Freeplay’s iconic Parallels independent games festival is back for its 10th iteration on the very appropriate date of October 10th, 2024, and with early bird tickets having just gone on sale, the first of the line-up of Aussie developers bringing their incredible titles along for the nation’s nerdiest round of Show and Tell has been revealed.
This year’s event is also going big, moving from its usual venue at ACMI to the Melbourne Town Hall, which will house not only the exciting series of speakers but new features that include a showcase of playable games, live DJs, plant based finger food and a local drink selection.
The event has teed up the release of its early bird tickets with the announcement of five of the ten speakers set to appear, promising to announce the other half once main ticket sales kick off next month. The speakers announced so far are:
- Jane Kennington (she/her; WA) from Funny Fintan Softworks presenting Incolatus ( https://www.incolatus.com/ )
- Olivia Haines (she/her; VIC) and Andrew Brophy (he/they; VIC) from Dinko presenting Electric Fairyland ( https://dinko.au/ )
- Tdog eXtreme (they/them; VIC) presenting Clownbaby ( https://linktr.ee/tdogextreme )
- Lisa Blakie (she/her; Aotearoa New Zealand) from Atawhai Interactive presenting Toroa: Skycall ( https://linktr.ee/atawhaigames )
- Josiah Lulham (he/him; VIC) and David Harris (he/him; VIC) presenting A Dance of Ribbons ( https://comeandlisten.com.au/a-dance-of-ribbons/ )
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, with concession tickets available for those who need them and “Friend of Freeplay” tickets that include an additional donation to the organisation.
