
- 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.
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XR:WA, WA’s first festival of everything immersive reality and games is almost here and we’re super excited to announce the full amazing lineup for Playup Perth Games Zone that will be happening during the festival, proudly presented by Sentient Computing.
When: 12-14 July 2019 (9:30 to 5:15 daily), Pan Pacific Hotel Perth
What: a smorgasbord of local games on offer from super fun multiplayer games and quirky arcade shooters to award-winning love stories and quieter narrative driven games. If you’re a little unfamiliar with our dev community you’ll be blown away by what’s being created in this state.
Tickets: Free with an XR:WA Gold or Day pass or $10 individually, which also gets you access to the Spacecubed Games and Experience Emporium
GHOST CAM is an immersive, choose your own adventure where you search for ghosts to capture in a photo – at your own risk! Powered by 360 video, gaze-directed interactivity, and a pop culture obsession, this genre-jumping, virtual reality experience gets you up close with the supernatural and beyond.
Lost and Hound is an investigative adventure so finely tuned that players of all abilities, including blindness, can rise to the challenge of using a dog’s heightened senses to track people that are lost.
Acrylica is a physics based puzzle game, where you control the physics paint that lets you traverse through a subway system.
Henosis is a mysterious 2D Platform Puzzler which leverages unique and surreal visuals Players are propelled into a weird and visceral world where they take control of a small, viscous blue blob as they must overcome obstacles, enemies and puzzles throughout each level while collecting tokens to open up the exit portal. The game uses unique player mechanics and abilities in order to traverse around platforms. 5 Levels are available in this demo.
Splatterpus is a fast-paced, yet contemplative Arcade shooter about raising a virtual pet. Shipwrecked on Planet Earth, the Splatterpus has only one hope for survival: YOU and your ability to rack up high scores (which is the traditional food of the Splatterpus, obviously). Adventure through 30 chapters, unlocking new colour palettes, soundscapes, and toys as you raise your Splatterpus and watch him evolve!
An open world platformer (metroidvania) based on Ned Kelly. The bush has been taken over by a toxic green pollution and Ned must find out how to stop it, and who is behind the army of evil clone animals.
Little Bit Lost is a survival voxel game where a molecular diminishment experiment has gone horribly wrong. You awaken to find that your world is an awful lot bigger. Fight to survive against ants, spiders and a variety of creepy crawlies in an effort to return yourself to normal size.
Hien Pham (pronounced h-ee-uh-n fam) is a queer digital artist specializing in gentle and optimistic comics. He grew up in Vietnam on war stories before moving and finding a home in Australia. His work revolves around respite, around caring and loving and being loved and cared for. He explores his own experiences with body image, gray-asexuality, and mental health through multi-award nominated comics and interactive fiction.
Ellie Balson creates small, funny and meaningful videogames in her spare time and enjoys the flexibility that this process gives her to explore ideas and keep motivated. Ellie frequently exhibits at Potluck Collective. You can find a lot of her work on her ever expanding itch.io page.
We’re super excited to announce that tickets are now on sale for the Playup Perth Games Zone, presented by Sentient Computing, this July 12 to 14 at XR:WA — WA’s first festival of everything immersive reality and games!
Annnd, we’ve just announced first round of local games to be exhibited at the that will be showcased (keep reading!)
Or level up your XR:WA experience with a weekend pass to the whole festival featuring all sorts of incredible VR/AR experiences, panels, workshops and talks from local and interstate creators (full XR:WA program here). There’s also a special XR:WA fellowship on offer for students and those who would otherwise be unable to attend due to financial limitations, and you can apply here.
GHOST CAM is an immersive, choose your own adventure where you search for ghosts to capture in a photo – at your own risk! Powered by 360 video, gaze-directed interactivity, and a pop culture obsession, this genre-jumping, virtual reality experience gets you up close with the supernatural and beyond.
TeleBlast is an explosive, fast-paced, local multiplayer game where up to 4 players can take to the arena to outplay each other using teleporters that explode upon use.
Lost and Hound is an investigative adventure so finely tuned that players of all abilities, including blindness, can rise to the challenge of using a dog’s heightened senses to track people that are lost.
Acrylica is a physics based puzzle game, where you control the physics paint that lets you traverse through a subway system.
Henosis is a mysterious 2D Platform Puzzler which leverages unique and surreal visuals Players are propelled into a weird and visceral world where they take control of a small, viscous blue blob as they must overcome obstacles, enemies and puzzles throughout each level while collecting tokens to open up the exit portal. The game uses unique player mechanics and abilities in order to traverse around platforms. 5 Levels are available in this demo.
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We’ve got some big news! We’re running a special 3 day Playup Perth Games Zone (presented by our friends at Sentient Computing) as part of a brand new games and immersive reality festival, XR:WA.
This three day event, which runs as part of Revelation Film Fest,
will offer free exhibition spaces for the best and brightest WA-based game makers to show their completed and in development work to the public.
Submissions
We are currently accepting submissions for work to be included in for this three day showcase. Games that are in development and playable as well as finished work will be considered. We are looking for work from everyone in all stages of their career/journey, from students to newcomers to established creators.
SUBMISSIONS CLOSE 14th June!
Limited spots are available and will be offered to successful applicants. Selected games will be announced June 21.
We are looking for work from everyone in all stages of their career/journey, from students to newcomers to established creators. Games of all platforms/genres/types are welcome (VR, mixed reality, console, mobile, something we haven’t thought of yet…)
Some other things we’re looking out for:
Preference will be given to games currently in development or released within the last 18 months.
Playup Perth supports diversity in games in every sense of the word. Submissions from everyone and everyone, especially those under represented in the industry are welcomed and encouraged.
Event Date: Friday, 9th November 2018.
Playup Perth is back this Friday with a big lineup of games for some pre-Perth Games Festival playtesting action.
Same set up as always, local game makers and their games mixed with chilled vibes, some snacks and cheap drinks!
Grab your tickets now!
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Submissions for this Playup are closed but you can still put in an expression of interest for next time and we’ll get in touch!
Submit your game!
*This venue is 100% wheelchair accessible
See you on the 9th,
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Team Playup!
TeleBlast is an explosive, fast-paced, local multiplayer game where up to 4 players can take to the arena to outplay each other using teleporters that explode upon use.
Rhythm Hunter is a rhythmic rail shooter where you pursue a large monster across the city. It uses 2 rhythmic input schemes, aim focused rhythmic shooting and 5 key input. Clicking heads to music, the new way to shoot.
A short platformer music video experience.
A parody, procedurally generated arcade shooter.
Hop in your plane and fly to rescue pandas. Don’t run out of fuel and don’t hit a mine or missile or you will fall out of the sky.
The Indonesian government is offering contracts to build monuments across the archipelago. Draft Transport cards and Building Contracts to move between the islands and build 5 monuments before your rivals. Corruption can help you get what you want, but it could be costly. Don’t be too hasty though because monuments in the cities are worth more points and there’s also a diversity bonus!
Project:Singularity is a 2D Coop Puzzle/Platformer, revolving around 2 asymmetrical players working together to progress through a series of experiments for a dystopian mega corporation. Players must perceive and treat the world differently while still coordinating together if they want any hope of being successful test subjects!
Back for more!
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?
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.
Inti is a family board game for ages 8+ were players take the role of a forest spirit trying to save their tree from an illness plaguing the lands.
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