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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 🔔❗
16.09.2025 03:36 — 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0General 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!
02.08.2025 08:46 — 👍 15 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Thank 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?"
01.08.2025 05:25 — 👍 18 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
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
#freeplayangles
Counting the minutes!
31.07.2025 01:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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 🌆
Freeplay Angles starts tomorrow! Conference sessions run from midday to 5pm, Thursday to Saturday. If you can't make it to all three, individual day tickets are available. Catch you at Science Gallery soon 👭☠️🔮
events.humanitix.com/angles25
We can’t wait for Angles! Featuring Team Frosty yapping as your Friday morning keynote 🍦💙
07.07.2025 09:00 — 👍 21 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0I’m doing a keynote for the @free-play.bsky.social indie game festival in Melbourne in just a few weeks! Schedule is below, see you all there
07.07.2025 03:56 — 👍 44 🔁 3 💬 6 📌 0Submission forms for our WIP Night (31st July) and Night Market (2nd August) are also open.
All info can be found on our site.
Freeplay Angles, at Science Gallery (Grattan St, Carlton) on Thurs 31/07, Fri 01/08, and Sat 02/08. The image shows a tarot spread of Lovers, Death, and Fortune in an orange and blue colour scheme. The image is by Percy Harris.
The Freeplay Angles 2025 schedule is now online, and tickets are on sale! Angles runs from 31st July - 2nd August at Science Gallery Melbourne.
www.freeplay.net.au
Freeplay Angles; 31/07, 01/08, and 02/08 at Science Gallery Melbourne. Key visual shows a tarot spread of The Lovers, Death, and Fortune in an orange and blue colour scheme.
Today's the final day to submit Angles talks! Don't forget to get yours in 📬
forms.gle/M6AXntck6nok...
Freeplay Angles; Science Gallery Melbourne 31/07, 01/08, 02/08. The key visual depicts three tarot cards in an orange and blue colour scheme - The Lovers, Death, and Fortune.
Less than 48 hours left to submit your Angles talks! Submissions close at 11.59pm AET Tuesday 3rd June.
forms.gle/M6AXntck6nok...
KV for Freeplay Angles 2025, by Percy Harris; three tarot cards (Lovers, Death, and Fortune) in a blue and orange colour scheme.
Freeplay Angles 2025 dates are confirmed! From Thursday 31st July to Saturday 2nd August, at Science Gallery Melbourne.
We've also extended speaker submissions by a week. New deadline is 3rd June. Get your talks in, and we'll see you in July!
forms.gle/rVZqqgRbCnpk...
A tarot spread of The Lovers, Death, and Fortune, in bright red and pale blue, with the words 'Freeplay - Angles' on top.
Freeplay Angles 2025 - Coming this Winter
Talk submissions now open: forms.gle/U5jQ2RRnTPxb...
Info @ freeplay.net.au
