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: 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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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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End of Year Party: Play Up Perth + Let’s Make Games + Nostalgia Box

November 8, 2016 by James Dixon Leave a Comment

Date: Friday, December 9th 2016
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! (yes this event is 18+)
Buy tickets here

Hey Playup Perth-ers!

What an incredible year we’ve had, with an amazing Perth Games Festival, Playup Perth turning 3 and testing 100+ games. It’s also The Nostalgia Box’s first birthday! It’s definitely time to celebrate, so along with our friends at Let’s Make Games and The Nostalgia Box we’re hosting an special end of year Playup Perth.

So come play some WA made games in development and help us celebrate all of our wins this year. Festive cosplay encouraged!

— Kate

We’ll be playtesting:

1.) 42 BYTES‘ Last DriverZ –

Run over zombies, get supplies, repeat. How far can you get? Endless driving game for mobiles.

Dive into the post-apocalyptic world of the DriverZ trying to make your way through beat up streets, threading through wreckages, running over zombies, and pillaging old warehouses and general stores trying to upgrade your vehicles and recruit more peope for your group of survivors!

2.) Drew FX‘s Burn –

“Burn”, a new car combat game from DrewFX is coming your way. Strap in, prime those missiles, light the flamer and fill that tank. Burn rubber!

3.) ByteSprite‘s Bramblelash –

BrambleLash is a spritely multiplayer co-op game with tactical team-and-swap action. Enchanted sprites work together to defeat slimy invaders in a whimsical setting full of glimmering shadows. Connect, cooperate or betray to win!

4.) Oscar Brittain‘s Desert Child –

Race on hover bikes in the desert, because what else are you going to do?

5.) Vault eSports’ Basketball Game –

Vault eSports’ first product is a player vs player real money basketball game. Players sign up and play basketball free-throw matches against family, friends or other platform players for real money. Players need to score more goals than their opponent in 60 seconds to win.

6.) Lost Isle Media‘s Pocket Troll –

A mini-board game with cards and dinky tokens, pitting 3 children against a marauding troll.

7.) Wes Lamont’s Rogue Blitz –

The world is under attack by a series over very powerful enemies that have defeated the world’s top air forces. The United Nations and governments are turning to a small group of Rogue Captains piloting experimental fighter planes to try to win the day. Players take on the roles or these Rogue Captains and their warplanes being sent on near impossible missions to defeat these nemeses and save the world.

Rogue Blitz is a board game inspired by the scrolling shoot-em-ups arcade games (SHMUPS) popular in the 1980s. Centred around the challenging boss battles the Rogue Captains need to use strategy, skill and coordination to succeed on each mission and overcome the enemy.

8.) Dark Mirror Games Banishment –

In Banishment, one player takes on the role of an accursed Demon, and the rest are Exorcists trying to banish them. This is a fast, highly interactive card game involving strategic thinking and eternal damnation.

At the beginning of the game, Rituals are pulled from the Ritual deck equal to the total number of players plus one. These have requirements written on them. When the Exorcists meet the requirements of a Ritual, it is resolved. When all are resolved, the Demon is cast back into the darkness from whence it came and the Exorcists win.

Wanna test your game at the next event? Drop a line to kate@fti.asn.au or tweet @oceanpark.

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Playup Perth: Perth Games Festival

September 14, 2016 by James Dixon Leave a Comment

Date: Saturday, October 1st 2016
10am to 5pm
Perth Town Hall, Corner of Hay St & Barrack St, Perth WA 6000
FREE

*This Playup Perth is in conjunction with the Perth Games Festival.

Hey Playup Perth-ers!

For the first time ever, we’re doing a Playup Perth as part of the annual Perth Games Festival on Saturday October 1. We’ll be there the whole day with brand new games in development for you to try and give feedback to the developers. We’ll also be joined by our friends from the Nostalgia Box, Perth’s video game console museum and our venue for our Friday night events, who will be bringing along some retro classics.

Best of all, entry to both the festival and Playup Perth will be FREE.

See you there!

— Kate

Games that’ll be there on the day (thus far):

1.) Oscar Brittain‘s – Desert Child

Race on hover bikes in the desert, because what else are you going to do?

2.) Darren Broad‘s – Monte Carlo Millionaire

Players compete to achieve poker hands from a common area to win money. First to $20million wins. Play cards or play chips to manipulate the card values.

3.) Darren Broad‘s – Road Rage Rampage

Players race around a track attacking each other while continually adding enhancements to their cars. The game is card driven and uses a deck building mechanism.

Wanna test your game at the next event? Drop a line to kate@fti.asn.au or tweet @oceanpark

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