Ten days of Freeplay to mark ten years of Freeplay. April 10-19, 2015.
Freeplay is Australia’s longest-running and largest independent games festival, located in Melbourne, Australia.
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Friday 10 April
Diversity Jam
Online Panel 1
Panel Two
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Latest News
Online Festival: Weekend Panels
Our Online Festival continued over the weekend with a bunch of insightful panels. If you missed any of them, fear not! They are all archived on YouTube and you can watch them whenever you want. All videos of the Online Festival can be access on the Online Festival...
Online Festival: Australia From The Outside
Kicking off the Freeplay Online Festival last night, Siobhan Reddy (UK, MediaMolecule), Alex Hutchinson (Canada, Ubisoft Montreal), and Bennett Foddy (New York, Independent) discussed what it is like being an Australian games developer living overseas. They discussed...
Fast Five – Chris Johnson
In the lead up to this year's festival, we've asked some of our speakers a set of Fast Five questions about their work and their thoughts on games in Australia. Today we have independent game designer Chris Johnson. Chris is currently developing Expand, and he will be...
Fast Five – Laura Crawford
In the lead up to this year's festival, we've asked some of our speakers a set of Fast Five questions about their work and their thoughts on games in Australia. Today we have Laura Crawford, who is an academic in Games and Interactivity at Swinburne University. Laura...
Fast Five – Meghann O’Neill
In the lead up to this year’s festival, we’ve asked some of our speakers a set of Fast Five questions about their work and their thoughts on games in Australia. Today we have games reviewer, music teacher, and composer Meghann O’Neill, who will be speaking at the Freeplay Fete.
Ticketing F.A.Q.
Freeplay has had a huge overhaul this year in terms of what we're offering, so in the last few weeks before the festival we thought we'd let you all know about how ticketing and access to each event works. Frequently Asked Questions Q: A lot of Freeplay is free this...
Call for volunteers
As in previous years, Freeplay is looking for a few good volunteers to assist at our events. If you're passionate about the art and culture of games and want to help make our biggest festival yet the best it can be, we'd love to hear from you! Visit the Volunteers...
Welcome to Freeplay 2015
After months and months of preparation, I'm really happy to welcome you to Freeplay for 2015. Take a look around our beautiful new website - with amazing artwork from our Visual Art Lead, Marigold Bartlett. There's so much to tell you all about what we've got planned...
Dates, awards announced for Freeplay 2015
Welcome back to Freeplay for 2015! This is going to be a huge year for us. In fact, in the year of our tenth festival, it’ll be our biggest yet. We’ve got a ten-day festival for you this year in Melbourne between April 10 to April 19, culminating in an exciting...
Parallels wrap-up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiDZiS_sd6M If you missed our incredible 2014 Parallels event, the full video is available above. And, if you're looking for a recommendation, here's what the media said: The Age/Sydney Morning Herald: "Freeplay, Australia's premier...
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About Freeplay
Freeplay is Australia’s longest-running and largest independent games festival, located in Melbourne, Australia. Freeplay draws Australia’s independent game community together at its conference, public events program, arcade, and awards. The festival joins players, makers, critics, artists, academics, and students for a critical celebration of the artistry of games and digital culture.
Since 2004, Freeplay has played host to thousands of attendees and hundreds of talks from speakers such as Harvey Smith (Deus Ex), Kieron Gillen (Rock, Paper, Shotgun), Jonathan Blow (Braid), Brandon Boyer (IGF chair), Adam Saltsman (Canabalt), Mare Sheppard (N+), Tesuya Mizaguchi (Rez), Erin Robinson (Gravity Ghost), and Steve Swink (Scale). Freeplay has a proud history of showcasing local independent games at both its arcade and awards, including Jolly Rover (Best Australian Game 2010), Antichamber (Best Australian Game 2011), Stickets (Best Australian Game 2012), and Framed (Best Australian Game 2013). Iconically-Melbourne, Freeplay has consistently been part of the city’s culture, having partnered with ACMI, the State Library of Victoria, Next Wave, The Wheeler Centre, and Federation Square over the years.