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amelia laughlan 🌸

@maarlzipan.bsky.social
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Game Producer at @hipsterwhaledev.bsky.social (✿˙ᗜ˙)੭ avid reader 📚 sometimes writer 📝 日本語少し話せる★彡 (she/they) based in Melbourne marlzipan.carrd.co

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aeth (they/she) @eheaether.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
EMERGENT 2026 IS LIVE!! i've been working on this for so long and i can't believe its for public scrutiny and watchful eye now... this is a #games conference in #melbourne australia, during #MIGW'26 on 3rd October, 10AM-5PM events.humanitix.com/emergent-2026
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EMERGENT 2026
EMERGENT is a games conference festival happening in Melbourne, Australia for emerging game developers to connect with each other.
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Nomo Games ✨ Momento OUT NOW! @nomostudio.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Hey there! 👋 We're Jasmine and Ryan, and we're behind Nomo Games, a small indie game studio based in the Sunny Coast. We make small, warm, and soft-hearted video games. 🌻 If that sounds like something you'd be interested in, we've set up a newsletter here! 📧 newsletter.nomo.studio - Jasmine & Ryan
an image of Nomo Games logo in the center, surrounded by subtle hand-drawn flower sketches
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Schrodinger's Cat Burglar 😺 OUT NOW @abandonedsheep.com · 22/05/2026
Mandy Han, head of maintenance 🔧, has a gruff exterior. But inside her office? Something of a softer side... I wonder what cozy game she's been playing? 📦 @witchbeam.com.au @unpackinggame.com ❤️
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Freeplay @free-play.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
✦ PARALLELS 2026 — THE CALL-OUT IS HERE ✦ Making a game, and wanna yap about it at Parallels 2026? Now is the time to let us know! Speaker submissions close on the 5th of June. That’s THREE WEEKS. Don't overthink it. Just apply here: forms.gle/j8NkrdqMnwoH...
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Lucy Blundell 💜💚 Wishlist Ace & Aro: Heart-to-Heart on Steam! @kinmoku.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Steam, deciding on their new store tags:
Drake meme:
No - Narration, Drama, Mature
Yes - Capybaras
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Freeplay @free-play.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Submissions to the National Cultural Policy close next Sunday 24 May. We need as many studios, gamemakers and sector support organisations to put in submissions. Freeplay's helpful guide on making a submission can be found here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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2026 05 - National Cultural Policy submission drive
Games and play sector National Cultural Policy submission drive brought to you by your mates at Freeplay 💞 Instructions We need as many studios, gamemakers and sector support organisations to put in s...
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Amy PJ 🌺 🔜 Melb Games Week @hellomisspotter.com · 14/05/2026
Hello, I am looking for recommendations for freelance motion graphics + video editors in the ANZ timezone if anyone can pls help! Links to portfolios greatly appreciated thank you 📽️
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 24/04/2026
I will never forget @xoxofest.com, despite only attending once. The vibes were unlike anything, and if anything, it's exactly what US games events miss in 2026. XOXO was focused, it had soul, it was challenging and playful - it was the polar opposite of the giant smooth mega-events games has now.
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Jason Imms 🔜 MIGW @jasonimms.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Level Up Tasmania was astonishingly good and I'll write more about it when I've recovered good grief I'm tired but my heart is full
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Me and a small nugget of love. 🇸🇪♥️🇺🇦 @mnotme.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
The human circulatory system, before and after proper cable management.
two images of the human body's circulatory system. One of them with good cable management
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amelia laughlan 🌸 @maarlzipan.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Leaving Hobart with a full heart 🥰💖 The huge success of @screentasmania.bsky.social's Level Up TAS is a sign of the strength and health of the incredible Tasmanian gamemaking scene. Y'all have so much to be proud of 💕💕
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Alex ✨ @alexbestie.com.au · 19/04/2026
And finally, the Level Up Awards! Presented by Amelia ⚡️Emerging Innovator - Shaun Hatten / AFK 🎤 Peoples Choice - Bree Ratten / Soup Weather 🙏 The Tee-Posey Award - Paris Buttfield 🍺 Tasmanian Games Champion - Oli Potter
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Alex ✨ @alexbestie.com.au · 19/04/2026
Signal boosting!! If you make games or like supporting local games now is the time to ADVOCATE for that via the National Cultural Policy! Submit a statement - tell them you make/love games and WHY it’s so important that games be supported. I’ve attached a link! www.arts.gov.au/what-we-do/n...
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Alex ✨ @alexbestie.com.au · 19/04/2026
Then we had a Screen Agency Q&A from @jasonimms.bsky.social @maarlzipan.bsky.social Dakota Barker and @ollipotter.bsky.social 🎤 Very informative and grounding!
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Outersloth @outersloth.com · 17/04/2026
Our talk at GDC 2026 is up on the Vault for FREE! ⭐ Game Funding: Lessons from Outersloth ⭐ - What survival means as an indie - The origins of the fund - Our process for evaluating games - The Outersloth contract and explanation Watch now: gdcvault.com/play/1035853...
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Derek Lieu - Game Trailer Editor @derek-lieu.com · 17/04/2026
The GDC talk I did with @dtrebella.bsky.social about the foundational “boring” behind-the-scenes marketing work is FREE on the Vault! 🎉 gdcvault.com/play/1035767...
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Back to Basics: Translating Your Invisible Marketing Foundation into Visibility
Many devs love to skip all the behind-the-scenes marketing prep work that no one publicly sees. Traditional marketing best practices can seem obtuse or even useless when you do not understand the bene...
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Gemma Driscoll @geeofdee.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
LETS GOOOO
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Chloe Appleby @chloeappleby.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Yipppeee!
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Leena 🌵 @leena.reuben.games · 17/04/2026
Best news this Friday afternoon!!! TGIF! (Thank god it’s FREEPLAY)
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Pete from Fuzzy Ghost @ MIGW @fuzzyg.host · 17/04/2026
So excited to post this 🥰🥰
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Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
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Pritika 💖 @pritikasachdev.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
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Chad Toprak @chadtoprak.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
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Joel from video games @walistudios.au · 17/04/2026
☆゚. * ・ 。゚ FREEPLAY FOREVER ☆*:・゚
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Freeplay @free-play.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Announcing: Freeplay is here to stay. Parallels 2026 is coming and we're advocating for games to be funded as art. Read more and get involved: freeplay.net.au/posts/freepl...
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Freeplay | The Shape of Games to Come
talks and games and friends
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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
"Business & Marketing in the indie space" panel discusses wishlists, lengthy dev cycles, events, social media, community, how you can't do everything in marketing, the changing games media landscape, content creators and how the dredge demo was designed to "hook" players (Jon notes he went there)
The panel for "Business & Marketing in the indie space"
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jae @ equip canberra games, alt: games, beyond the script @jemztones.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
The panel "Canberra: what makes us special and what do we need" features Ed Orman of Uppercut Games, @deanw.xyz of Blue Manchu, @markschramm.bsky.social , Kieran Schmidt of Branno and Michelle McPartland of @sledgehammergames.com moderated by @canberra.games Vice President & ub4q lead Ruqiyah Patel
"Canberra: what makes us special and what do we need" panel
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Double Fine @doublefine.com · 26/02/2026
It truly takes a village; but in our case, the village is super weird, surrealist, whimsical, earnest, witty, optimistic, creative, warm, human, and brilliant! 😊
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amelia laughlan 🌸 @maarlzipan.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
yo Aussie gamemakers - have you got sick new demos in the current Next Fest? Lemme know about them so I can check em out! 🔥👀
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Tex makes Key Fairy 🏳️‍⚧️ @soyoudontneedto.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
We have made a new demo for Key Fairy! We took the demo down right before release, to make it easier to do patches and stuff on the full game! But we like demo's, and we want people to be able to taste the game before they commit to it! store.steampowered.com/news/app/287...
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Key Fairy - Return of the Demo - Steam News
The new demo is a snapshot of the full game. If you do buy the full game, you will keep your save from the demo!
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Waypoint @waypoint-events.com · 04/02/2026
Our next event will feature 5 amazing games and teams from our industry in NSW! @patnaoumgames.bsky.social | @liamflannery.bsky.social | @hariedwin.bsky.social | @chrismarcatili.bsky.social | @kitkat5100.bsky.social We're thankful to feature these new games at our upcoming anniversary event ❤️
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Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Really sad to hear today that Freeplay Independent Games Festival is likely coming to the end of its adventure in 2026 after 22 incredible years. Freeplay has been pivotal to my own career and I have some complex, straight out contradictory feelings about the announcement I wanna try to articulate.
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meredith 🙂‍↕️ @merryh.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
This is actually devastating. Please respond to the survey and rally behind Freeplay to see if we can support the ongoing org and its team to continue delivering pivotal events and connection points that we so desperately need.
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Jeremy Bratetich @jeremy.minimap.com.au · 20/01/2026
terrible news coming out of Freeplay. I really hope it & Parallels can continue. "Of the 81 arts organisations supported by Creative Enterprises in the 2026-2029 funding round, none are games/interactive arts organisations." (freeplay.net.au/survey2026) This is so supremely fucked
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Freeplay | 2026 Survey
An Update from Freeplay
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Aaron Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
This sucks! Freeplay is such an important event and cultural space - hugely influential to how I think about and make games. I hope there's a way to continue that legacy, in whatever form.
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Amy PJ 🌺 🔜 Melb Games Week @hellomisspotter.com · 20/01/2026
It's not just the games themselves that are suffering in the current funding drought, it's so disheartening to consistently be seeing the lack of financial support for events and organisations that provide support to the wider local industry. Use your voice and give feedback!
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Paper House @paperhousegames.com · 20/01/2026
Freeplay is the longest running independent games festival in the world. This is incredibly sad news and it needs all the support it can get.
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Leah J. Williams @legenette.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
my thoughts on @free-play.bsky.social and why it remains so, so important (especially in the bad times!!!!)
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Freeplay is one of Australia's most important creative festivals, so why is its future in doubt? | ScreenHub: Film, TV, Streaming and Games
Freeplay, one of the Australia's longest-running game festivals, remains an essential platform for bold, creative, and compelling art.
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Jack Wilson @jjvv.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
This needs to be louder: "Of the 81 arts organisations supported by Creative Enterprises in the 2026-2029 funding round, none are games/interactive arts organisations." Freeplay is hugely important, we have to find a way to keep it alive 🙏
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Bits & Bops 🎵 OUT NOW ON STEAM @tempolab.games · 09/12/2025
BITS & BOPS IS OUT NOW! 🎶 🎮 Over 20 original rhythm mini-games! 🎵 Catchy music! ⚡ Snappy gameplay! ✨ Gorgeous 2D animation! PLAY IT NOW ON STEAM! 💕
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Freeplay @free-play.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
An update: Unfortunately Freeplay didn’t secure multi-year funding and is potentially looking at its last year of operation. We’re exploring what comes next & want your input. Read our full statement here: www.freeplay.net.au/survey2026 Help us decide our next step here: forms.gle/W4ZSns1bGCX1...
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Freeplay | 2026 Survey
An Update from Freeplay
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Oli Potter -> migw 🚂 @olipotter.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
👋 Calling all Tasmanians with games you've made/helped make/are currently making - applications are now open to be part of Level Up Tasmania next year in April! 🔗 www.screen.tas.gov.au/leveluptasma...
Oli is on the phone holding a MS paint star with the words "Hello I'd like to exhibit at Level Up Tasmania" above him. Level Up Tasmania is in logo form, while the other letters are all space grotesk.
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Hipster Whale @hipsterwhaledev.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Hipster Whale is looking for a Senior Level Designer to join our team! For more details: bit.ly/hw-careers 🕚 Hybrid or fully remote 📆 Full-time, 6-month position 💵 Competitive salary 🧡 Supportive and talented team 🤸 Flexible work conditions #gamedevjobs #indiedev #leveldesign #jobopening
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Freeplay @free-play.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
1 Hour until Freeplay Parallels! See you all at 6 pm!
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Chloe Appleby @chloeappleby.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
DONT COME AT 7 OR ILL BE MAD AT YOU
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Waypoint @waypoint-events.com · 04/08/2025
The return of Waypoint Constellations✨ 🎫 events.humanitix.com/waypoint-con... A close collaboration with @serenade.games to celebrate Sydney's games and creators. 🗓️On Oct 14th just before SXSW's games festival begins Follow and sign up for more info as we tease out the secrets of this event.
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Lisy Kane @lisykane.com · 07/10/2025
If you want GCAP Pitch back in 2026 and are interested in entering for next year please sign up here and share!! docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/...
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GCAP Pitch 2026
Get notified when we're approved for GCAP Pitch 2026 and if you'd like your chance to pitch! Completing this form will sign you up to communications about this event only from Lisy Kane.
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amelia laughlan 🌸 @maarlzipan.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
spotted: guy fieri at #MIGW
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Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
At GCAP, listening to a keynote about the game industry's problem with institutional memory, and thinking back to my own GCAP 2019 keynote and the existential crisis this slide caused for every 30-something year old dev in the room. Wonder how many of them are still here.
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amelia laughlan 🌸 @maarlzipan.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
#MIGW DAY 1/0?? let's gooooo 🔥🔥
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