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Jarrod Farquhar-Nicol 🔜 MIGW @jarrodfn.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Excited to have @classicceri.bsky.social running his Critical Design Thinking Workshop at Screen Canberra next month for 8 local game developers! Applications close August 2nd. Learn more at screencanberra.com.au/initiatives/...

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Critical Design Thinking - Screen Canberra

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CanDev @canberra.games · 17/07/2026

CanDev's community are bringing their indie video games to Geek Expo this weekend - take a look, and come play!

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CanDev @canberra.games · 25/06/2026

CanDev is commissioning up to 7 new Canberra-made microgames about dissent. We're offering up to $4000 to make a microgame for our Digital Dissent showcase at @nfsaonline.bsky.social this November as part of the Craft + Design Canberra Festival. Apply by July 5th at canberra.games/digital-dissent

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Digital Dissent — CanDev

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CanDev @canberra.games · 16/03/2026

🎉 Congratulations to the five games teams receiving funding from the first round of the Canberra Screen and Games Fund! www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew... * Uppercut Games * Space Dragon Games * Anecdote Games * Moon Jump Pty Ltd * James Wakeham 👏👏👏

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#canberra #canberra #screen #gaming #arts #michaelpetterssonmla | Andrew Barr

The ACT Government and Screen Canberra are proud to announce the recipients of the inaugural #Canberra Screen and Games Fund. The fund’s debut has been met with overwhelming interest from both the di...

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CanDev @canberra.games · 11/12/2025

👀 Canberra Screen and Games Fund is now open: screencanberra.com.au/funding/game... Thanks to Holly Trueman and Cornelius Weber for fielding some questions last night at Pizza & Pixels - they're very open to hear more, so once you read up on the fund then feel free to reach out to Screen Canberra

Holly Trueman and Cornelius Weber at Pizza & Pixels, fielding some questions about the Canberra Screen and Games Fund

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 04/12/2025

canberra had for a while now been the ONLY state or territory in australia to not provide direct games funding. that finally changed today. huge congrats to @jarrodfn.bsky.social and everyone else at Candev who isn't on bluesky for all their hard work!

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Games Production and Development Program - Screen Canberra

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Ryan Penning ✨ @ryanpenning.com · 04/12/2025

screencanberra.com.au/media-releas... Incredible news for those in Canberra and something that would have only been possible thanks to the efforts of those in the @canberra.games community. This now means that every state in Australia has some form of games funding ❤️

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MEDIA RELEASE Launch of Canberra Screen and Games Fund to strengthen industries - Screen Canberra

The ACT Government in partnership with Screen Canberra, has launched the Canberra Screen and Games Fund, designed to strengthen Canberra’s screen and digital games industries, stimulate local economic...

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CanDev @canberra.games · 04/12/2025

It's happening! 🎉🎉🎉 Screen Canberra has a new games fund! Read about it below and join us at Pizza & Pixels on Wednesday to learn more!

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CanDev @canberra.games · 24/10/2025

👀 Microvania is out!! And Canberra-made game! ✍️ Grab it, have fun, and give it a nice review⭐ Congrats on the launch @justinhogie.bsky.social 🚀

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CanDev @canberra.games · 08/10/2025

Lots of lovely Canberran game developers at GCAP this year! @igea.bsky.social #MIGW25

Dozens of Canberran game developers at GCAP 2025

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CanDev @canberra.games · 01/10/2025

🦕🛰️ Congrats on the launch of Dino Space Station! We love seeing how games evolve month to month at our playtesting meetups in Canberra

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Peter Conti - Creative Director Conti Games @contigames.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

🚀🦖 Dino Space Station launches during Melbourne International Games Week + the Steam event! Excited to join #MIGW25 — Asia Pacific’s largest digital games celebration showcasing the creativity, community, and future of games. 👉 Wishlist & play here: store.steampowered.com/app/3406740/...

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Peter Conti - Creative Director Conti Games @contigames.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Dino Space Station has been featured on Canberra.Games Big thanks to Jarrod (@jarrodfn), Ruqiyah, and the awesome sponsors like Mark (@markschramm) and Uppercut Games for supporting local devs and shining a spotlight on projects like mine. 💜 #indiedev #gamedev #CanberraGames #CanDev

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CanDev @canberra.games · 25/09/2025

CanDev has officially incorporated as a not-for-profit association 🎉 This will help us better manage admin and logistics as we continue to serve Canberra's game development community Check out the inaugural committee and some more details on our blog www.canberra.games/blog/candev-...

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CanDev @canberra.games · 30/07/2025

Canberran devs, please fill out this Screen Aus survey to help show the ACT's production capacity, demographics and more

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 02/07/2025

The DiscMaster Game Jam is a wrap! 300+ creators across 12+ countries made 60+ games using retro assets preserved by the Internet Archive & served via DiscMaster. What an event! More ➡️ www.canberra.games/blog/discmas... #DiscMasterJam @InternetArchive 🧵

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 02/07/2025

Thanks to all participants, judges, and @NFSAonline, who will archive a selection of entries, preserving them for the future! And thank you to our co-hosts @canberra.games, especially @jarrodfn.bsky.social for day-to-day logistics. #DiscMasterJam

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CanDev @canberra.games · 02/07/2025

Pizza & Pixels is going to be a great one next week! 🎟️Grab your ticket ASAP: www.trybooking.com/DDFVP 📆Wednesday, July 9th, 6-9pm 🏛️National Film & Sound Archive 🎮Playtesting, networking, industry news, pizza 📣GUEST SPEAKERS from @sledgehammergames.com! Read all about it and book your ticket now!

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Pizza & Pixels @ NFSA - July 2025

Pizza & Pixels is Canberra's game developers' playtesting and networking meetup! IMPORTANT NOTE: This session is at the National Film and Sound...

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CanDev @canberra.games · 06/06/2025

🍕💖 Big thank you to Uppercut Games for supporting this month's event! Check out the team's stuff at uppercut-games.com 🎟️ Ticket booking details in the post below 👇

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CanDev @canberra.games · 01/06/2025

🍕🎮 Pizza & Pixels is on at @nfsaonline.bsky.social 11 June 2025! Grab your tickets: www.trybooking.com/DCILO Check out these photos of our new venue, the Gallery space at the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) in Acton. Looking forward to seeing you there - bring a friend!

Host of Pizza & Pixels speaking at the NFSA in front of a huge screen with a purple background displaying logos

NFSA staff welcoming a large crowd of CanDev's members to the new venue, a beautiful gallery space with lovely pink lighting

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Dave Shire @hireddivas.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

this fishing game I made with @nightleek.bandcamp.com was one of the winners of the @canberra.games and @archive.org DiscMaster game jam. Woo! I'm bad at self promotion. Play online here hireddivas.itch.io/trophy-phish...

screenshot of a 3d first person fishing game - a weird colorful piece of architecture on the deck of a fishing boat

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タマネギ Overdrive @nightleek.bandcamp.com · 27/05/2025

CONGRATS TO @hireddivas.bsky.social FOR WINNING IN 2 CATEGORIES IN THE DISCMASTER GAME JAM which @spookie187.bsky.social and I made the music for ALSO CONGRATS TO @poolplants.bsky.social @goldbu27.bsky.social @hdcamera-faithful.bandcamp.com and Dratz who also got recognized...

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CanDev @canberra.games · 29/05/2025

📣 Discover the DiscMaster Jam winners on our blog 🏆 canberra.games/blog/discmas... @archive.org will be in touch with the winners to coordinate prize distribution. Thank you, to our industry judges, moderators and everyone who participated! 💖 #discmasterjam #gamejam #mediapreservation

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Announcing the Winners of The DiscMaster Jam 2025 — CanDev

CanDev and the Internet Archive ran The DiscMaster Jam between 21-29 April 2025. We were thrilled at the response: 300 participants across over a dozen countries made more than 60 games using vin...

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Chloee :^) @chloeart.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Hey You!🫵 I'm working on a game right now. You should: 1) Check it out! 👀 2)Tell me if you like it or not ♥️ #gamedev #indiedev

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CanDev @canberra.games · 02/05/2025

📣🏛️ NEW VENUE: Join us at the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) for the next Pizza & Pixels meetup on Wednesday, 14 May 🎟️ Book your tickets here: www.trybooking.com/DBKCO Thanks to @nfsaonline.bsky.social for the fantastic venue, and for providing testing and tagging to attendees on the night

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NEW VENUE: Pizza & Pixels @ NFSA - May 2025

Pizza & Pixels is Canberra's game developers' playtesting and networking meetup! IMPORTANT NOTE: This session is at the National Film and Sound...

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CanDev @canberra.games · 29/04/2025

The #DiscMasterJam has closed, with 66 entries submitted 🎉 We'll review these for prize eligibility this week, then pass them to the judges - stay tuned 📀 The vibes have been excellent and the games are looking fantastic - huge thank you to everyone who participated 💖 canberra.games/discmasterjam

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CanDev & the Internet Archive present: The DiscMaster Jam

A game jam from 2025-04-21 to 2025-05-31 hosted by CanDev: the Canberra game dev community & chipperswitch. What's DiscMaster? DiscMaster is a search engine for vintage data hosted on the Internet Arc...

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タマネギ Overdrive @nightleek.bandcamp.com · 29/04/2025

one of my partners made Fruity Fruity Frenz for the @canberra.games #DiscMasterJam and I got to make the end card for it! WHICH MEANS YOU GOTTA PLAY IT TO THE END! for real this game has me giggling like a maniac. easypeazygames.itch.io/fruity-fruit... #picotron #retrogaming #indigames

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Fruity Fruity Frenz by easypeazygames

A silly game utilizing old assets

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タマネギ Overdrive @nightleek.bandcamp.com · 29/04/2025

TROPHY PHISHING IS DONE AND IT IS A FUN FEVER DREAM hireddivas.itch.io/trophy-phish... coded by @hireddivas.bsky.social for the Discmaster Game Jam by @canberra.games with music by Nightleek タマネギ and SPOOKIE @spookie187.bsky.social #vaporwave #gamejam #indiegames #retrogaming #discmasterjam

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Trophy Phishing by dave

FISH THE SEAS OF DATA (Made for Discmaster Jam, April 2025)

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タマネギ Overdrive @nightleek.bandcamp.com · 28/04/2025

Listen party tonight@8pm EST for Trophy Phishing OST youtu.be/HviSK78fmBs 💿Discmaster Game Jam by @canberra.games 🌊Songs by me with bonus track from @spookie187.bsky.social 🎣game by @hireddivas.bsky.social is looking FIRE cannot wait to test it hopefully tonight #vaporwave #discmasterjam #newmusic

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Trophy_Phishing OST_full_album.wmv

YouTube video by Nightleek タマネギ //CHILDRENOFVAPOR

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タマネギ Overdrive @nightleek.bandcamp.com · 27/04/2025

Featured artists: HD CAMERA 忠実 , 至福 † @hdcamera.bsky.social Dratz SPOOKIE @spookie187.bsky.social Nightleek タマネギ‬ Pool Plants @poolplants.bsky.social Gold Blu-27 @goldbu27.bsky.social #DiscMasterJam #vaporwave #newmusic #retro #y2k

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MarbleStatue @marblestatue.bandcamp.com · 27/04/2025

🔔 New release from the Children of Vapor! A compilation of tracks for @archive.org Discmaster Game Jam has been released, including awesome tunes from our lovely family of artists @poolplants.bsky.social, @arrowonionbelly.bsky.social, @goldbu27.bsky.social and many others! ❤️ Check it out!

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vol.ii: THE DISCMASTERS, by Children of Vapor

19 track album

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Weißstreifen @weissstreifen.eu · 28/04/2025

Last day of the DiscMaster Jam itch.io/jam/discmast..., we are doing final touch ups and add some music and sound effects. Join me at twitch.tv/ecsodikas

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FrugalGamer @frugalgamer.snug.moe.ap.brid.gy · 28/04/2025

Recently completed a #webgame for the #Discmaster Jam over on Itch.io. If you like #puzzle games, click below to check it out! thefrugalgamer.itch.io/kings-tiles

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King's Tiles by TheFrugalGamer

Light-toggling puzzle game, also known as "Lights out"

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Milan @milanks.net · 28/04/2025

didn't make time to post progress! taking models from the Discmaster archive using a unity plugin loading glTF files from a URL. From there spent a lot of time fudging the size and scale of the colliders given that these models are anything but uniform

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Dave Shire @hireddivas.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

@internetarchive Discmaster jam continues. Will I finish on time? Probably not, I have things to do!

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CanDev @canberra.games · 21/04/2025

The DiscMaster Jam has officially begun! 🎉 We already have 280 jammers digging into @archive.org and finding vintage assets to breathe life back into as part of new games they'll be making for this game jam Still plenty of time to join: canberra.games/discmasterjam #discmasterjam #gamejam

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CanDev & the Internet Archive present: The DiscMaster Jam

A game jam from 2025-04-21 to 2025-05-05 hosted by CanDev: the Canberra game dev community & chipperswitch. What's DiscMaster? DiscMaster is a search engine for vintage data hosted on the Internet Arc...

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CanDev @canberra.games · 20/04/2025

🤩 Over 200 participants ready to start making new games with vintage computer assets when the DiscMaster Jam starts in partnership with @archive.org Less than 24 hours until this thing really kicks off! itch.io/jam/discmast... #discmasterjam #gamejam

Screenshot of the DiscMaster Jam itch.io page showing over 200 participants have joined the game jam so far

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CanDev @canberra.games · 17/04/2025

🌏 CanDev is the game development community in Canberra, Australia 🎮 We host local meetups, workshops, game jams and more! Join us on canberra.games/discord and at our Pizza & Pixels playtesting meetups on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at @nfsaonline.bsky.social

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Join the CanDev Discord Server!

CanDev is Canberra's game development community - we run monthly playtesting meetups and more | 465 members

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 16/04/2025

Game designers: how deep can you dig into digital history? In the DiscMaster Game Jam, you'll be assigned a bundle of vintage CD-ROM content & challenged to build something unforgettable. 💿️ 💰 $1,750 in prizes, judged by industry pros. Sign up ➡️ itch.io/jam/discmast...

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CanDev @canberra.games · 16/04/2025

💽 The DiscMaster Jam is hosted by CanDev and @archive.org Join the itch jam page and dedicated Discord server to get ready to make games with vintage computer assets 🕹️ 🗓️ Jamming starts April 21st 2025 at 12:00 PM AEST #discmasterjam #gamejam

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CanDev @canberra.games · 16/04/2025

Here's a Starter Pack for the Canberra Game Development Community go.bsky.app/QxapjGV

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CanDev @canberra.games · 16/04/2025

🥳 Fun Fact: CanDev's first meetup was 11 years ago today!

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CanDev @canberra.games · 16/04/2025

👋Hi Bluesky, we are CanDev 🌏 CanDev is the game development community in Canberra, Australia We host local meetups, workshops, game jams and more Join us on canberra.games/discord and at our Pizza & Pixels playtesting meetup on the 2nd Wednesday of every month

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Join the CanDev Discord Server!

CanDev is Canberra's game development community - we run monthly playtesting meetups and more | 464 members

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