Freeplay’s iconic Parallels independent games festival is nearly back for its 2023 iteration, and with tickets having just gone on sale, the line-up of Aussie developers bringing their incredible titles along for the nation’s nerdiest round of Show and Tell has finally been revealed. The event is going down at Melbourne’s ACMI on Wednesday, October 5th at 6.30PM AEDT starting from $23 for ACMI members.
It’s a banger group this year as well, with some incredibly-exciting projects from some of the brightest and most creative local talent. Here are the folks you’ll be able to see spruik their wares as part of Freeplay: Parallels in 2023:
Freeplay: Parallels 2023 Lineup
- Ben Koder presenting Beyond the Lens
- Iris Anstey presenting Moss Island
- Ally McLean Hennessy presenting Mystiques: Haunted Antiques
- Chloe Kilroy & Billy Dent presenting Bells Beach
- Jacob Janerka presenting The Dungeon Experience
- Jessie Scott presenting Video Shop Algorithm
- Cain Maddox presenting Proximate
- Pete Foley & Scott Ford (Fuzzy Ghost) presenting Janet DeMornay is a Slumlord and a Witch
- Plus special guest Andrew Brophy presenting Knuckle Sandwich, again!
Join us at ACMI on Thu 5 Oct for Freeplay: Parallels as speakers demonstrate and play some of the most experimental, personal and culturally significant work being made in the gaming world right now ?@free_play: Parallels is part of @GamesWeekMelbs.https://t.co/qu2RZ3Rj9V
— ACMI (@ACMI) September 4, 2023
Tickets to this unique, one-night-only celebration of some of the most uniquely personal, significant and innovative upcoming games can be found right here on the ACMI website.