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Archives for May 2017

Congrats to Stirfire Studios!

May 9, 2017 by Nick Ballantyne Leave a Comment

Congratulations to Stirfire Studios for successfully making and releasing Symphony of the Machine! It’s been long journey, but now that it’s over, you can finally look back and be proud of what you’ve accomplished!

Originally born at a Global Game Jam, Symphony of the Machine was showcased a week later at the Playup Perth Global Game Jam Special Edition #3. Since then, we’ve seen Stirfire at Playup Perth Friday #6 and the Playup Perth VR Special Edition.

Originally taken at the Playup Perth VR Special Edition; Also seen: rad in-universe viewing screen

“Playtesting with Symphony was always a challenge because the technology was so new,” Stirfire’s Managing Director Vee Pendergrast told us, “Playup Perth gave us the opportunity to do live tests, particularly with the gameplay programmers present, on top of the curated sessions we ran at our office. Having other devs there meant that we often got some very targeted criticism which was useful and often got incorporated into tweaks in the game.”

The game is a VR puzzler from Stirfire Studios in which players restore life to a post-apocalyptic world by manipulating a mysterious tower that controls the weather. It’s a far cry from other VR games on the market, adopting a zen-like feel to its gameplay. It was designed with those who suffer from VR motion sickness in mind, so now the creators of the game have something to play on VR that won’t make them yak afterwards!

Stirfire Studios is a Perth-based game development studio who made a splash a few years back with their critically acclaimed platformer, Freedom Fall. If you’d like to know more about their newly released game, you can check out the game’s website.

Keep the games coming, guys!

Filed Under: News, Success Stories Tagged With: success

A Warm Welcome!

May 9, 2017 by Nick Ballantyne Leave a Comment

Playup Perth has grown tremendously since its early days in the State Library of WA more than three years ago. We’ve seen the size of both our audience and venue grow steadily as time has gone on, but it hasn’t been until now that we’ve seen our team grow too! We want to help take Playup Perth to the next level, and we are confident that our revamped team is up to the task!

Dr. Kate Raynes-Goldie

With too many accolades to count, Kate has been the driving force behind Playup Perth since she founded the event in 2014. Recently featured in the ACS Innovator Series, Kate an award-winning professional speaker, game designer and researcher who runs Games We Play, an award-winning games consultancy that creates games for education, community and social impact. From 2014 to 2017, Kate also created and ran the Games & Interactive program at FTI, garnering local Perth games much needed public attention (and funding!).

Kate will remain as head honcho of Playup Perth, overseeing all vital details to ensure no game goes untested! Whether it be organising the event, running the show or finding games to test, Kate shall be the stalwart leader pushing the team onwards.

Nick Ballantyne

Nick is an ISO 31000:2009 cultist, which either means he’s studying engineering or he’s some kind of computational demonologist. He is currently Managing Editor over at Gamecloud, covering and assisting with Playups since the early days.

He is currently in charge of Playup Perth’s’s social media as well as helping out on the night. And because he’s so good at grammar, he gets to write up all the blog posts too! What a helpful fellow, that ol’ Nick!

Carina Uehr

Carina is Playup Perth’s brand new Event Coordinator who will be managing all things back of house. Carina is certified in project management, currently working as a Project Support Officer, so she’s quite good at making sure things get done.

Helen Kwok

Helen graduated as top smartypants (aka Dux) from Applecross High School, venturing into design and multimedia just as successfully. She has worked in the education and government sectors, using her expertise in digital design to create multimedia and e-learning resources.

Helen will be redesigning the Playup Perth website as well as consoling us when we start blaming computers for all our troubles.

Sofie Mather

Sofie is well-versed in the Perth gaming sphere. She helped start up SK Games many a moon ago and now helps run LEVEL ONE, a co-working event for local game developers. As if she already doesn’t have enough to do, she also works as Community Manager for Stirfire Studios.

She will be helping out with organising events, especially the bar, and running the show on the day. If you see her running around on the night, don’t be afraid to say hi!

Jessie Yeoh

Jessie is the owner and rightful guardian of The Nostalgia Box, a retro gaming museum and event space. We were so excited to make the Box our new home last year. The Nostalgia Box as the coolest place to play games both new and old.

To that end, Jessie will be getting more involved with Playup Perth, assisting in event orchestration and execution. Oh, and making sure we’ve always got a working copy of Duck Hunt.

We’re excited to have new faces on-board to help take Playup Perth to the next level!

About Playup Perth

Playup Perth is a bi-monthly (that’s one roughly every two months) Perth game testing night. We aim to connect the general public to local developers and help them get feedback on their games. If you’d like to know more, please take a gander at our About page.

Filed Under: News

Playup Perth Friday #12

May 1, 2017 by Carina Leave a Comment


Event Date: Friday, 19th May 2017.

Hey Playup Perth-ers,

After a rather successful Playup Perth: KicksART Special Edition, in partnership with Propel Youth Arts last month, we’re back with another Friday night date, featuring games and drinks and fun, plus a few exciting announcements you won’t want to miss!

  • Date: Friday, 19th May 2017
  • 6pm til late
  • The Nostalgia Box, 3/16 Aberdeen St, Perth WA 6000
  • $10 – Buy tickets here
  • Cheap drinks all night! (yes this event is 18+)

*This venue is 100% wheelchair accessible

See you on the 19th,

— Kate

Featured Games and Experiences (so far…*)

1) Bounce-Break by Bear-Tooth Studios – A puzzle platformer where the player has only two choices – either bounce off walls or break through them!

 

2) Samurai Showdown by Otterspace Games – After a successful showing at Playup Perth’s KickStART Special Edition for younger gamers, this fast-paced, button-mashing, multiplayer arcade death-match is back to show the adults who’s boss. Only speed and accuracy will decide the victor!

 

3) Desert Child by Oscar Brittain is a racing RPG set in a dusty world where your only friends are a vintage hoverbike and a packet of instant noodles. The player begins their rags-to-riches story on a ruined Earth, with just a few days to get enough money to get to Mars. From there, you’ll win races, customize your bike, and earn fans, but at the same time you’ll have to work jobs, cook dinner, and pay rent. Nothing’s free in Desert Child.

 

4) Elemental Forces by Rhys Walters is a two-player board game of strategy and chance that rewards those willing to make sacrifices as much as those determined to hold on to what they have.

 

5) The Coins McGuffin by David Green is a trading card game for fans of…well, everything! Whether it’s TV shows, books, video games or movies, everyone has a fandom they love. The Coins of McGuffin TCG pitches your fandom against that of your friends in a card battling arena. You can create your own custom decks and discover new fandoms as you collect them all.

 

6) Balants by Dogmelon studio – Face opponents in a frenetic battle that only one team will survive. Capture opposing blobs, or wipe them from the board completely. But think fast: they’ll try to do the same to you!

 

7) Leap of Faith by Numbat Byte is a platformer where you have to beat the boss and jump off. But where will you go next?

 

8) I am King by Kyle Neal is a political-satire strategy card game where players use their favourite or not-so-favourite politicians to become Supreme Leader!

 

* Watch this space for other games we’ll be testing as they are confirmed!

 

Do you want to playtest your game?

PlayUp Perth provides a willing audience of testing guinea pigs for you to inflict your alpha and beta-builds on.

You’ll get heaps of feedback on what’s great, what sucks and how to make it better!

We love physical games, community games, hybrid games, street games, alternate reality games, video games, mobile games… or something we’ve never even thought of yet.

So what are you waiting for? Submit your game for testing now!

 

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: event, eventpage, newsletter

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