Kate Raynes-Goldie, Author at Playup Perth

Playup Perth #13 + Creative Innovation Microgrants!

November 9, 2017 by Kate Raynes-Goldie 1 Comment

Event Date: Friday, 15 December 2017.

Hi Playupers!

We’re back, with a brand new website thanks to Helen Kwok, a new team and a new creative innovation microgrant initiative thanks to the City of Perth (check out the media release for details — a full announcement and how to apply coming soon)

Date: Friday, December 15 2017
6pm til late
The Nostalgia Box, 3/16 Aberdeen St, Perth WA 6000
$10 – Buy tickets here
This event as 18+ (with drinks available from our bar at maker friendly prices)

See you on the 15th

— Kate

Featured Games and Experiences (so far…*)

Lost & Hound by Daisy Ale Soundworks
Lost & Hound, a scent tracking dog adventure game, where you go on search and rescue missions to find lost people. The mechanics are audio heavy, and the game is fully accessible to vision impaired gamers.

The Coins of McGuffin Trading Card Game by David Green
The trading card game for fans of…well…everything. In this 2-5 player game you battle your favorite fandoms against others to see which geeky TV show/Film/Book/Sport/Comic/etc will come out on top. It’s like Tumblr but in real life!

Baron by Dogmelon
The dawn of aviation.
A battle for control of the skies.
Fur is about to Fly.
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Baron is multiplayer action game where players take control of biplanes in WW1-era battles.
This is no historical simulation. The pilots are cute furry animals, and technology includes weapons such as freeze rays, flamethrowers, falling anvils, and even the simple banana.
Battles take place on a single screen, for intense action and laugh-out-loud fun.

Merchants & Mercenaries by Echidna Games
Merchants and Mercenaries is a hectic real-time strategy that looks and feels like the board games you love, with none of the waiting. Expand your empire, get resources and trade them, hire merchants to discover new riches or hire mercenaries to take it all. There’s no one way to play, or even to win, but you’d better be fast!

Inti by Jose Zamalloa
Inti is a 20 to 30 minute game aimed for 2-6 players, ages 8+ set in a fantasy themed world where you take the role or a tiny forest spirit sent on a quest to collect magic sun stones to revive their Elder Tree. Only by facing dangerous monsters, avoiding devious monkeys and helping forest animals can you find these powerful stones and save your home!

Mercury Blue by Turbo Chimp
Mercury Blue is a sci-fi comedy adventure for Windows PC. It is a classic point-and-click puzzle game at its core, but also contains lush 3D environments as well as action packed mini-games throughout the adventure.

Working Class Weyland by Liam Kinsella
A parody platformer game, with a dark twist

Interested in testing your game/creative innovation/VR/AR project at this playup?
A few spots still available. Apply here.

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Playup Perth: VR Special Edition

March 7, 2017 by Kate Raynes-Goldie Leave a Comment

Hello Playup Perthers!

Last month we hosted our first ever international playup, Playup Bali which filled up the local coworking space, Hubud, with more than 30 game enthusiasts to play 3 locally made games.

And I have yet another exciting announcement for March. Lisa Chu, Program Manager for HTC’s VIVE is going to be in town from Taiwan, so we’ll be throwing special VR-only Playup Perth night for her.

We have a few spots left if you want to show off your VR content (can be finished or in production) — email kate@gamesweplay.com.au if you’re interested.

See you on March 24!

Kate

Friday, March 24th 2017
6:00pm – 10:30pm
The Nostalgia Box, 3/16 Aberdeen St, Perth WA 6000
TICKETS: $7 (FTI members) / $10 (regular)
This event is 18+
(There will be a discounted bar)

Featured VR Games and Experiences

1.) Burning Candle Software‘s Boondoggle is a VR music visualizer built on its own small custom engine. It aims to use pretty shadertoy style ray-marching to make unique visual effects to music.

2.) Stirfire Studio‘s Symphony of the Machine. An ancient machine controls the weather and its creators are long gone. You must perform the ritual and come to understand its workings to save your crops.

3.) Savage Cabbage‘s The Drowning Dungeons. Every 5 years, the Lord and Lady of the Draemarian provinces “invite” a guest to escape from their Drowning dungeon. Should the poor soul escape they will be granted their reward of freedom, however if they perish, their soul and life essence is siphoned through the magic of the dungeon to the Lord and Lady, extending their lifespan and allowing them to continue to rule with an iron fist. Can you survive The Drowning Dungeons?

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Playup Bali #1!

January 17, 2017 by Kate Raynes-Goldie Leave a Comment

Happy New Year!

Playup Perth is partnering with Hubud, Ubud’s coworking and community space, to bring you the first ever international playup, Playup Bali!

As always, we’ll be featuring the latest and greatest local games in development from across Bali in a fun social setting (complete with a bar!), housed in Hubud’s beautiful and unique venue.

I’ll also be hosting a free VR/AR workshop the week before (Feb 9, also at Hubud), where you can try your hand at the new Playstation VR.

See you on the 16th, Bali!

— Kate

Date: Thursday February 16th 2017
6pm til late
Hubud, Monkey Forest Road 88x Ubud, Gianyar, Bali 80571
Indonesia
Free, RSVP required
This event is 17+

If you want to playtest your game, drop Kate an email or a tweet — games of all kinds are welcome (tabletop, VR, console, something we’ve never even thought of…) and we’d love to have you.

Games featured

1.) Mindisle’s Fourzy

A mobile multiplayer turned based strategy game. The game concept is similar to Connect Four but it has different variations for how the game is played, and expands upon the original concept.

2.) Sofia Color‘s Chromatic Memory Game

A table top memory game, with 25 pairs of colors that change very slightly until it gets to its neighbour in the color circle.

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Playup Perth #10

March 10, 2016 by Kate Raynes-Goldie 1 Comment

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Playup Perth #10 (New games added!)

2nd April, 2016
1pm-4pm
Carpe Coffee (526 Murray Street)
Light snacks and drinks will be available for purchase from the cafe
All ages! (Players 12 and under will need to be accompanied by a guardian).
$7 (FTI members)/ $10 (regular)
Tickets available here

[/box] Hi Playupers!

I’m Andrew! I’m filling in for Kate while she is off to the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. ✈ 👾 🎮 🙋🏻

I’m looking forward to hosting the second Playup for this year, which will feature some great new developers and games that are friendly for all ages.

We’ve also confirmed all of the dates for this year, and tickets for the all ages Playup Perth Saturday at Carpe Coffee can now be booked up until July here. Tickets for all of this year’s 18+ Playup Perth After Dark at SK Games will also be up shortly.

If you have any questions regarding the session please feel free to contact me or James on 9431 6700.

See you on the 2nd of April!

Andrew Nowrojee, Production Coordinator at FTI.

We will be playtesting:

1.) Bear Tooth’s Super Salmon Migration is a mobile arcade game. Brave treacherous waters as you dodge obstacles to get to your spawning ground, collecting sweet magic powers and costumes along the way.

2.) Whacky Brew’s Whacky Ball – Whacky Ball is a madcap game of balls for iPhone and iPad that uses your device’s camera to transport you onto the screen and into the game action. Use your hands or head to keep the balls up in the air before shooting for goal.

3.) Blocaganda is a 2-4 player strategy game where you blast your message across all forms of media to influence the public to make you into the mayor!

4.) RAEZ‘s Rogue Blitz is a shoot-em-up board game where the world is in danger from a new planetary threat. Do you have what it takes to pilot a new experimental plane and save the planet?

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Wanna test your game at the next event? Follow this link to apply!

Drop a line to kate@fti.asn.au or tweet @oceanpark.

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Playup Perth: Global Game Jam Special Edition

February 4, 2016 by Kate Raynes-Goldie Leave a Comment

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Playup Perth Global Game Jam Special Edition

26 February, 2016
7 until late
SK Games (167 Fitzgerald St, West Perth)
18+ because we have a BAR with gamer friendly prices!
$7 (FTI members)/ $10 (regular)
Tickets available here

[/box] Hi Playupers!

Last weekend, game makers from around the world busted their bums to create amazing new games in just 48 hours as part of Global Game Jam (GGJ). Thanks to the efforts of Let’s Make Games, we had another great Perth contingent, with over 20 brand new local games being created.

Lucky for everyone, Playup Perth has partnered with SK and Let’s Make Games to present an evening of GGJ talks and games so that everyone has a chance to play the very latest Perth games, and meet the folks behind them.

It’s going to be an amazing night.

Oh, and a bit of housekeeping — you can also see the dates and book tickets for all future Playup Perth events here (for Fridays) and here (for Saturdays) up until August.

See you on the 26th!

Kate Raynes-Goldie, Director of Games and Interactive at FTI

We will be playtesting:

Brand new games from Global Game Jam Perth – a full list will be added soon!

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Wanna test your game at the next event? Follow this link to apply!

Drop a line to kate@fti.asn.au or tweet @oceanpark

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