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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250501
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SUMMARY:Play by Play 2025
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to Play by Play! Aotearoa New Zealand’s games conference with a difference!\nPlay by Play is an open-to-the-public industry conference for game developers\, hobbyists and those interested in the sector. \nKicking off again in April 2025 in the country’s beating cultural heart\, Wellington\, Play by Play is a New Zealand games conference with a difference. Since our inception in 2016\, we’ve grown exponentially\, proving that there’s a vibrant community of gamers\, enthusiasts and curious folk in the play sphere. \nOur humble conference began life as a city-wide festival celebrating everything related to games and play. Since our 2019 event\, Play by Play has broken away from the festival as an entity and now sits under the umbrella of the NZ Games Festival. \nPlay by Play runs for two whole days. These days\, there will be a diverse slate of talks centring around the theme ‘Joy Sparks!’ and exciting opportunities to network with other ANZ game developers.
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/play-play-2025/
LOCATION:Tapere Nui\, Te Auaha\, Wellington\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Australia and Oceania,WishIWasGoing
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SUMMARY:ALT: GAMES 2025
DESCRIPTION:ALT: GAMES is a new festival that brings together the Australian games community and industry. Featuring digital showcases\, sessions with industry leaders and a large-scale interactive game installation. A Powerhouse initiative\, presented in partnership with City of Parramatta\, Screen Australia and Screen NSW \nDate: 12–13 April 2025\nTime: 10am-3pm\, Features 5pm-7pm\nLocation: Parramatta Square / PHIVE / Parramatta Town Hall \n  \nALT: Play\nALT: Play is an Australian digital games showcase\, that puts the spotlight on independent game makers. Featuring local works-in-progress and newly released games. Join us to discover and playtest upcoming Australian titles.  All ages welcome. FREE \nDate: Saturday 12 April – Sunday 13 April 2025\nTime: 10am–3pm\nLocation: PHIVE\nTickets: Free \n  \nALT: Ex\nALT: Ex will showcase experimental games that explore and emphasise the breadth of the medium. Curated by Serenade\, a NSW based collective of artists and developers Cuauhtemoc Moreno\, Duncan Corrigan\, George Mak\, Jae Stuart and Kaveh Tabar. All ages welcome. FREE \nDate: Saturday 12 April – Sunday 13 April 2025\nTime: 10am–3pm\nLocation: PHIVE\nTickets: Free \n  \nALT: Sessions\nALT: Sessions is a series of deep dive sessions for emerging developers to gain industry knowledge. Hosted by industry leaders the workshops are designed to elevate the growing games community in NSW and provide opportunities for local industry. \nDate: Saturday 12 April – Sunday 13 April 2025\nTime: 10–3pm\nLocation: PHIVE \n  \nALT: Installation [Australian Premiere]\nJapanese and UK artist collective Playfool will present their work How (not) to get hit by a self-driving car for the first time in Australia. The work challenges audiences to avoid being detected by an AI-powered camera and aims to become a platform to understand how these systems work. Playfool’s work has been presented at institutions including Victoria and Albert Museum\, London and the MAK\, Vienna. \nDate: 12–13 April 2025\nTime: 10am–4pm\nLocation: Parramatta Square\nTickets: Free \n  \nALT: Features\nALT: Features will connect Australian game makers with the wider international industry for networking and knowledge-sharing. Join us for a keynote address from leading artist\, game developer and writer Ally McLean-Hennessy\, who will reflect on why we make games\, and an in-conversation with the esteemed US game designer Richard Garfield (creator of Magic the Gathering) and Canadian game developer Daniel Mullins (creator of Inscryption) discussing deck building and design process. \nDate: Saturday 12 April\nTime: 5–7pm\nLocation: Parramatta Town Hall\nTickets: $10\, ages 16+
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/alt-games-2025/
LOCATION:PHIVE\, 5 Parramatta Sq\, Sydney\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Australia and Oceania
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190507T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190512T170000
DTSTAMP:20190417T115740Z
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SUMMARY:Freeplay 2019
DESCRIPTION:Freeplay 2019 — INTROSPECTION | May 7–12\nFreeplay is Australia’s longest-running and largest independent games festival. \n\n  \nFirst established in 2004\, Freeplay embraces the fringes\, spotlights grassroots makers\, and acts as a response to and critique of the status quo. We invite artists\, designers\, coders\, writers\, players\, makers\, critics\, academics\, and students for a celebration of the artistry of independent games & playful culture beyond the mainstream. \n  \nJoin us in 2019 for Freeplay’s 15th year anniversary! \n\n\n\nWebsite: http://www.freeplay.net.au/ \nTwitter: https://twitter.com/free_play
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/freeplay-2019/
LOCATION:RMIT Swanston Academic Building\, 445 Swanston St\, Melbourne\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Australia and Oceania
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190419
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190428
DTSTAMP:20190111T082737Z
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SUMMARY:NZ Games Festival 2019
DESCRIPTION:nz games festival is new zealand’s own international celebration of gaming\, for all ages.\n\nThe week-long festival is centred around all things games – whether digital\, tabletop or otherwise! It’s our goal to ensure everybody has the opportunity to be included in the magic of games\, so we aim to provide events for all demographics.From workshops to pub quizzes\, NZ Games Festival has a little bit of something for everyone and we can’t wait to share it with you. \nhttps://nzgamesfest.com/
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/nz-games-festival-2019/
LOCATION:TBA\, Wellington\, Wellington\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Australia and Oceania
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181028
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181101
DTSTAMP:20171019T094937Z
CREATED:20171019T094937Z
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SUMMARY:CHI Play 2018
DESCRIPTION:An international and interdisciplinary conference (by ACM SIGCHI) \nFor researchers and professionals across all areas of play\, games and human-computer interaction (HCI).
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/chi-play-2018/
LOCATION:TBA – Melbourne\, Melbourne\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Australia and Oceania
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181025T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181025T210000
DTSTAMP:20190111T080833Z
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SUMMARY:Parallels: The Freeplay 2018 Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Parallels highlights some of the most unique\, experimental\, and personal games being made in the independent games scenes of Australia and beyond. Come and watch as our speakers demonstrate and play their creations live on stage\, and share their creative inspirations and journeys. Discover new games and game makers\, and find out what makes them tick. Join us for an intimate and magical night as we present the artistry and talent of contemporary independent game makers in the region. \nOur lineup of games and speakers this year is quite special (our director Chad would describe it as “super delightful”)! Have a look for yourself. \n• Rise – Dakoda Barker (QLD)\n• Unpacking – Wren Brier & Tim Dawson (QLD)\n• Pigeon Game – Leura Smith (VIC)\n• if not us – Ruqiyah Patel (ACT)\n• Sign In / Sign Out – Tegan Webb (VIC)\n• Novena & Touch Melbourne – Cecile Richard & Andrew Gleeson (VIC)\n• Desert Child – Oscar Brittain (WA)\n• SIMULACRA – LeeYing Foo (INTL)\n• Dead Static Drive – Mike Blackney (VIC)\n• Vignettes – Pol Clarissou (INTL) \nhttp://www.freeplay.net.au/oh-hey-its-parallels-the-freeplay-2018-showcase/
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/parallels-freeplay-2018-showcase/
LOCATION:RMIT Swanston Academic Building\, 445 Swanston St Building 80\, Level 2\, Room 7\, Melbourne
CATEGORIES:Australia and Oceania
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180522
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180528
DTSTAMP:20180227T105834Z
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SUMMARY:Freeplay 2018
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URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/freeplay-2018/
LOCATION:TBA\, Melbourne\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Australia and Oceania,Speaker
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170815
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170828
DTSTAMP:20170725T084450Z
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SUMMARY:Contours 2017
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nA mixtape exhibition of contemporary Australian videogames\, split into two sides: Side A explores “Not Quite Games”\, games that don’t quite fit our understanding or expectation of what games are. Side B focuses on “Personal Games”\, games that are intimate\, autobiographical\, or personal in nature. Contours features playable games\, zines\, books\, comics\, artwork\, paintings\, sculptures\, videos\, photography and other cultural gems.\nTickets & info: http://contours-exhibition.com/[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″]Side ANOT QUITE GAMES\nAUGUST 15 – 21\n\nA1. Ian MacLarty\nTHE CATACOMBS OF SOLARIS (2016)\n\nA2. Bethany Wilksch\nTHE CATACOMBS OF SOLARIS – PAINTINGS (2017)\n\nA3. Lee Shang Lun & Thomas Bowker\nTELEPHONE (2017)\n\nA4. Grace Bruxner\nSNAIL WISDOM SIMULATOR 2017 (2017)\n\nA5. Grace Bruxner\nALIEN CASENO & FISH MARKET (2016)\n\nA6. Adrian Tosello\, Jair McBain & Jessica Westfold\nSOFTEN\, SOOTHE\, ALLOW (2017)\n\nA7. Ken Wong & Hamish Lang\nBLOSSOM (2017)\n\nA8. Ben Rolfe & Maize Wallin\nLAMPBLACK (2016)\n\nA9. Nico Disseldorp\nCASTLES MADE OF CASTLES (2016)\n\nA10. Grace Bruxner & Ken Wong\nA BRIEF INTERVIEW – VIDEO (2017)\n\nA11. Marigold Bartlett\nAUSTRALIAN VIDEOGAME SCULPTURES – SERIES 2 (2017)\n\nA12. Various Artists\nA COLLECTION OF ZINES\, BOOKS\, AND COMICS\n\n[/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″]Side BPERSONAL GAMES\nAUGUST 22 – 27\n\nB1. Kalonica Quigley\nANOTHER SUNRISE (2017)\n\nB2. Charlie Francis Cassidy\nIN MY MIND (2017)\n\nB3. Shell Osbourne & Pewka Zilla\nTHE TRANS ZONE (2017)\n\nB4. Alayna M Cole\nENTHYMEMA (2016)\n\nB5. Olivia Haines\n2K CLUB (2017)\n\nB6. John Kane\nMAN UP (2016)\n\nB7. Mandy Bo\nUNFOLDED – ARTWORK (2017)\n\nB8. Monica Dunne\n1800’S SITTING ROOM CONCEPT – ARTWORK (2017)\n\nB9. Izzy Gramp\nESTRANGED – PHOTOGRAPHY (2017)\n\nB10. Alayna M Cole & Olivia Haines\nA BRIEF INTERVIEW – VIDEO (2017)\n\nB11. Marigold Bartlett\nAUSTRALIAN VIDEOGAME SCULPTURES – SERIES 2 (2017)\n\nB12. Various Artists\nA COLLECTION OF ZINES\, BOOKS\, AND COMICS\n\n[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nIn conversation with:\nAugust 15th – 5:30pm\nIan MacLarty\nIan is a part-time game designer and programmer based in Melbourne Australia\, with an interest in short-form\, experimental designs. He’s created over 30 games and interactive artworks over the last 5 years\, most of which have a visual focus\, with many doubling as art creation tools. Ian has also made several puzzle and action games including the commercially successful Boson X. His work has been exhibited in London\, Antwerp\, Chicago\, Melbourne and Brisbane. \nAugust 22nd – 5:30pm\nCharlie Francis Cassidy \nOnce described as the person with molten hair from the hip cyberpunk future that never was\, Charlie is a queer non-binary trans masc programmer and game developer with bipolar. They currently work for Mighty Games in Melbourne on Shooty Skies. They are also the technical director of Tiny Frame\, a small games and media studio they founded. In their spare time they like to make games about mental health\, yell about how great cats are and work on projects that further queer and trans representation. They are also trying to become as close to the personification of the colour red as possible.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/contours-2017/
LOCATION:Library at the Dock\, Melbourne\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Australia and Oceania
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170323T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170406T170000
DTSTAMP:20170322T130533Z
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SUMMARY:IDGAF 2017
DESCRIPTION:IDGAF: Independently Developed Game Art Festival of 2017 \n\nThe wonderful Chad Toprak of Hovergarden has put together a short selection of contemporary independent videogames for our interactive pleasure. These were all featured in this year’s IGF\, coincidentally. \n? OPENING NIGHT THURSDAY 23rd ? \nCome and see games never before shown on Australian shores \nAlso drink special [TBA] \n? SIDE A | 23/3 – 30/3 \nYou Must Be 18 or Older to Enter by James Earl Cox III \nMu Cartographer by Titouan Millet \nFuture Unfolding by Spaces of Play \nFrog Climbers by TeamCrew \n? SIDE B | 31/3 – 6/4 \nIslands: Non-Places by Carl Burton \nOiκοςpiel Book 1 by David Kanaga \nMemoir En Code: Reissue by Alex Camilleri \nWitchball by Stephen L. Clark
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/idgaf-2017/
LOCATION:Bar SK\, 90 Smith St\, Melbourne\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Australia and Oceania
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161010
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161112
DTSTAMP:20160927T123028Z
CREATED:20160927T122832Z
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SUMMARY:Contours 2016
DESCRIPTION:Contours – “Charting the fringes of independent games in Melbourne and Australia\nA month-long exhibition of playable games\, zines\, artwork\, sculptures\, videos\, photography and other cultural gems\nhttp://contours-exhibition.com/\n \nEvents\nOpening Night Event:\n10 October 2016: 6PM\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/contours-opening-night-tickets-27674861255 \nIn Conversation Series:\nHELEN STUCKEY – October 13\nMARIGOLD BARTLETT – October 19\nNICO DISSELDORP – October 27\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/contours-in-conversation-evenings-tickets-27675087933\n \nNew Arcade Night\n3 November 2016: 6:30PM-9:00PM\nA night of local multiplayer competition\, cooperation and magic\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/contours-new-arcade-night-tickets-27675146107
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/contours-2016/
LOCATION:Library at the Dock\, Melbourne\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Australia and Oceania,WishIWasGoing
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20151024T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20151024T220000
DTSTAMP:20151021T103638Z
CREATED:20151015T100324Z
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SUMMARY:Parallels: The Freeplay 2015 Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Game showcase \nhttp://www.acmi.net.au/live-events/talks-performances/parallels-the-freeplay-2015-showcase/ \n\n\n\n\n\nFrom the artsy\, to the weird\, to the provocative\, to the punk. For over ten years\, the Freeplay Independent Games Festival has been exploring these vital margins of game culture in Australia\, from bedroom coders and artists exploring the possibilities of games\, to game culture’s punk rockers and agitators. \nReturning after the sold-out 2014 show\, in Parallels: The Freeplay 2015 Showcase\, ACMI and Freeplay are bringing Australia’s most exciting under-the-radar games projects and creators together to showcase game culture’s parallel worlds. \nWatch as local designers demonstrate and play their creations live on stage and discuss their influences and creative passions. Discover new games and game makers\, and find out what makes them tick. Join us on a journey to reveal the artistry and talent of Australia’s independent and grassroots game makers.
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/parallels-the-freeplay-2015-showcase/
LOCATION:ACMI Cinema 1\, Melbourne\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Australia and Oceania
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