Freeplay Independent Games Festival 2015
Australia’s oldest and largest independent video game festival is celebrating its tenth birthday.
Overview
Grab hold of your joysticks gamers. Australia’s oldest and largest independent video game festival is back for another year. Celebrating its tenth anniversary in 2015, Freeplay will once again descend on venues around Melbourne; with more than two dozen (mostly) free events ranging from panels to late night parties. Whether you’re an aspiring game designer or are just looking for an alternative to Call of Duty, this is the festival for you.
Standout events on this year’s Freeplay program include the Freeplay Fete, featuring gaming sessions and workshops, as well as the Hovergarden Party at RMIT. ACMI, meanwhile, will host a screening of the Australian-made documentary GameLoading, while also representing the analogue world with a board game night.
Additionally, 2015 marks the launch of the Freeplay Online Festival, featuring a program of symposiums and panel discussions broadcast live on the web. Discussion topics run the gamut from cultural diversity and queer representation to digital depictions of war, with speakers weighing in from all around the globe.
For the full Freeplay program, visit their website.
Image: GameLoading.
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