Freeplay | The Shape of Games to Come talks and games and friends

Announcing: Freeplay is here to stay. Parallels 2026 is coming and we're advocating for games to be funded as art. Read more and get involved: freeplay.net.au/posts/freepl...

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Freeplay | The Shape of Games to Come talks and games and friends

Update: New Site is now live www.freeplay.net.au

Freeplay | The Shape of Games to Come talks and games and friends

The new Freeplay website is now live - Go check it out! 👋👋 www.freeplay.net.au

You can visit our archive site in the meantime archive.freeplay.net.au

We’re shifting to an updated site (exciting!). Hopefully will be up and running next week.

An update: Unfortunately Freeplay didn’t secure multi-year funding and is potentially looking at its last year of operation. We’re exploring what comes next & want your input.

Read our full statement here: www.freeplay.net.au/survey2026

Help us decide our next step here: forms.gle/W4ZSns1bGCX1...

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Steve Dee. His contributions to the community reached far beyond his games. Steve’s family has set up a fundraiser to support Maggie's Rescue on his behalf. If you’re able, please consider donating or sharing www.facebook.com/donate/20568...

Freeplay Parallels 2025 Feedback Thank you for attending Freeplay Parallels 2025! We hope you enjoyed the night, and that it's left you feeling inspired and excited. We'd really appreciate your feedback on Freeplay Parallels. Your ...

Also, while you're reminiscing about the event that was, please fill out our event survey! Whether you love Parallels as it is or want to suggest improvements for the future, all feedback is valuable to us.

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Freeplay Parallels 2025 YouTube video by Freeplay

The Parallels 2025 recording is live! Whether you want to revisit a favourite talk or see the show for the first time, it's available on our channel now:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD2a...

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1 Hour until Freeplay Parallels!

See you all at 6 pm!

Parallels - Last Minute Tickets Available Now

Know someone who missed out on Parallels tickets? We rummaged around and found a few more in our pockets - but they're very limited!

events.humanitix.com/parallels25

Building Relationships - "a silly adventure game about a house on a date"

Dogpile - a dog is jumping into a pile of dogs! One of the dogs has cool sunglasses. Hell Yeah.

Coming to Parallels on Thursday? We have two additions to the line-up to announce!

Building Relationships - @tanatb.housefuckinggame.com (TALK)
Dogpile - @folly.studio (PLAYABLE SHOWCASE)

General ticket release is ❗🔔 50% gone 🔔❗

General tickets for Parallels 2025 are now on sale 🎟️

Speaker and playable showcase line-up on our website 📺

www.freeplay.net.au/parallels25

Early Bird sold out! General release in September.

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Parallels returns and early bird tickets are available now.

Check out freeplay.net.au for tickets and info, with a full lineup and general release tickets coming in September

Freeplay Angles Market is in full swing!

Thank you to our friends at GamesPond for curating a games showcase at Angles!

Check out their event on August 28th here: www.trybooking.com/events/landi...

Come by the Science Gallery at 5pm tonight for our free final night event!

Check out these awesome stalls:

Indie TTRPGs by Logan and Friends!
The Kitty Koven
Grit Rook
Muscove Arts
Alien Lika
karrotsoupp
Kindreds: A Game of Soulmates by Georgia Symons

Angles Day 3 has begun! And today's tarot card is Death. Here are some themes you can expect from today's track of talks:

transformation, endings, change, transition, letting go, release

Freeplay Town Hall is starting now in the theatre. If you have a question about the state of Freeplay you can submit it through this form here:

forms.gle/hXwxR3oaJQ6j...

Make your mark on this 100 dollar bill and pass it on. See the progress of @duncancorrigan.bsky.social and @ericaroyle.bsky.social's game from their talk "Should We Play With Our Money?"

Day Two of Freeplay Angles has begun!

The theme is Fortune and we've started off strong with a keynote from the @frostygamesfest.com team!

We have our lovely friends at Sabby @sabbygallery.bsky.social here all three days with tons of information and stickers!

Join the co-op: sabby.gallery/join/

Kicking things off strong on day one with a Keynote from Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social on Why We Must Bless/ Invade Sports Games

#freeplayangles

We've begun! Welcome to Freeplay Angles 2025

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Counting the minutes!

Tangents A showcase of experimental games from around Australia

In addition to our own events, @serenade.games are running Tangents tonight at @sabbygallery.bsky.social - a showcase of art games from around Australia.

Tangents is currently at capacity, but if you want to be notified if there's space available, register here:

events.humanitix.com/tangents25

Also...

🎨 WIP Night is 5-8pm Thursday 31st, Science Gallery: free entry, no ticket required!

🌜 Night Market is at 5-8pm Saturday 2nd, Science Gallery: also free entry, no ticket required!

Whether you're at the conference or not, drop by in the evenings for our nighttime events 🌆