Free Play 2007

By: Derek Yu

On: August 3rd, 2007

The Australian Centre for the Moving Image has been doing great things for independent gaming lately, putting on a “”http://www.acmi.net.au/independent_games_festival_2007.aspx">Best of the Independent Games Festival" exhibition this summer and now starting up a conference for independent developers called Free Play (which begins on August 18th):

Developed by the indie game community for the indie game community, Free Play provides the only forum for Australian independent game developers to share knowledge, showcase their work and initiate new projects.

Free Play is designed for independent voices, small budget creators, and those who donâ€™t fit the pre-packaged sales strategies to come together, strategise and celebrate their creativity.

The keynote speaker is Jonathan Blow. I always knew Australia was an awesome place!

Posted in Community, Developers | Tags: JonathanBlow

Benzido

Yeah, acmi is pretty cool. I went to their sonic the hedgehog retrospective. Worth a visit if you go to Melbourne for some reason.
Al King

Damn straight!
Isaac

Oh, thanks for the link. I live in Melbourne, and am now totally going.
Atramentis

I live in Melbourne too and I’ve been to ACMI about 6 times and I love it. Havn’t been to any of their game-related things though. I’ll have to go in there some time!
http://www.planetfreeplay.com Mosh

Yep I’m in Melbourne an I’ll be there. Nuff said.
Mike

I live in Melbourne and I’m going too.
Maybe we could do a little TIGS gathering some time during/after?
Derek

That’d be awesome! And tell the rest of us all about it.
http://josephkingworks.blogspot.com Joseph

I guess I need to move to Melbourne…
Mike

I’ve started a topic in the forums under General regarding a TIGS gathering.
Please post some suggestions there for times/places or whatever.