Past Events

Check out all the past Playup Perth events and the games we tested at each session!

In addition to our regular sessions that happen every two months, we sometimes run special themed events too. Check out our Special Events page for more detail.

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.
~~~
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 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!

Playup Perth: KickstART Special Edition

April 10, 2017 by Carina Leave a Comment

Hello Playup-ers!

THIS SATURDAY, get ready for an all-ages special edition of Playup Perth for the Propel Youth Arts WA’s KicksART Festival 2017!

Featuring games created for and by local young people, this is a great way for young people to try out the latest games in development and meet the people behind their creation. Not only will you get to try out the latest unreleased games, you’ll get a chance to make them better.

This event is open to all ages, and is family friendly. If you’re a young gamer, game maker, are thinking about a career in the games industry or just feel like a fun afternoon of gaming with your friends and family, this event is for you!

See you on the 22nd!

Date: Saturday, 22nd April 2017
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Carpe Coffee, 526 Murray St, Perth
This event is FREE, but you’ve got to register now!
Delicious tea, coffee and sandwiches and snacks available for purchase, so you can make an afternoon of it
Proudly presented by Propel Youth Arts WA and supported by the Department of Local Government and Communities

**Featured Games and Experiences (so far…*)**

1) 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?

2) Samurai Showdown by Otterspace Games – Challenge your friends to fast-paced duels to the death in a button-mashing, multiplayer arcade game where speed and accuracy decide the victor!

3) The Coins of McGuffin TCG – The card game for fans of…well…everything! TV shows, books, video games or movies, everyone has a fandom they love. The Coins of McGuffin TCG pitches your fandom against others in a card battling arena. For 2-5 players you can create custom decks representing your fandom from your favorite media or discover new fandoms as you collect them all.

4) Starlost by Hoodwinked Studio is a blend of tower defence, mining and bullet hell, mixed to perfection!

5) Hyperdash Heroes by Mosswolf Games – Dash, smash, dart and dive through tight streets and up towering skyscrapers, in this hyper coloured, hyper quick scifi city runner.

* More games will be announced soon!

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Can I submit my game, too?

Yes! Playup Perth has a rolling submissions process for all games, so there is still time to register. Simply complete the application form on our website. If you have any questions about the sign-up process, you can contact us any time.

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 Perth: Global Game Jam Special Edition #2

January 19, 2017 by James Dixon Leave a Comment

(Read about last year’s Playup Perth: Global Game Jam Edition from last year here.)

Friday, February 3rd 2017
6pm til late
The Nostalgia Box*, 3/16 Aberdeen St, Perth WA 6000 (100% wheelchair accessible)
$7 (FTI members) / $10 (regular)
Cheap drinks all night! (this event is 18+)
Buy tickets here.

Kickstarting 2017 into full throttle, FTI is hosting a Special Edition Playup event on Friday 3rd February @ Nostalgia Box for the games created at the annual Global Game Jam (GGJ) for 2017!

GGJ is an international event that simultaneously brings together talented individuals from all around the globe, challenging them to develop a game in 2 days around a central theme. The aim is to design, develop create, test and make a new game in the time span of 48 hours.

In Jan 2016, GGJ had over 600 locations in 93 countries create 6866 games in one weekend. The theme was ‘Ritual’, with Perth contributing 20 brand new and local prototypes, some of which went onto become fully realised games: ‘Symphony of the Machine‘ (Stirefire Studios) and ‘Banishment’ (Black Mirror Games), BOTH of which have been Playtested at Playup Perth previously.

2017’s Local GGJ, hosted by Let’s Make Games, will be held at SAE Northbridge (116-120 Roe St) from Fri 20th – Sun 22nd of Jan. All creatives are welcome to attend, including writers, artists and musicians (GGJ always needs more Musicians). Sign up for #GGJPerth here.

Games tested at this Playup:

1.) Grae Saunders’ Microwave-O-Rama –

Run a diner kitchen with the latest cooking tools. Order more stock and do it all again!

2.) Aaran Gicquel’s Mad Huey!! –

Huey the God of surf has flipped his lid. Now it’s time to surf to survive. Steer clear of obstacles & Huey’s “Waves of Fury” using your radical wave power. Achieve the “Most Excellent” respect status to impress Huey by creating waves on the beat!

3.) Colton Onderwater’s Call of Coolthulu: Makin’ Waves

Be a cool guy; summoned from the depths to bring good times, walk with the beat to the music to make sick waves and party down.

4.) Joshua Waring’s Pulse –

Pulse is a platformer set in darkness… Really… You can’t see anything besides your character. The only way to see is by releasing a pulse of light to detect what is around you.

5.) Studio Kraze‘s (Lee Kennedy) Cortex –

You find yourself in a dark abandoned facility, searching for life. What do you do next? Cortex is a cyberpunk first person explorer.

6.) Hien Pham’s Ravelength –

¸.•*¨*•Match the wavelength to max the ravelength!•*¨*•.¸

To be a successful DJ you need to play music that matches the vibes of the people on the dance floor. Match the sound of your tracks to the wavelengths of the three dancers!

7.) Liam Kinsella’s Irradiate My Heart –

Irradiate My Heart is an asymmetrical 2-player platformer about the ultimate battle of good versus evil! Play as a highly advanced nano-bot or a sentient tumour. Eradicate the cancer with your gamma radiation.

8.) Ashley Fraser’s Curse You Merciful Poseidon –

Play as your god and sink your opponent’s ship. (Local Multiplayer Arena)

9.) RAEZ’ Byzantine Prize –

Use your fleet of vessels to grab the byzantine treasure whilst avoiding the other opposing teams and the sentient waves trying to stop everyone from entering their territory.

10.) Bytesprite Games Pitch Imperfect –

Dodge obstacles by giving your vocal chords a workout. High pitch sends you up, low pitch down. Microphone input required!

11.) Paul Geronimo’s The Floor is Not Lava (Yet) –

King Dragon is jealous of your super slick jacket and is trying to ignite the volcano under you! bounce out the lava and prove that you’re way cooler than him!

12.) Jason Hutchens’ RockVomit –

Competitive Ragdoll Dance-off

13.) Jacob Kreck’s BattleBouncers –

Wave goodbye to your friends as you join the new wave of Extreme Trampoline Champions. Fight using such advanced techniques as the world renowned “Double bounce” to fling your enemies off the Polypropylene Pedestal as you fight to be the last man standing.

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