After the events of the past 3 years, Playup Perth has decided to stay on indefinite hiatus.
Thanks to everyone for the (nearly) 6 years of amazing creativity, design, connection and play…
<3 Kate and the Playup Perth team
Special XR:WA discount offer for friends of Playup Perth
XR:WA are pleased to provide a special discount to our three day event for friends of Playup Perth, that being you! Featuring a brilliant list of local, national and international speakers, game makers and artists, the event is a unique opportunity to explore the world of XR as it unfolds before your very eyes! Here keynotes from Microsoft and Unity, meet reps from HTC Vive and Deakin Motion Labs and undertake the most intensive 3-days of professional development right here and on your own terms! And of course our very own Playup Perth Games Zone, Presented by Sentient Computing.XR:WA are providing a $50 discount on full registrations and a $30 discount on day passes. Both include access all areas, morning and afternoon teas, lunch and end-of day drinks.
- July 12 to 14 2019
- Pan Pacific Hotel, Perth
- Discounted tickets: use this link and use this code: xrfriend where you see the ACCESS CODE link. Choose the ticket type you like and you’re done – aside from reserving for some of the ticketed sessions.
Playup Perth #14 update: now with more games!
Event Date: Friday, 15th June 2018.
This month’s Playup Perth is less than a week away (it’s this Friday!) at our very exciting new venue, Spacecubed. We’ve added a bunch of new games to the lineup, with a total of 13 on offer. Scroll down for the full list.
Grab your tickets now, as there will be limited numbers at the door.
- Date: Friday, 15th June 2018.
- Time: 6pm til late.
- Venue: Spacecubed, 45 St Georges Tce, Perth WA 6000*.
- Cost: $15 – Buy tickets here.
- Note: Nibblies and Softies provided. Alcohol available to purchase – cash only but only $5 a pop! (yes this event is 18+).
*This venue is 100% wheelchair accessible
See you on the 15th,
— Donna, Sofie & Kate
Games and creative innovations on offer:
1. Ned by PeeBee Games
Ned, an action platformer loosely based around the life of Ned Kelly (well, we stole his iconic image), only now, Ned needs to find out what has caused the animals to go crazy, and what’s all that green glowing ooze?
2. Working Class Weyland by Kinsley
Working Class Weyland is a fast paced platformer, with a comedy twist!
3. Forests of Faerynova by Go Studio
FPS Adventure (Weapon is a camera)
Mission: The adventure for the player character protagonist, Felix, begins at her holiday cottage where she is ready to explore the walking trails of the Forests of FaeryNova… She is alerted on arrival that things are not as expected, with some of the walking trails closed by a cult of scientists, rumours heard in the local village she passes through on the way – that the enemy scientists are capturing the local, elusive faeries for the purpose of secret experiments. As the player, you are sent a plea for help from the faeries, communicated through their magic, to find a way to prove their existence and close down their evil hunters. You are led to items which will enable success in this mission – a special camera for taking faery photos to compile the evidence needed to save them, equipped with a lumina-daze flash which stuns the enemies before they can deal damage with their tazers!
4. Fluttering Souls by Nurse Shark Games
Fluttering Souls is based on the tale of The White Butterfly. An old Japanese story where the souls of loved ones take on the form of white butterflies to visit those who remain in the living world.
It is a 2 player strategy, set collection micro game; made up of 3 – 5 rounds. In each round, players take turns collecting butterflies which are worth victory points, either in a set or by themselves. The player that collects the most victory points at the end of a round is awarded a White Butterfly Token; a visit from a lost loved one. The first player to collect 3 White Butterfly Tokens is the winner.
5. Bright by Illuminoodle
Created at the Nordic Game Jam 2018 “Bright” is a first time creation by a Danish cross Perth collective going by the name Illuminoodle. The game is about painting colour back into a darkened world to overcome its challenges. It is a PC, Puzzle side scroller game.
6. Sea Wars by Graham Lockhart
Sea Wars is a table top game utilising innovative card and miniature game mechanics. Most of the rules are designed into the games components and play aides to reduce the size of the rulebook and help facilitate ease of play and accessibility to players with little or no subject knowledge.
Sea Wars is a World War 2 Naval Combat System Table Top game.
Players 2+ | Age 10+ | Time 1 – 2 Hours
7. Inti by Jose Zamalloa
The forest tree is ill! Spirit champions are on a quest to find magic stones to recover its strength. Inti is a fun, bright family game about forest spirits, animals in a fantasy realm.
Ages 8+ up to 6 players lasting about 30-45 minutes.
8. Tower of Aegis by Jakal Studios
Tower of Aegis is a procedually generated platformer where the player fights and climbs to the top.
Knightfall is coming along well. #gamedev #indiedev #platformer #procedualGeneration pic.twitter.com/ZekZX34dOA
— JB ⚔ Tower of Aegis ⚔ (@JAKL_) March 4, 2018
9. It Will Be Hard by Hien Pham
It Will Be Hard is a light interactive erotica of two men with polar opposite sexualities working toward one mutually fulfilling relationship.
10. Blocky Roll by Gnomic Studios & Pale Blue Dot
Blocky Roll challenges you to navigate our hero Blocky to the end of the level by – wait for it – rolling! Blocky is presented with seemingly simple puzzles that become increasingly devious and difficult to master.
11. The Adventures of Square, Epsiode 2 by Bigbrik Games
A frantic-paced FPS of paintball guns and sentient polygons in a colourful cartoony world – a game all ages can enjoy.
12. Baron: Fur’s Going to Fly by Dogmelon
The dawn of aviation. A battle for control of the skies. Fur is going to fly!
A multiplayer game of aerial combat, set in the First World War. The pilots are animals. The weapons may or may not be historically accurate. Choose your aviator and challenge your friends. It’s going to get wild.
Want to test your game at this event or upcoming playups? Follow this link to apply!
Drop a line to donna@playupperth.org or tweet @don_isgood
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Playup Perth #13 + Creative Innovation Microgrants!
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.
Playup Perth Creative Innovation Microgrants Made possible by
Playup Perth: VR Special Edition
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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