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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Naarm based Indigenous Film Festival Birrarangga is open for submissions. This year they're also accepting VR/XR & videogames. Free Early bird closes tonight with submissions open until October 22. Please share with any Indigenous devs who might be interested! filmfreeway.com/BirraranggaF...

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Birrarangga Film Festival

The Birrarangga Film Festival (BFF) is Australia’s premier Indigenous-led film festival, established in 2019 to celebrate and elevate First Nations storytell...

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Asymptotes time! It's nice to return to Balam Balam Place a few months after Brunswick Underground Film Festival 💪 This time for videogames...

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

"Festival Programmers Roundtable" at Brunswick Underground Film Festival with @jacksargeant.bsky.social former Melbourne Queer Film Festival Director Cerise Howard, former SXSW Sydney Screen team members Jordan Bastian Felix Hubble & BUFF Head of Programming @memoryendowment.bsky.social

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

"How Did You Get Started?" at Brunswick Underground Film Festival with Causeway Film's Sleena Wilson, directors Kim Miles (Mel) + Gabriel Bath & Daniel Tune (Moviejuice, Adl) + JP Meldrum (Canada) + Haruki Ryles (Bri), Golden Age Programmer Ing Dieckmann (Syd) & BUFF fest director Felix Hubble

Kim, Sleena, Gabriel, Daniel, JP & Haruki onstage with Ing & Felix to the right moderating.

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

"How to Release Your Independent Film" at Brunswick Underground Film Festival with Causeway Head of Development Sleena Wilson, Chris Swan of Madman Film Acquisitions & Sales, Everything Grows in Eden Director Jack Johnston and Static Vision co-founder & BUFF festival director Felix Hubble.

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

"BUFF Critics' Roundtable" at Brunswick Underground Film Fest with Armani Hollindale of Kinotopia, Đăng Tùng "Ringo" Bạch, @tansyg.bsky.social of @goingroguepod.bsky.social and @movingtargets.bsky.social moderated by @sameytram.bsky.social and @roughcutfilm.bsky.social co-founder Eliza Janssen

Armani, Ringo, Tansy & Jake on stools with moderators Eliza and Jamie on chairs to the right.

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

"Transgressive Cinema" with Ex Film Label Manager Leon O’Regan and Revelation Film Festival Artistic Director, academic, author & critic Jack Sargeant talking about the cinema of transgression, queer cinema, avant garde cinema, how what's shocking changes and defining what exactly transgression is?

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

"Film Clubs & Exhibition in Aus" @ Brunswick Underground Film Fest w Joseph Pallas & Ing Dieckmann (Pink Flamingo Cinema, Syd), Laurie Fletcher (Asian Cinema Collective, Mel) Daniel Tune & Shea Gallagher (Moviejuice, Adl) Bella B (Hitlist, Mel) & Kai Perrignon + Felix Hubble (BUFF / Static Vision)

Onstage left to right are Joseph, Ing, Laurie, Daniel, Shea, Bella & Kai. Felix stands to the right.

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

This year Brunswick Underground Film Festival (BUFF) is complimenting their long weekend of screenings with an industry symposium of talks and panels from filmmakers including directors, writers and producers along with critics, film clubs and diy exhibitors and film festival programmers.

Kai from Buff introducing a film. On-screen is the Buff Girl drawn by tattoo artist Onnie O'Leary.

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Powerhouse Games Curator @chloeappleby.bsky.social onstage at the Alt: Features section of Alt: Games introducing today's feature talk Billy Basso talking about his career and the development of Animal Well.

Chloe onstage w slide Alt Features Billy Basso

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

At Alt: Sessions for "Colour Matters: Creating Evocative Palettes for Indie Games" with @jessicashipard.bsky.social of @folly.studio

Jessica onstage with a slide saying
"Alt: Sessions
Jessica Shipard
Colour Matters: Creating Evocative Palettes for Indie Games
Powerhouse"

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Over 3 weeks me & @dinopoke.bsky.social, as part of @serenade.games, have been teaching interactive fiction to writers with non-games backgrounds. Now we're hosting a showcase of the games created by our participants. 📅 Sat 28th March 🕕 3pm 📍 Arts & Cultural Exchange, Parramatta See you there!

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

We're at Arts & Cultural Exchange Parramatta for @noblesteedau.bsky.social Work In Progress Night. Supported by Screen NSW and Arts & Cultural Exchange.

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Me & @dinopoke.bsky.social are visiting Canberra for Equip Canberra Games at @nfsaonline.bsky.social Very cool to see a games conference in Canberra!

Large screen displaying:

Screen Canberra
Equip: Canberra Games

CBR: Canberra
National Film and Sound Archive

Screen Canberra CEO Holly Trueman is at a podium presenting below the screen.

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

After the panel we're back to @technicallygames.bsky.social lightning talks with Jay Wingate and "Trial by Firebase". Firebase is a cloud database, now owned by Google. Some of the pain points Jay ran into included support for multiple environments and serialisation

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

After Louie's opening keynote it's time for the lightning talk section of @technicallygames.bsky.social ! @inkmo.bsky.social tells us we'll be hearing from a series of presenters in rapid succession advising us to get ready for info dumps. #TGLightningTalks

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Back for "Dead Melbourne Trifecta: Embracing commonality in independent practices" with @haraiva.bsky.social @mickey.ghoulish.com.au @unseconds.bsky.social talking about their projects Parasensor, Dawn Chorus & Putrid / Sharp #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Rushed back from lunch to @free-play.bsky.social for Edge Case Love with @vidyarajan.bsky.social @quail.bsky.social Quinn Franks & Sam McGilp talking about their upcoming hybrid theatre work "Crisis Actor" happening later in August for Now Or Never #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Next Hazel Mejia with "Augmented Grief: Why I Animate What’s Missing" Hazel is a 2d animator, multimedia artist & photographer with a focus on memory, time and nostalgia #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

"Many Endings: Empty Finalities" with Tash aka Friendly Cosmonaut Tash is a programmer, developer and tutorial maker who has worked at studios local and international and also taught at RMIT's Masters of Animation Games & Interactivity (MAGI) program #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

The day 3 keynote is from Brooke Collard with "Resistance, resilience and adaptation" Brooke is Ballardong/Whadjuk Noongar film producer now based in Rubibi Brooke works across tv, film, web series, vr and games. #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Now talks from local community groups about their activities and how you can help! First Kira from @sabbygallery.bsky.social is here to tell us about Sabby, what they do, their plans for the future and their push to become a co-op! #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Last day of @free-play.bsky.social #angles25 begins with co-director @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social introducing the final day's theme DEATH 💀 Mads reminds us that death doesn't have to mean endings, there's opportunities for rebirth and change which we'll explore today! #freeplay #freeplayangles

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

After the conference many of us went to the state library lawns for the snap rally for Gaza.

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Last talk of day 2 of @free-play.bsky.social is Nellie Seale and Josiah Lulham with "If Sisyphus was a game designer, I'd be out of a job" talking about how they've decided to from a live game company together! #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Now @dinopoke.bsky.social who @free-play.bsky.social co-director @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social introduces as a recently fired game designer George hasn't completely finished his talk so we're gonna work through this together! #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

We've rushed back from lunch to @free-play.bsky.social for "Bobarista: A Unique Approach to Mental Health" with Dr. Michelle Chen @okayosprey.bsky.social & Cheryl Budiman onstage and a full team also including Fitriani Revanda & Nicholas Rinaldi #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Time for @thegooflord.bsky.social co-convenor of @gameworkersau.bsky.social with "Stories From The Union: The Good and Bad" Along with their union work Sarah does QA for various Australian indie teams so get in touch with Sarah if you need QA for your game! #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Next at @free-play.bsky.social "The Suburb Game And Other Ways To Make An Adventure Out Of Nothing" with @siobhan.creature.love and the subtitle "anyone still dreaming of orgonon? just me? #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

After a break we're back at @free-play.bsky.social with @duncancorrigan.bsky.social and @ericaroyle.bsky.social for "Should We Play with our Money?" We're filling into the room to some portraits after which we got into their qualifications to talk about money #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Day 1 of the conference portion of @free-play.bsky.social is done! Freeplay co-director @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social bids us farewell and it's time to check out the freeplay angles work in progress night! #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Last talk of the day "Improv 101: For Game Developers" with @thisismatthewj.bsky.social at @free-play.bsky.social Matthew has been doing improv for over 10 years and teaches it as well as performing. #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Now "How to FLOSS - Embracing Open-Source Software" with @gleeson.dev at @free-play.bsky.social When we learn new software or a new skill we develop a unique way of interacting with it Often beginning it usually sucks #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

"On sucking: learning, coaching, ai and morality or the process is the point or i am a fool and this talk was so hard to write" with Max Myers for @free-play.bsky.social #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

"thanks, i hate it <3" with @zander.supertonic.au of @supertonic.au talking about making sounds for pete & @scott.fuzzyg.host from @fuzzyg.host 's "Janet DeMornay is a Slumlord (And A Witch)" #freeplay #freeplayangles #angles25

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