Freeplay is the world’s longest-running independent games festival, located in Melbourne, Australia.
Established in 2004, Freeplay is one of the world’s longest-running independent games festivals and explores games at the margins – independent, alternative, experimental and hyperlocal.
Freeplay bridges the gulf between the games industry and Australia’s local arts ecosystem – working with small developers, game-making collectives and the innovators and dreamers at the fringe of digital and interactive art to celebrate games as art – not just commercial products.
Freeplay is the first step for many Australian emerging studios into the broader games ecosystem. For twenty years, Freeplay have helped shape now world-renowned studios like Massive Monster (Cult of the Lamb), Witch Beam (Unpacking), League of Geeks (Armello), House House (Untitled Goose Game), 2Pt Interactive (Heavenly Bodies) and Worm Club (Frog Detective).
The critical details:
- What: Freeplay Independent Games Festival
- When: Thurs Mar 28 – Sun 14 Apr 2024 10am – 5pm
- Tickets: FREE (drop in)
- Where: Fed Square Foyer, Level 1, ACMI, Fed Square (wheelchair access)
image sources: ACMI and Freeplay