The Freeplay Independent Games Festival has announced the lineup for Freeplay: Parallels 2023, the annual showcase of upcoming Australian games.
Among them are Fuzzy Ghost presenting their rental horror game Janet DeMornay is a Slumlord and a Witch, Jacob Janerka’s The Dungeon Experience, and Andrew Brophy’s much-anticipated surreal RPG Knuckle Sandwich. Here’s the full lineup, courtesy of Freeplay:
- Ben Koder presenting Beyond the Lens,
- Iris Anstey presenting Moss Island,
- Ally McLean Hennessy presenting Mystiques: Haunted Antiques,
- Chloe Kilroy & Billy Dent presenting Bells Beach,
- Jacob Janerka presenting The Dungeon Experience,
- Jessie Scott presenting Video Shop Algorithm,
- Cain Maddox presenting Proximate,
- Pete Foley & Scott Ford (Fuzzy Ghost) presenting Janet DeMornay is a Slumlord and a Witch,
- Andrew Brophy presenting Knuckle Sandwich, again!
Read: Fuzzy Ghost’s Janet DeMornay is an ode to the trauma of renting
Freeplay: Parallels 2023 is part of Melbourne International Games Week, which once again comprises of major events such as the consumer-facing PAX Aus, the industry-facing Games Connect Asia Pacific (GCAP) along with the Australian Game Developer Awards, and the music and audio-focussed High Score conference.
ACMI is also hosting a range of activities on top of Freeplay Parallels, including a Cult of the Lamb: Live (4 October 2023), a live musical performance of the game’s score by composer Narayana Johnson, set to live gameplay. A showcase of serious games by Games for Change Asia Pacific is also being exhibited at the museum (6-7 October 2023), as well as an edition of ACMI’s Women and Non-Binary Gamers Club (4 October 2023).
Freeplay: Parallels 2023 will be hosted at ACMI in Melbourne on 5 October 2023, beginning at 6:30pm. Tickets are available for purchase via the ACMI website.
