alt: Sessions for "Colour Matters: Creating Evocative Palettes for Indie Games" with @jessicashipard.bsky.social of @folly.studio

Over 3 weeks me & @dinopoke.bsky.social, as part of @serenade.games, have been teaching interactive fiction to writers with non-games backgrounds. Now we're hosting a showcase of the games created by our participants. 📅 Sat 28th March 🕕 3pm 📍 Arts & Cultural Exchange, Parramatta See you there!

We're at Arts & Cultural Exchange Parramatta for @noblesteedau.bsky.social Work In Progress Night. Supported by Screen NSW and Arts & Cultural Exchange.

Me & @dinopoke.bsky.social are visiting Canberra for Equip Canberra Games at @nfsaonline.bsky.social Very cool to see a games conference in Canberra!

After the panel we're back to @technicallygames.bsky.social lightning talks with Jay Wingate and "Trial by Firebase". Firebase is a cloud database, now owned by Google. Some of the pain points Jay ran into included support for multiple environments and serialisation

After a networking & snacks break at @technicallygames.bsky.social we're back with a panel "Lore Dumping for the Future of Games in Australia" with @thegooflord.bsky.social Maize from @sabbygallery.bsky.social & @thetinminions.bsky.social moderated by @inkmo.bsky.social #TGLightningTalks

After Louie's opening keynote it's time for the lightning talk section of @technicallygames.bsky.social ! @inkmo.bsky.social tells us we'll be hearing from a series of presenters in rapid succession advising us to get ready for info dumps. #TGLightningTalks

Clearly at least one level designer is on the team of @technicallygames.bsky.social #TGLightningTalks #guideThePlayer

Time for @free-play.bsky.social Parallels 2025!

Now it's time for the most glamorous part of @free-play.bsky.social #fashionOfFreeplay First some behind the scenes of @primaveraone.bsky.social 's locker photoshoot Photographer: @siobhan.creature.love Lighting: @ericaroyle.bsky.social Documentation: @jemztones.bsky.social

Final @free-play.bsky.social talk "Meet me at the edge of elsewhere" with Rusaila Bazlamit  #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

Back for "Dead Melbourne Trifecta: Embracing commonality in independent practices" with @haraiva.bsky.social @mickey.ghoulish.com.au @unseconds.bsky.social talking about their projects Parasensor, Dawn Chorus & Putrid / Sharp #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

Next @eyeofstormcat.bsky.social with "On Planting Virtual Flowers" #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

Rushed back from lunch to @free-play.bsky.social for Edge Case Love with @vidyarajan.bsky.social @quail.bsky.social Quinn Franks & Sam McGilp talking about their upcoming hybrid theatre work "Crisis Actor" happening later in August for Now Or Never #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

Next Hazel Mejia with "Augmented Grief: Why I Animate What’s Missing" Hazel is a 2d animator, multimedia artist & photographer with a focus on memory, time and nostalgia #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

Now @theboyofcheese.bsky.social with The Art of Demon-Making #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

"Many Endings: Empty Finalities" with Tash aka Friendly Cosmonaut Tash is a programmer, developer and tutorial maker who has worked at studios local and international and also taught at RMIT's Masters of Animation Games & Interactivity (MAGI) program #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

The day 3 keynote is from Brooke Collard with "Resistance, resilience and adaptation" Brooke is Ballardong/Whadjuk Noongar film producer now based in Rubibi Brooke works across tv, film, web series, vr and games. #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

Now talks from local community groups about their activities and how you can help! First Kira from @sabbygallery.bsky.social is here to tell us about Sabby, what they do, their plans for the future and their push to become a co-op! #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

Last day of @free-play.bsky.social #angles25 begins with co-director @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social introducing the final day's theme DEATH 💀 Mads reminds us that death doesn't have to mean endings, there's opportunities for rebirth and change which we'll explore today! #freeplay #freeplayangles

After the conference many of us went to the state library lawns for the snap rally for Gaza.

Talks are over but @free-play.bsky.social co-director @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social let's us know there will be a #freeplayangles town hall after a short break #freeplay #angles25

Last talk of day 2 of @free-play.bsky.social is Nellie Seale and Josiah Lulham with "If Sisyphus was a game designer, I'd be out of a job" talking about how they've decided to from a live game company together! #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

Back from break at @free-play.bsky.social with Charlotte Galvin and "Making Games Where You Are" #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

Now @dinopoke.bsky.social who @free-play.bsky.social co-director @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social introduces as a recently fired game designer George hasn't completely finished his talk so we're gonna work through this together! #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

We've rushed back from lunch to @free-play.bsky.social for "Bobarista: A Unique Approach to Mental Health" with Dr. Michelle Chen @okayosprey.bsky.social & Cheryl Budiman onstage and a full team also including Fitriani Revanda & Nicholas Rinaldi #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

Next at @free-play.bsky.social is Thea from @10pmclub.bsky.social working on @reaprievegame.bsky.social #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

Time for @thegooflord.bsky.social co-convenor of @gameworkersau.bsky.social with "Stories From The Union: The Good and Bad" Along with their union work Sarah does QA for various Australian indie teams so get in touch with Sarah if you need QA for your game! #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

Next at @free-play.bsky.social "The Suburb Game And Other Ways To Make An Adventure Out Of Nothing" with @siobhan.creature.love and the subtitle "anyone still dreaming of orgonon? just me? #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

After a break we're back at @free-play.bsky.social with @duncancorrigan.bsky.social and @ericaroyle.bsky.social for "Should We Play with our Money?" We're filling into the room to some portraits after which we got into their qualifications to talk about money #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

Day 2 of @free-play.bsky.social begins with a keynote from the @frostygamesfest.com team! #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

Time for @free-play.bsky.social #angles25 conference day 2! #freeplay #freeplayangles

Day 1 of the conference portion of @free-play.bsky.social is done! Freeplay co-director @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social bids us farewell and it's time to check out the freeplay angles work in progress night! #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

Last talk of the day "Improv 101: For Game Developers" with @thisismatthewj.bsky.social at @free-play.bsky.social Matthew has been doing improv for over 10 years and teaches it as well as performing. #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

Now "How to FLOSS - Embracing Open-Source Software" with @gleeson.dev at @free-play.bsky.social When we learn new software or a new skill we develop a unique way of interacting with it Often beginning it usually sucks #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

"My love of learning through it all" with Charlie Cassidy at @free-play.bsky.social #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

we're back at @free-play.bsky.social with @smitleu.bsky.social and "looking at games, looking at buildings" #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

"On sucking: learning, coaching, ai and morality or the process is the point or i am a fool and this talk was so hard to write" with Max Myers for @free-play.bsky.social #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

"thanks, i hate it <3" with @zander.supertonic.au of @supertonic.au talking about making sounds for pete & @scott.fuzzyg.host from @fuzzyg.host 's "Janet DeMornay is a Slumlord (And A Witch)" #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

Next at @free-play.bsky.social @oddgoo.bsky.social of sound scouts and @serenade.games with "Situated Love" #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

After some friendly heckling from @radiatoryang.bsky.social we get an introduction from @free-play.bsky.social co-director @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social and it's time for Robert's #freeplayangles opening keynote! #angles25

Time for @free-play.bsky.social angles 2025!

Hideo Kojima and George Miller In Conversation @sydfilmfest.bsky.social on cinema, interactive art and death stranding 2: on the beach #sydfilmfest

Back for #PowerhouseMuseum #ALTGAMES Day 2 where @chloeappleby.bsky.social is welcoming us to Alt: Sessions for a game writing workshop with @jojofinal-final.bsky.social of @massivemonster.bsky.social showing us how to apply the fundamentals of storytelling to game creation #AustralianGames

Alt: Features continues with Inscryption, The Hex and Pony Island creator @dmullinsgames.bsky.social and Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield in conversation onstage at Parramatta Town Hall #ALTGAMES #PowerhouseMuseum #AustralianGames

At Parramatta Town Hall hearing Powerhouse CEO Lisa Havilah introduce Alt: Features, Alt: Games' headline night of talks. #ALTGAMES #PowerhouseMuseum #AustralianGames

Alt: Sessions at Powerhouse's Alt: Games. In this session local gamemakers pitch their games and receive creative feedback from Pony Island, The Hex and Inscription creator @dmullinsgames.bsky.social First up, @liamflannery.bsky.social is presenting a element based deck builder.

Hi bluesky! Serenade & @pixelpasture.bsky.social are throwing a party featuring games created during the game-a-week program we hosted together + talks. 📍 Knox Street Bar 📅 Fri Nov 15 🕖 7pm - late Free tickets available below + more details on our website: events.humanitix.com/game-a-week-...