Month: August 2013

The Freeplay Festival is Australia’s longest running independent games festival, held annually in Melbourne. Along with the weekend conference, the festival is responsible for the Freeplay Awards, a games competition open to all Australian independent developers, artists and students, with categories including Visual Art, Technical Innovation, and Non-Digital Game. Submissions…

Perth VR Jam is having another public open day, where you can stop by to try out the latest in VR technology and playtest locally developed VR games! Here are the details: Time/Date: 1pm-3pm Saturday 17 August 2013 Location: 816 Hay Street (upstairs and to the right) Cost: FREE Perth…

The game developers participating in the Oculus & IndieCade VR Jam have been working steadily on their virtual reality projects for a week now, and will be demonstrating their games this afternoon at the Let’s Make Games VR Jam Hub in the city. If you’re interested in checking out the newest…

The Film & Television Institute of WA is looking to hire an Interactive Production Officer, to provide support to screen practitioners working in games, interactive digital storytelling and non-traditional forms of screen storytelling. Applications for the position close on September 2nd. More details and the job listing can be found…

In a glitzy ceremony last Friday, the inaugural Best Game award winner was announced for the WA Screen Awards. The winner on the night was Freedom Fall! Congratulations to the Stirfire team, as well as the runner-ups, pvi collective, WRK Studios and Gnomic Studios. It’s great to see games so…

The dates for this year’s Game Connect Asia Pacific have been announced, and are currently looking for submissions for both hour-length speakers, and 25 minute “intensive” workshops. GCAP is one of Australia’s largest developer-oriented game events, and includes workshop tracks across multiple disciplines, including Tech, Art, Design and Business. The…