Event

Date: 11am, Thursday 6th September 2012
Location: Docklands Studio, Melbourne
476 Docklands Drive, Docklands, Melbourne
10 minute walk from Southern Cross station
Trams 36, 70 or 86 to end of the line at Docklands Terminus

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The nominations for the 2012 Freeplay Awards are open! You've got until the 20th of August to submit your nominations for the following categories in the third annual Freeplay Awards...

• Best Game
• Best International Game
• Best Design in a Game
• Best On-Paper Design
• Best Art in a Game
• Best Concept Art
• Best Technical Innovation
• Best Game Writing
• Best Audio

The key dates for the Freeplay Awards this year are:

IGDA Brisbane have been publishing a series of quick "fast five" interviews with some great local developers in the lead up to their Game On Symposium: Foreplay to Freeplay event which is happening on Saturday and Sunday, this weekend in Brisbane.

When: 7pm-11pm,  Tuesday 17th, July
Where: 1000 Pound Bend, 361 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne (round the back)

Saturday 14 July - Creative Industries Precinct
Sunday 15 July - QANTM College Brisbane

WHERE: The Block & The Glasshouse, Creative Industries Precinct and QANTM College Brisbane
WHEN: 14 - 15 July
TIME: 10am - 4pm
TICKETS: Free | Register now (RSVP essential)

CONTACT: ciprecinct@qut.edu.au

When and Where:

Canberra - 1 July
Canberra Technology Park
49 Phillip Ave
Watson ACT

Melbourne - Sat 7 July
State Library of Victoria
Experimedia Room
328 Swanston Street
Melbourne VIC 3000

Sydney - Sun 8 July
Wentworth Park Grandstand
Wentworth Park Rd
Ultimo NSW

Just a reminder that Gametech is on next week on Tuesday and Wednesday! There are tickets still available but spaces are strictly limited, so if you do plan on attending, you're gonna have to book yours as soon as possible. There is a discount available for special members as well as group bookings, but head on over to the registration page here for more details or to enquire about them.

Freeplay, the Independent Games Festival have just reached their Pozible crowd-funding goal today! After passing the halfway mark of their month-long campaign just a few days ago, Freeplay has reached the $4,000 goal of pledges which is a phenomenal effort by you guys, the attendees! There was a considerable boost in the last two days which was $3,223, but if you want to see some detailed stats on how the campaign progressed up to this mid-way point, then head on over to the Freeplay blog!

When: Friday, June 15, 2012 from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM (GMT+1000)
Where: The Edge
State Library of Queensland
Stanley Place
South Brisbane, 4000
Australia

Brisbane people! You get to have an extra special screening for Indie Game: The Movie! This is Brisbane's only screening of the award winning documentary and it will be your ONLY chance to see it on the big screen.

When: Tuesday 12 June, from 6.30pm – Open Mic starts around 7.
Where: 1000 Pound Bend

What:
IGDA Melbourne have organised another awesome Open Mic Night where presenters will be showing off what they've been working on. Everyone is also encouraged to bring along their own prototypes and demos for feedback, so pack your laptops and mobile devices and come along!

Playtesting will go throughout the evening, and the microphone will be powered up around 7pm for a variety of talks including from: