We tried to do a podcast on the Sunday night at the Freeplay 11 afterparty. And it imploded, badly. Whole host of reasons, really. Most of them my fault. The other reason it imploded, though, was anger. Unlike other years at Freeplay, we all came out of the festival angry. And, if you were there or have followed the coverage, you probably know why. A narrative about gender and exclusion that had been running as an undercurrent in the festival exploded on the worst possible panel for it to explode on. For those who missed it, the audio of the panel can be found here.

This isn’t a response to that. There are excellent responses already online (here and here and here [edit: Oh, and now here. Although the comments are making me want to murder people. Edit2: And now here as well Edit 3: And there's another piece from @desentisation here which should be required reading for anyone claiming it's not a problem.]).  And it isn’t an attempt to downplay that discussion. It is an important discussion, and one that needs to be had. If I’m not contributing much to the discussion it’s because I know that what I’d say is already being said.

It’s just that, at the bar and on the aborted podcast, it was the only thing I found myself discussing. And I can’t help but feel that does us all a disservice. This narrative is so powerful and so enraging that it runs the risk of overwriting everything else good which came out of Freeplay. And there was a *lot* that was good.

So, rather than tell you the story of the conference, I thought I’d let you tell it to yourselves.

The below is a cut-down selection of the tweets from the events leading up to Freeplay and from the conference itself. I’ve edited for brevity but hope I’ve captured the narrative flow of the week’s events. There are exceptions to this – workshops where tweeting was impractical, events where the “Twiterrati” were attending other panels, etc. And, obviously, there’s a whole host of people who were there but not on Twitter. It’s also very, very long, so you should obviously feel free to scan.   (Two other quick notes – if anyone wants their tweets removed that’s totally cool, and the full archive is available here.)

As a final note, thank you so much to everyone who made Freeplay such a great time, and especially to Paul and to the Freeplay team who put in long hours for no money.

Tuesday

@greenlig Can’t wait for #freeplay11. Thinking about submitting a slide for the (Un)keynote.
Tue Aug 16 06:35:06 +0000 2011 – tweet id 103354076288385024 – #2758

@POWERMAYO THIS >> “@CraigPeebles: Hey everyone, I you’re coming to #freeplay11, tweet me or come say hi ”
Wed Aug 17 07:06:57 +0000 2011 – tweet id 103724479783514112 – #2718

@lisadempster #freeplay11 artists party in full swing @RueBebelons. It’s jumping! #happy #imanartist
Tue Aug 16 09:39:06 +0000 2011 – tweet id 103400379085094912 – #2756

@RueBebelons The place is rockin’ with the @free_play artist party. Too much awesomeness to count. #freeplay11
Tue Aug 16 10:00:18 +0000 2011 – tweet id 103405715531644928 – #2754

@shallow_depths My #freeplay11 (un)keynote slide is rather pretentious (what a shock). I had fun though. I’m sure you can all do better http://t.co/9q8vIpa
Tue Aug 16 23:30:18 +0000 2011 – tweet id 103609558257254400 – #2737

@Sonictail Mental Note, pay attention to #freeplay11 on twitter to find where the parties be at.
Wed Aug 17 03:14:43 +0000 2011 – tweet id 103666034099236864 – #2730

Wednesday

@BRKeogh Oh hey. That #freeplay11 thing tonight is right across the road from my hostel. Huzzah!
Wed Aug 17 03:55:16 +0000 2011 – tweet id 103676240208216064 – #2726

@coryzanoni Games That Made Me opens #freeplay11 tonight. $6 on the door. Come. Buy me a drink. It’s the law.
Wed Aug 17 07:52:51 +0000 2011 – tweet id 103736028505964544 – #2716

@bradleybones @IGDAMelbourne @hamishcurry all this talk of suits makes me realise how overdressed I am for #freeplay11 tonight. #SoMuchGreySuit
Wed Aug 17 08:09:00 +0000 2011 – tweet id 103740093952569344 – #2714

@hamishcurry @bradleybones Rip the sleeves off then… be all hipster. Have fun at #freeplay11 tonight!
Wed Aug 17 08:11:00 +0000 2011 – tweet id 103740597042556928 – #2712

@free_play OPENING NIGHT! about to kick off #freeplay11 with The Games That made Me!
Wed Aug 17 10:27:58 +0000 2011 – tweet id 103775065937686528 – #2688

@jellibat And Mathew Riley with some of his earliest design work and a pentagram birthday cake #freeplay11
Wed Aug 17 11:06:41 +0000 2011 – tweet id 103784810492854272 – #2675

@lisadempster Lots of LOLs at #freeplay11. Many surprised to see a Grey’s Anatomy video game slide. Well played, @benpobjie
Wed Aug 17 11:11:46 +0000 2011 – tweet id 103786088174333952 – #2671

@benbritten @paul_callaghan is amazing, always a joy to watch him talk. #freeplay11
Wed Aug 17 11:39:25 +0000 2011 – tweet id 103793046314950656 – #2657

@jellibat Technical difficulties #freeplay11 so @labcoatman is re-enacting frogger
Wed Aug 17 11:51:28 +0000 2011 – tweet id 103796078503149569 – #2654

@leehsl Missing opening of #freeplay11 D: Getting game code and design done Still hurts.
Wed Aug 17 12:24:15 +0000 2011 – tweet id 103804331572207616 – #2652

@coryzanoni I think my never playing Alley Cats has ruled out any career in game development. #freeplay11 may be fun, but it also crushes dreams.
Wed Aug 17 13:15:45 +0000 2011 – tweet id 103817289152995328 – #2646

@TinManGames I’m having my own Freeplay party this afternoon in the UK. My first talk is on Gaming in my Underpants #freeplay11 #missyou #betherenextyear
Wed Aug 17 13:18:02 +0000 2011 – tweet id 103817865999826945 – #2645

@Smoolander That sounds painful RT @tomkillen Finished my fun talk at the opening night of #freeplay11… now back to the office to push out a build!
Wed Aug 17 13:35:48 +0000 2011 – tweet id 103822335232065536 – #2637

@heresathought @labcoatman Great work at #freeplay11 this evening! I cheered for Star Control 2, and I don’t normally cheer, but SC2 is a special case.
Wed Aug 17 14:25:54 +0000 2011 – tweet id 103834944513642497 – #2630

@grassisleena Gutted I couldn’t make the Pecha Kucha last night but love that this one’s online already! #freeplay11 #pechakucha http://t.co/Xg7kJ3X
Wed Aug 17 23:55:47 +0000 2011 – tweet id 103978359968632832 – #2608

Thursday

@IGDAMelbourne So, who’s heading to #lemonjoustclub tonight for #freeplay11 ? It looks SOOO MUCH FUN
Thu Aug 18 07:12:03 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104088150732832768 – #2581

@TheCantorDust Feel a bit guilty leaving @BenRejmer at home writing essays on his b’day while I head to #freeplay11 Lemon Jousting. #badgirlfriend
Thu Aug 18 07:15:00 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104088891467907072 – #2578

@peter_halasz Lemon jousting? I’m fearful. #freeplay11
Thu Aug 18 07:35:39 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104094088286056449 – #2574

@spamoir I challenge you to a joust! A joust of LEMONS! #lemonjoustclub #freeplay11
Thu Aug 18 08:52:35 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104113451831533568 – #2561

@Sonictail Lemon joust club is deceptively hard #freeplay11 http://t.co/0OeWCCP http://t.co/2jKeUup
Thu Aug 18 10:19:55 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104135428520685568 – #2544

@free_play RT @benbritten: OH: ‘I need skinny feet!!’ #freeplay11
Thu Aug 18 10:23:48 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104136403536982016 – #2540

@BRKeogh So lemon jousting is essentially Quake: attack whoever is attacking someone else #freeplay11
Thu Aug 18 10:26:40 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104137126765002752 – #2534

@TheCantorDust Our first casualty #lemonjoustclub #freeplay11 http://t.co/wDCgndn
Thu Aug 18 10:32:17 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104138541440843776 – #2532

@georgiaporgia I am Lemon Jousting as part of #freeplay11. It is a thing. #lemonjoustclub http://t.co/DK8B5b3
Thu Aug 18 10:32:22 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104138562739503104 – #2531

@BRKeogh Well we lost the grand final. @POWERMAYO made good on his promise to beat me. #freeplay11
Thu Aug 18 11:15:07 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104149319959056384 – #2517

@Sayraphim The winners share their loot,& the players joust on. #lemonjousting is a beautiful thing! #freeplay11, rocking citrus fruit all night long
Thu Aug 18 11:24:27 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104151670161817600 – #2515

@WritingJordi So good to get some play time at #freeplay11. New life motto: more lemon jousting.
Thu Aug 18 11:38:56 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104155311874650112 – #2512

@coryzanoni #lemonjoustclub was fantastic. a grand ol’ time. props and citrusy-splendour to @grassisleena for organising it. #freeplay11
Thu Aug 18 11:40:13 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104155636870287360 – #2511

@JohnSietsma Get your fresh corpses here: http://t.co/z8wXLqN #lemonjoustclub #pocketcorpse #freeplay11 cc @leehsl @grassisleena @free_play
Thu Aug 18 23:23:23 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104332592945446912 – #2488

Friday

@CraigPeebles A Parma and a good beer make a good start to tonight’s #freeplay11 frivolities
Fri Aug 19 09:10:28 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104480339350667264 – #2410

@SoundBytesOz Hey Melbourne! 15 mins til doors open upstairs at #freeplay11 at gertrudes brown couch for chip fun and technodrome!
Fri Aug 19 09:15:05 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104481502020124672 – #2409

@Charcoal Game music and tequila, is there anything better? #freeplay11 http://t.co/EPiaMWW
Fri Aug 19 10:10:08 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104495354363396096 – #2396

@meredith_te Who woulda thought video game music would be so cool played live? #freeplay11 is going off tonight. Even for a non-gamer like yours truly
Fri Aug 19 10:13:52 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104496293203816448 – #2394

@xtaletje Maybe it’s just me, but I want Technodrome’s drummer to throw his fists in the air and yell ‘AWESOMESAUCE!’ #freeplay11 #parksandrecreation
Fri Aug 19 10:35:00 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104501610213949440 – #2389

@PuppyLicks Technodrome are playing a Street Fighter mashup live, THIS IS AWESOME!!! #freeplay11
Fri Aug 19 10:41:22 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104503213708947456 – #2384

@rob_caporetto I never knew that sound chip on an original 1989 Gameboy could be so damn rad. #freeplay11
Fri Aug 19 12:09:30 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104525392823590912 – #2369

@FarbsMcFarbs #Freeplay11 panel intro: written! Slides: not written! Hours ’till flight: 3! Likelihood of sleep tonight: 0!
Fri Aug 19 17:21:04 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104603801750749185 – #2356

Saturday, pre-launch

@jazzrozz AWESOME! #freeplay11 proper here I come. Bestest to all speakers and panelists. No hospital detour for me this year
Fri Aug 19 22:01:16 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104674315882082304 – #2351

@leehsl Excited for #freeplay11 conference, such that everything looks more vivid. My breakfast is smiling at me.
Fri Aug 19 22:04:35 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104675149701332992 – #2350

@MrCh4d Fantastically foggy morning! Hello all I’m off to #Freeplay11! Be sure to say hi if you’ll be there!! #h6bc http://t.co/3CRIS1l
Fri Aug 19 22:07:46 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104675950859526145 – #2348

@DesignerWatts Oh Hai 8:30am. I haven’t seen you for a while. I’m preparing for #freeplay11 and getting ready to ride into the city.
Fri Aug 19 22:28:01 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104681047773552640 – #2343

@matt_manic Yay #freeplay11 see you all there!
Fri Aug 19 22:43:22 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104684912883404800 – #2335

@Demruth Yeah… this change is way better. Now to continue spreading it throughout the game on the way to #freeplay11
Fri Aug 19 22:59:04 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104688863720652800 – #2331

@POWERMAYO #freeplay11, I am almost in/on/at you.
Fri Aug 19 23:13:15 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104692432284823552 – #2326

@Jason_Bakker Had a much-needed nap on the way in to #freeplay11. Gained a +2 defensive buff to falling asleep onstage!
Fri Aug 19 23:27:21 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104695981957844992 – #2321

@acdiploMatt Taking our seats for #Freeplay11. I’m full of *just* enough grease to offset my hangover.
Fri Aug 19 23:28:39 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104696307737829376 – #2320

Freeplay opening

@Sayraphim Most times when people take out phones & stare at the screen, its cos they’re bored.At #freeplay11 they do it cos they’re engaged & interested
Fri Aug 19 23:36:40 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104698326275981312 – #2315

@Jickle Gas. Liquid. Innovate. Librarians. Clean hands. #freeplay11
Fri Aug 19 23:52:20 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104702267747348480 – #2295

@MrAkPublishing I know it’s probably just a Callaghan soundbite, but that industry line is *totally* from my interview. #freeplay11
Fri Aug 19 23:53:20 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104702517581066240 – #2293

@benbritten @jazzrozz @grassisleena like all game dev projects everywhere, we just got started and are already behind schedule #freeplay11
Fri Aug 19 23:56:10 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104703231321579521 – #2287

@10rdBen These theatrette chairs are COMFY. Well done Victoria, ONE UP ON SYDNEY #freeplay11
Fri Aug 19 23:56:32 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104703323596275712 – #2285

@Surplus_Matter I’m at #freeplay11 launch. Vague references to Lego, Huizinga and libraries are all my brain is taking in at this hour of the morning…
Fri Aug 19 23:56:39 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104703354655088640 – #2284

@IGDAMelbourne It’s @paul_callaghan ‘s turn for a funny tired ramble #freeplay11 tipping point time, lets move from tech driven to artistic and creative
Sat Aug 20 00:02:08 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104704732219703296 – #2277

@Jickle Just saw my Twitter avatar on the laptop of a dude in front of me. Inception’d. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:02:24 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104704802134560768 – #2276

@hamishcurry Technology has stopped being the limiting factor in being able to create games – @paul_callaghan #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:02:50 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104704907982016513 – #2275

@benbritten @paul_callaghan -> things have changed from “what can we do with video games” to “what do we _want_ to do” #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:03:22 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104705042052956160 – #2273

@IGDAMelbourne ‘everyone knows everyone plays video games. Other than, it appears, some mainstream media’ @paul_callaghan #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:03:39 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104705116950642688 – #2270

@seanmrankin FYI, this pixel art badge that serves as my ticket for #freeplay11 is pretty rad!
Sat Aug 20 00:04:11 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104705251633938432 – #2269

@CraigPeebles @paul_callaghan start hiccuping, NOW #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:04:18 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104705280197132288 – #2268

@10rdBen Everyone spam #freeplay11 and distract @paul_callaghan who is talking.
Sat Aug 20 00:04:28 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104705320726704128 – #2267

Experimedia (overall)

@MrCh4d Just tried out @Demruth’s Anti Chamber game at #freeplay11. Amazing! I could have played it all day. Great work!
Sat Aug 20 01:44:48 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104730572705890305 – #2058

@grassisleena Awesome game, go play it! RT matt_manic: Come say hi and play Critical Mass in the #freeplay11 Arcade.
Sat Aug 20 02:19:10 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104739217824952320 – #1986

@Charcoal Just had a 10 game winning streak in Niddhog on the @winitronau #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 03:10:37 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104752167885352960 – #1916

@stephanschutze #freeplay11 Experimedia space, there are games here by students and indys that are more fun and better designed than many published titles!
Sat Aug 20 05:35:28 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104788617897050113 – #1673

@SeanMElliott Gabe and I swarmed over the #freeplay11 exhibition floor, playing many great indie games.
Sat Aug 20 07:13:35 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104813313388589056 – #1436

@matt_manic I’m lost in the non-Euclidean space behind @Demruth’s table at #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 00:13:51 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105070069335334912 – #1127

@Surplus_Matter Seconded. “@10rdBen: Puzzle game ‘Critical Mass’ by @manicgames is GOOD. Go play it!” #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:00:56 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105081918143471616 – #1052

@unknownsavage Favourite game I played at #freeplay11 yesterday was #Whisperous. Will try and check out more today.
Sun Aug 21 02:09:39 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105099210164146176 – #886

@TeslaFox @ManicGames have made a really good puzzle game in Critical Mass. Check out on Steam #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:34:56 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105105574479413248 – #834

@greenlig Get over to experimedia and play “Once Upon a Spacetime”. Take the time to engage, it’s beautiful. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:39:38 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105106758313316352 – #823

@lisadempster I played Gangster Snap… iPhone snap card game with gangsters. Highly fun! #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 03:06:47 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105113590394130432 – #766

@Charcoal @SwingInteractiv Just played whisperous at #freeplay11 everyone should try it!
Sun Aug 21 03:11:04 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105114668653232128 – #756

@TheCantorDust Great to see Whisperous getting plenty of attention. Head over to Experimedia and check it out! #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 03:32:02 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105119944747921408 – #734

@hachque The #winnitronau is super popular right now at #freeplay11. Last chance for the kiddies to play before it goes back to the Mana Bar!
Sun Aug 21 03:46:28 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105123577036148736 – #726

@TeslaFox Robot Sharks from Space is another fun game on the Winnatron #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 03:54:11 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105125520806658048 – #721

@TeslaFox Lots people here at the #freeplay11 arcade checking out the Indie games. Really good atmosphere.
Sun Aug 21 04:56:07 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105141103925272576 – #657

@Smoolander @SwingInteractiv are getting feedback on Whisperous from a kid who looks about 12. Now that’s real feedback. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:02:43 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105142766245392384 – #651

@IGDAMelbourne Losing track of time in exerimedia, so many awesome projects to look at! #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:08:42 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105144271270711296 – #634

@LPavownage #freeplay11 There is much Win in the air – Winnitron, that is!
Sun Aug 21 05:58:58 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105156921220272128 – #417

@DeloreanMcFly I will defeat you Robot Sharks!!! #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:59:42 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105157106935664640 – #414

@desensitisation Ooh! The Once Upon A Spacetime devs randomly approached us and gave us printouts of their gorgeous concept art! <3 #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 07:17:07 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105176587493847040 – #137

How Every Little Decision Can Bring You Closer to or Further Away From Creating Art

@soulgirl76 Looking forward to the creative panel and listening to the musings of @christydena and @floydmueller. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:03:36 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104705103130411008 – #2272

@IGDAMelbourne Exertion games lab do research through design to understand games and player motivations #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:12:34 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104707357895962624 – #2251

@IGDAMelbourne Jogging over a distance..jog together in different locations interaction and support, cool use of the Doppler effect #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:14:46 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104707914433953792 – #2240

@IGDAMelbourne Prototyping: multiple prototyping allows teams to take on board feedback and criticism more effectively #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:20:15 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104709291658850304 – #2228

@stephanschutze #freeplay11 “Fail and fail often” first piece of excellent advice for today. We learn from mistakes, so learn lots!
Sat Aug 20 00:22:56 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104709967956815872 – #2223

@CraigPeebles Multiple options and ability to take criticism/advice leads to better prototyping #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:24:00 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104710237218553856 – #2221

@IGDAMelbourne ‘do not let programmers design the UI’ – @sequal1 #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:26:02 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104710749942849538 – #2214

@IGDAMelbourne . @bigantstudios are now forcing the team to actually play the games they’re making weekly #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:27:31 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104711122820665344 – #2210

@IGDAMelbourne ‘how can you pick a good producer?’ @christydena ‘good question’ @sequal1 #freeplay11

@CraigPeebles “smaller developers are prima donnas, want to make all their own tech instead of using perfectly good middleware” <- @sequal1 #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:34:10 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104712796029202433 – #2186

@IGDAMelbourne Tech ability is great, but if you can’t work in a team it just won’t work properly #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:37:45 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104713697506762752 – #2175

@IGDAMelbourne ‘if you’re unsure about anything, obviously google’ @sequal1 #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:43:59 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104715264142213121 – #2165

@IGDAMelbourne ‘He was trying to fit his round pegs in my square hole’ @tomkillen #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:46:31 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104715902280409088 – #2159

@soulgirl76 @floydmueller gives great insight into the workings of the exertion lab and the importance of acknowledging physicality. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:46:52 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104715992273395712 – #2158

@leehsl ‘It’s ok to make mistakes’ oh thank goodness. Prototypes, and sometimes games. @TheVoxelAgents #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:46:56 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104716008010428416 – #2157

@IGDAMelbourne ‘We didn’t like cutting down trees as a game metaphor’ how to fix? MAKE THE TREES EVIL mwahahah #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:49:27 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104716641979478017 – #2150

@leehsl No design documents: saving time and sanity. @TomKillen #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:50:40 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104716946469171200 – #2143

@IGDAMelbourne The lovely @christydena : standardizing design docs can standardize the experience and lead to the average #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:57:27 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104718654159065088 – #2126

Why We Do What We Do

@Jickle Yay, @dangolding takes the stage! he saw me drunk last night! #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:06:27 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104705819249086464 – #2264

@benbritten The problem with #freeplay11 is that I want to go to _all_ the sessions!! In the panel now ‘why we do what we do’
Sat Aug 20 00:10:06 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104706736732110848 – #2257

@10rdBen #freeplay11 “Closed the doors on Pandemic. Stole a lot of stuff.” < unexpected upsides to studio closures!
Sat Aug 20 00:12:33 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104707354293055488 – #2252

@Sonictail ‘Why we do what we do’ panel at #freeplay11 where they are comparing what they stole from “the industry” http://t.co/SkNJzLb
Sat Aug 20 00:13:11 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104707512544145408 – #2249

@BRKeogh .@dangolding is only here for his youthful melange and gravitas. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:13:44 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104707653468557312 – #2247

@10rdBen #freeplay11 “I like to say ‘Games are cool’ to people who don’t think they are.” – @dangolding
Sat Aug 20 00:14:04 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104707736499003392 – #2246

@jamesjdominguez Apparently @dangolding is a sort of games industry Batman, defending the innocent from masked wowsers… #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:14:16 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104707785824014337 – #2244

@hamishcurry The phrase ‘good artists create, great artists steal’ already has significance in the intro! #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:14:33 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104707859794763776 – #2242

@dangolding Probably shouldn’t tweet onstage. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:15:53 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104708193665548288 – #2235

@jamesjdominguez @dangolding – Why is that? #freeplay11 #entrapment
Sat Aug 20 00:16:40 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104708392983085058 – #2233

@jamesjdominguez My goodness, how many people in this building started out in QA at Beam Software? Even I had a turn at that. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:30:18 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104711820140490752 – #2203

@grassisleena “I can write about games Mr Frodo!” #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:31:39 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104712161200308224 – #2199

@Jickle ‘Merrily and happily walking into potential unemployment’ – amen, @dangolding. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:31:49 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104712205865451520 – #2198

@jamesjdominguez @polymonkey – My moment like that was seeing my name in a game’s credits. Sure, the game was DethKarz, but still… #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:39:05 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104714030970712066 – #2172

@ahiskens Everyone got fired from Chrome at least once #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:54:15 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104717848655568896 – #2135

@hamishcurry Who else has had Freeplay auto-correct to Foreplay? It’s still early. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:54:51 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104718001269518337 – #2134

@greenlig “Jesus was crying on the game.” @polymonkey #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:56:30 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104718414647529472 – #2128

@BRKeogh The Valley is a far cleaner suburb these days, thanks to that door. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:57:46 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104718735289499648 – #2125

@10rdBen “It’s only when we found jukies shooting up on the stairs we decided to put a door on it” – @polymonkey on Chrome #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:58:36 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104718945822584833 – #2122

@grassisleena Protip: Don’t build your studio in Fortitude Valley. If you do, make sure you put doors on it. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:58:59 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104719038730612737 – #2121

@ahiskens @polymonkey talking about sting operation in their carpark #ontopic #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 00:59:52 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104719264430297088 – #211

@seanmrankin Holy crap, and someone is playing radical rex on their phone. #freeplay11

@grassisleena Rolling with the unrelenting punches the industry dishes out is salved by surrounding yourself with passionate ppl. @polymonkey #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 01:10:24 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104721912005013507 – #2103

@budgieishere Gotta say, @polymonkey is fucking awesome. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 01:13:32 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104722703335956480 – #2102

What We Were Playing (A Goulding & B Kosmina)

@seanmrankin Well twitter, what do we think? Do we need boss battles? #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 01:30:06 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104726872121806848 – #2095

@poorlifechoices @seanmrankin Maybe, but I wouldn’t mind seeing Bowser in line at Centrelink. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 01:32:24 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104727451124510721 – #2092

@davidwildgoose Boss battles aren’t bad, per se. Just hard to do well. See Nier for examples of great boss encounters. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 01:33:33 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104727740514701313 – #2089

@BRKeogh That reminds me. Time to restock. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 01:33:45 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104727791089631233 – #2088

@10rdBen Tiny Tower is on the screen. Look over and see @BRKeogh tweeting away furiously. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 01:34:16 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104727921503113217 – #2086

@rob_caporetto Boss battles – they only work if they *fit* into how your game works. (Which tends to be retro shmups IMHO) #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 01:34:39 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104728017267474432 – #2084

@Jason_Bakker @BRKeogh How many floors are you at? 46 here #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 01:35:17 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104728176529379329 – #2083

@IGDAMelbourne McGuffin’s curse, the focus has been on the character and story development. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 01:36:20 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104728439650664448 – #2079

@jamesjdominguez @seanmrankin – I think we need consistent design, and if boss battles are inconsistent, then don’t insist on including them. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 01:36:27 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104728467781853186 – #2077

@jamesjdominguez I think a lot of mistakes get made in game development because of blind devotion to the way things are “supposed” to be done. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 01:38:58 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104729104594649088 – #2073

@IGDAMelbourne Collectables extend the longevity of the experience. Add them to cut scenes to increase player attention #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 01:40:27 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104729477287907329 – #2071

@10rdBen Need is a very strong word. // RT @seanmrankin: Well twitter, what do we think? Do we need boss battles? #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 01:42:01 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104729870701043712 – #2066

@IGDAMelbourne Ghost Trick: DS adventure game, with the time manipulation it means you have to watch the same cut scenes over and again #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 01:42:33 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104730005413703680 – #2065

@soulgirl76 What We’re Playing panel speaking on the surprising complexity of Infinity Blade. This pleases me. #fan #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 01:43:55 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104730348314836992 – #2061

@BRKeogh @davidwildgoose I think I felt your anger spasm right then. You can’t remove LA Noire’s open world! Right? #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 01:46:57 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104731111220973568 – #2050

@ahiskens What we were playing session is nicely a bit Margaret and David. Only they’re not awarding stars… #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 01:45:36 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104730773516595200 – #2053

@IGDAMelbourne LA Noire has very nice hands, but the game is trying to cover too many bases #freeplay11 it’s very pretty, but needs more character vision
Sat Aug 20 01:48:26 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104731483360591874 – #2044

@davidwildgoose @BRKeogh That noise you can hear is the grinding of my teeth. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 01:52:42 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104732556741705729 – #2034

What We Were Playing (L Muscat)

@seanmrankin Fruit ninja created in 6 weeks! #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 01:56:11 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104733433430941696 – #2030

@IGDAMelbourne Rocket Racing: no QA means it’s not an ego thing to play your own games #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 01:57:46 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104733833106178049 – #2027

@Sonictail Wow, no wonder Luke muscat went on to fruit ninja… Polar opposite. #freeplay11 http://t.co/Tz0jv8p
Sat Aug 20 02:01:12 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104734698013605888 – #2022

@Jason_Bakker Fruit Ninja was born out of the failure of a previous project. Muscat just tried to create “the opposite game” #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 02:02:34 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104735040482709505 – #2019

@ahiskens ‘What I was playing when I made’ sessions make the point about @stevenbjohnson and the ‘adjacent possible’ http://t.co/0lGpnSP #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 02:03:01 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104735155159179264 – #2016

@CL_Moore The success stories build on tales of failure #Freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 02:04:39 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104735565148205056 – #2013

@poorlifechoices Luke Muscat = Winning At Pants. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 02:07:33 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104736295833702400 – #2006

@Sonictail This one slide will win me some arguements with my team’s game designer #freeplay11 #hahano http://t.co/0roNs9L
Sat Aug 20 02:08:46 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104736602764484608 – #2005

@10rdBen Everyone of these tips is like… ‘How to make a good videogame’. Just so happens that it’s also ‘casual friendly’ #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 02:04:55 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104735631464349696 – #2011

@IGDAMelbourne Checking out casual games and still playing Quake. It’s all about life balance #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 02:10:54 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104737139555696641 – #2002

@hamishcurry Make the player feel awesome any time they do anything – Luke Muscat #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 02:12:21 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104737505810718720 – #1999

@Surplus_Matter Interesting to see what games are influencing developers & how they rework elements from them while doing their own thing at #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 02:13:43 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104737848971890689 – #1998

@ahiskens Procedural – 80 lines of xml delivers an infinite amount of randomised content – Luke Muscat @halfbrick #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 02:17:10 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104738716697899008 – #1992

@10rdBen Fruit Ninja succeeded in taking the Quake model of gore & feedback. JUICY!! #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 02:19:03 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104739189203025921 – #1987

@IGDAMelbourne “I felt guilty I’d lost @Halfbrick $175k” – Luke Muscat #freeplay11 2.5 out of 6 weeks dev spent on getting splatters right
Sat Aug 20 02:19:31 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104739306622554113 – #1984

@10rdBen 4,500 hacked Fruit Ninja scores posted to leaderboards every 24 hours. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 02:20:43 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104739607534510081 – #1981

@BRKeogh There ‘What We Were Playing’ talks are interestingly varied. 2 very different and interesting talks so far. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 02:22:46 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104740126042767360 – #1978

@IGDAMelbourne ‘If you think app store rip offs are bad, you should try android’ #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 02:23:32 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104740318108327936 – #1977

Tiny Speakers

@jamesjdominguez Cool, @stephanschutze talking about the instrinctive emotional impact of sounds in games (and in life). #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 02:33:13 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104742754755690498 – #1966

@simonjoslin #freeplay11 “We respond to sounds by instinct. Most animals use sound for survival” tiny speakers
Sat Aug 20 02:34:35 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104743099401641984 – #1964

@jamesjdominguez Game devs: cheat with sound. Chuck in a good sound and skip building, texturing, and animating models. @stephanschutze at #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 02:36:38 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104743614982262784 – #1960

@MythicalC #freeplay11 so much fun!
Sat Aug 20 02:37:09 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104743745798414338 – #1959

@simonjoslin #freeplay11 “You’d never second guess the sound of a helicopter in RL. You trust sounds implicitly.” sound shouldn’t be an afterthought
Sat Aug 20 02:38:24 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104744058802548736 – #1955

@MrAkPublishing Huh. Possibly my favorite session so far. That’s the thing about #freeplay11, you never know which sessions will be the amazing ones. #sound
Sat Aug 20 02:43:06 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104745242548379648 – #1949

@CL_Moore “fruitninja is telling a story, just in 2.7 minute bursts”@stephanschutze #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 02:45:18 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104745794334228481 – #1945

@ahiskens Sole purpose of sound is to support narrative @stephanschutze #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 02:45:23 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104745816006213632 – #1944

@jamesjdominguez Here we go again: mistakes being made in game dev because of that dedication to “how we’ve always done things”. @stephanschutze #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 02:46:43 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104746154071298048 – #1942

@simonjoslin #freeplay11 “Melodic themes damage your mobile game. The best song looped infinitely is “kill me” material. Generative audio is the answer.”
Sat Aug 20 02:49:27 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104746839458320384 – #1937

@CL_Moore Generative audio for game music that is setting the theme not being it #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 02:55:20 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104748321402396672 – #1935

@voiceover_au Subtle differences in regular audio assets is important, as players will hear the repetition in regular noises like a shotgun #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 02:56:59 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104748736927903744 – #1934

@rob_caporetto Pitch, amplitude, time. Major sound params to adjust to make best use of sounds. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 02:57:28 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104748856847241216 – #1933

@jamesjdominguez Pressed for system resources? Get a good shotgun sound and bend the pitch as required for grenades and more. @stephanschutze #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 02:57:49 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104748944667574272 – #1932

@seanmrankin The great zombie/letterbox apocalypse is here at #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 03:00:02 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104749504250646528 – #1928

@soulgirl76 @stephanschutze giving fantastically interesting talk on using different aspects of one recording to create varying soundscapes #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 03:02:34 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104750139469598721 – #1926

@Jason_Bakker If you’re taking up memory with a sound and only using it at default pitch/amplitude/time, you’re wasting RAM. @stephanschutze #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 03:03:56 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104750483146678272 – #1924

@_ChrisHawkins “There’s more character in one Portal gun turret than in the whole Duke Nukem franchise.” #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 03:26:28 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104756154428686336 – #1900

I Don’t Hate Mondays – Creating a Company You Might Actually Enjoy

@grassisleena Currently in a workshop “I don’t hate Mondays – Creating a company you might actually enjoy” – #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 03:54:59 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104763331197415425 – #1881

@IGDAMelbourne Peleda: currently in pre-production and now know how to pronounce the name of their game #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 03:59:30 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104764468340334592 – #1877

@IGDAMelbourne Moved from original to licensed IP during the ‘Jurassic’ period. The low AUD led to ‘we do budget titles’ mindset #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 04:05:48 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104766054340898817 – #1872

@IGDAMelbourne There’s no longer a middle tier b-grade market, which is what a lot of studios were catering for…then DAH DAH DAH! GFC #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 04:08:09 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104766646559838209 – #1868

@IGDAMelbourne And then…a New Hope (monkey style) Australia’s got talent! Let’s use it! #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 04:10:39 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104767276120670209 – #1863

@grassisleena Find your industry heroes, work backwards to see how they got there, then do it. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 04:21:25 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104769983329996800 – #1847

@HeyItsDaijoubu @grassisleena Oh man sadface we didn’t get in for that one! Hope it’s awesome #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 04:26:32 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104771270989717504 – #1838

@grassisleena Projects define companies. Cheap bread and butter games you churn out make you known for cheap crap you churn out. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 04:30:46 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104772338339430400 – #1831

@grassisleena The Clooney Approach. Everyone knows what they’re getting when they see a George Clooney film. Or a Valve game. Or Blizzard. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 04:33:10 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104772942025605122 – #1828

@grassisleena Your studio is only as good as your biggest asshole. A downer in the culture grows like a cancer, bringing everyone down. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 04:35:13 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104773455878176768 – #1825

@HeyItsDaijoubu @leehsl @grassisleena I feel ‘Thou shalt make every weekend a long weekend’ will attract the less hard working sort #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 04:38:45 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104774348514140160 – #1823

@Surplus_Matter Great observations on how the culture of a game company shapes its games & reputation. Authors of Games of Empire would be proud #freeplay11

@MythicalC Culture is IMPORTANT for games companies. Happy monkies work better #freeplay11 <3
Sat Aug 20 04:44:27 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104775780105601024 – #1818

@Surplus_Matter Re cultural design, maybe a few too many monkey references though, unless you love monkeys. I don’t. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 04:45:47 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104776118107783168 – #1816

@grassisleena “Parity across the disciplines, if you want to pay your lead programmer double what you pay your lead artist you can fuck off” #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 04:47:06 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104776447469682688 – #1814

@CL_Moore Crunch doesn’t work #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 04:47:29 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104776544358109184 – #1813

What We Were Playing (Tian L & Henrik P)

@simonjoslin #freeplay11 “big, round, clean graphics work best on iOS” Agent Tian
Sat Aug 20 04:09:37 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104767013825687552 – #1864

@simonjoslin #freeplay11 “a textured feel that looks handmade is more approachable, like meeting the artist” Agent Tian
Sat Aug 20 04:10:57 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104767350930276352 – #1862

@lubistuff #freeplay11 Voxels have a great mix of international experience & perspective in their studio
Sat Aug 20 04:12:41 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104767787720908800 – #1860

@elroyonline Oh wow! Listening to the voxel panel and I just had a brilliant idea for a iPhone game… If only I knew some iOS developers! #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 04:13:54 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104768092218982400 – #1858

@TeslaFox A lot of great ideas on display here at #freeplay11. Looking forward to the future of local gaming industry.
Sat Aug 20 04:17:37 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104769027984990209 – #1854

@poorlifechoices Can the Voxel Agents come live at my house? #freeplay11 #spaciousbasement
Sat Aug 20 04:18:17 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104769194087825408 – #1852

What We Were Playing (Jason B)

@voiceover_au Have a clear vision of what you want to make at the start of the project, to keep direction and momentum – @Jason_Bakker #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 04:30:53 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104772367577915393 – #1829

Everything’s Political

@davidwildgoose What a dreamy melange of youthful gravitas @dangolding #freeplay11 http://t.co/fUTGAxU
Sat Aug 20 04:50:05 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104777197948112897 – #1811

@Surplus_Matter Yes, a games and politics panel at #freeplay11 *sits forward in chair*.
Sat Aug 20 04:57:30 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104779067202617344 – #1797

@10rdBen Ben Eltham is a bit like how I imagine Bernard Black would be if he discovered colours. #freeplay11 #freecoffee11
Sat Aug 20 04:59:08 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104779476600233984 – #1795

@10rdBen Truna is “just going to bitch” and rant. Excellent. #freeplay11 #freecoffee11
Sat Aug 20 05:00:02 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104779703101034496 – #1793

@Jickle Truma is a fucking hero. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:02:24 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104780297610072064 – #1790

@BRKeogh Say it like it is Truna. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:02:30 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104780323526672384 – #1789

@lubistuff #freeplay11 truna’s on a roll! If u are not here u are missing out!
Sat Aug 20 05:02:59 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104780443542495232 – #1788

@10rdBen Values! Games have values? Non c’est possible!! #freecoffee11 #freeplay11

@greenlig #Freeplay #freeplay11 politics are go. Truna is a great speaker.
Sat Aug 20 05:03:31 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104780580914331648 – #1785

@Surplus_Matter Yes, some rather catty academic criticism in the games & politics panel. Hell yeah! #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:03:37 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104780604826066944 – #1784

@Jickle Truma? Truna. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:03:53 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104780669586128896 – #1783

@grassisleena Love it when Truna has a fire lit under her. A thing of beauty! #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:04:22 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104780795125829632 – #1782

@10rdBen “Software is designed. It has values. It is embedded in the process of software design.” – Truna #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:04:23 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104780797051023360 – #1781

@IGDAMelbourne Mac = Catholic DOS = Protestannt, possibly Calvanist #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:04:49 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104780906610429952 – #1780

@MrAkPublishing Anyone who quotes Umberto Ecco is automatically someone I like. It’s my cheat code. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:05:53 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104781172910989312 – #1778

@IGDAMelbourne Pain pong: might give that one a miss #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:07:28 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104781575002140672 – #1772

@lubistuff OMG Pain pong #freeplay11 handmade or hand pained
Sat Aug 20 05:08:26 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104781817558728704 – #1771

@labcoatman Loved Truna’s passion in “Everything Is Political”: post optimal games (“software we play with”) can engage with politics. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:10:17 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104782282581217280 – #1766

@screenplayblog Jeff Brand from Bond University says tradition of free speech in Australia at risk. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:11:07 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104782490568372224 – #1765

@BRKeogh Abolish the classification scheme?! What about the children?! #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:11:25 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104782565336027136 – #1764

@10rdBen Jeffrey Brand proposes destroying the classification scheme altogether – free speech in danger…? (Really??) #freeplay #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:11:54 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104782687503532033 – #1762

@peter_halasz Post-optimal pong and the politcs of video games. Enjoying this panel. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:12:17 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104782786984030208 – #1759

@labcoatman Love @jbrandinoz’s idea: ask everyone if they play computer games, and if they say no, say: “No, be honest: you’re not able.” #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:16:10 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104783762470088704 – #1750

@budgieishere Jeffrey Brand. Voice of goddamn reason. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:16:29 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104783840786124800 – #1748

@Jickle Jeffrey Brand makes an interesting point about game literacy; is encouraging me to be an arsehole. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:17:10 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104784013666942976 – #1744

@heresathought Moral panics are based on fear of not being good at what you fear. There’s an interesting idea. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:18:26 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104784331821678592 – #1737

@BRKeogh Bioshock spoilers! #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:18:29 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104784345553846272 – #1736

@hamishcurry Games are allegorical – they make you reflect on your actions -Kieran Lord #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:19:41 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104784649246613504 – #1733

@Surplus_Matter ‘Can games make you political or change your ideological view about something?’ Great question to open a talk on political games #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:21:05 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104785001605894144 – #1728

@jamesjdominguez If you don’t want the ending of Bioshock spoiled for you, would you kindly step out of the room? #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:21:12 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104785028420083713 – #1727

@IGDAMelbourne The sunnies aren’t an attempt to be cool or a multicolored Bernard #freeplay11 @beneltham
Sat Aug 20 05:23:53 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104785703598178304 – #1716

@Smoolander Games aren’t considered to be ‘cultural’ by government cultural funding and policy #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:25:51 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104786198299541504 – #1710

@lubistuff #freeplay11 Ben is nailing it re games, cultural policy & funding – no other creative field so disconnected from it’s wider creative family
Sat Aug 20 05:27:38 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104786647454986240 – #1703

@labcoatman Good comparison between climate change politics and game politics from @beneltham too. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:29:10 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104787033498714113 – #1698

@heresathought “Bioshock problematises the libertarian philosophy being advanced by the American Right” – @beneltham getting fancy at #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:29:35 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104787138125639680 – #1696

@hamishcurry Do gamers need to hire some lobbyists? #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:31:17 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104787568721264640 – #1692

@BRKeogh This panel is reinvigorating my want to write about videogame literacy. Instead of dumbing games for the general public… #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:31:18 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104787569698553857 – #1691

@heresathought Politics is a system of competing narrative – storytelling is a traditional way of covering politics. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:31:54 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104787721393942528 – #1687

Smoolander Games industry needs to hire some lobbyists to influence government #freeplay11. Like that @dangolding. He was in The Age and has a jacket
Sat Aug 20 05:31:57 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104787734610194432 – #1685

@labcoatman Can’t help thinking @jbrandinoz’s challenge of game naysayers’ fear of failure would also work on those who deride sport. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:36:04 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104788770322264065 – #1672

@MrAkPublishing Socrates on writing – first recorded example? #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:36:56 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104788989441085440 – #1670

@ahiskens Norway being used as an anti-gaming argument is classic ‘all dogs have tails, my cat gas a tail, my cat is a dog’ logic #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:37:09 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104789045363736576 – #1669

@jamesjdominguez Fun chat about obscure moral panics of the past. My favourite is coffee; agitators were meeting in cafes, coffee called immoral, #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:38:06 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104789281838600192 – #1668

@labcoatman Love that this panel is discussing both politics in games and the politics of games. all speakers fantastic. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:38:43 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104789438219038720 – #1666

@heresathought Scare campaigns, like bad science, are hard to fight because making a reasonable argument doesn’t make a good news story. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:40:32 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104789896698408961 – #1662

@grassisleena You know how we were looking for that voice of reason? I found it in @jbrandinoz! Viva la Presidente! #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:40:36 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104789911906951168 – #1660

@poorlifechoices Expecting to see a feature article on @dangolding in Dolly magazine next month. #freeplay11 #dreamy
Sat Aug 20 05:40:42 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104789936502341633 – #1658

@hamishcurry As games evolve, so does the discussion, the education, the tech, & the acceptance evolve. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:40:59 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104790009550340096 – #1657

@labcoatman FYI: @jbrandinoz clarifies his challenge to those with “no time” for games as about lack of knowledge/engagement, not ability. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:43:02 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104790524745089024 – #1652

@jamesjdominguez Thus spake @jbrandinoz: When wowsers get old and die, the cycle doesn’t break – it just finds the next moral panic. #freeplay11 #depressing
Sat Aug 20 05:43:58 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104790758770491392 – #1649

@Surplus_Matter We should conduct more research into games, argues @beneltham. I second that! =) #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:44:14 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104790824193228800 – #1647

@ahiskens There is a continuum bw rational argument and belief. Most ignorance is based on belief. QED games need to tackle belief #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:45:30 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104791145908928512 – #1643

@greenlig Everything is political – fantastic conversation happening here #freeplay11 #Freeplay
Sat Aug 20 05:45:51 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104791234572324864 – #1641

@heresathought It’s important to know who your enemies are so you can fight them effectively – in politics as in CS. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:46:22 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104791363375218688 – #1639

@labcoatman Call for more positive games; I get it, but why aren’t play & fun positive enough? Not asked about sport or other media. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:48:53 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104791995540705280 – #1634

@MrAkPublishing @labcoatman Sport isn’t based around creating narrative, though. #arguably #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:50:08 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104792311166271488 – #1633

@labcoatman @MrAkPublishing I would disagree; sport is full of narrative, though it’s a different kind to that of stories and games. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:51:50 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104792740570738688 – #1628

@jamesjdominguez @MrAkPublishing @labcoatman – Narratives emerge from sport without anyone having to try, especially over the course of a season. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:52:15 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104792843956125697 – #1627

@MrAkPublishing @labcoatman Yes, absolutely. But that’s not necessarily what sport is *designed* for. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:53:00 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104793031600906240 – #1625

@Jickle Opinion: many people don’t put enough thought into the potential political aspirations of many mainstream games. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:53:12 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104793081978683392 – #1624

@paul_callaghan “Agency isn’t enough; there’s a little thing called power.” @beneltham #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:53:37 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104793186802741248 – #1623

@IGDAMelbourne Gender and games pro-tip: don’t say women help to make games, they glossy make ‘em #freeplay11 #oassionbringsbadlanguage
Sat Aug 20 05:54:56 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104793517641048064 – #1618

@Jickle Gamers often don’t have a go at interpreting the games they play, and assume that their meaning is all tied to gameplay/script. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:54:59 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104793533050912768 – #1617

@10rdBen “When I get a class of programmers and… one of them is a girl, I want to start asking questions.” – Truna #freeplay #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:55:39 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104793698361032704 – #1616

@jamesjdominguez Wow, you don’t often hear the word “patriarchal” during a video games panel. Great discussion of gender balance here at #freeplay11.
Sat Aug 20 05:57:13 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104794094550790145 – #1607

@labcoatman Fewer women in games than cars, robots and non-gendered characters. Can’t avoid the patriarchal hegemony. (I love this panel.) #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:57:40 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104794207075577856 – #1605

@acdiploMatt I think @DanGolding can patriachally hedgemone me anytime! #freeplay11 #freecoffee11 #letsallmakecreepytweets11
Sat Aug 20 05:59:32 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104794674383949824 – #1600

@Surplus_Matter Kieran Lord: we need to talk about issues of sexuality in games more. After which, the other panelists change the topic… #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:59:39 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104794703748276225 – #1599

@SearingScarlet #freeplay11 is worthy just for the political panel. Too short though and I really wish for a discussion session
Sat Aug 20 06:02:39 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104795462590144512 – #1592

@SearingScarlet However I am disappointed on the glossing over the sexual orientation and non binary gender discussion. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:04:17 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104795872923107328 – #1590

Code and the Player Experience

@voiceover_au Hearing how programmers can make a better end user experience – excited to hear from Trevor Powell’s experience #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:06:09 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104781242251214848 – #1777

@MythicalC #codemonkey #freeplay11 Yay!
Sat Aug 20 05:09:20 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104782044969705473 – #1770

@TheCantorDust I wish I could work at @fiascostudios ! Great workshop guys! #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:15:47 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104783668207304704 – #1753

@voiceover_au Profile your code for micro benchmarks. Metrics help direct optimization at the right time – Trevor Powell #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:27:27 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104786602764681216 – #1706

@leehsl Loading screens: audience sits down, lights cut out, curtain rises, actors take place, lights up, SHOW STARTS. All in 5 seconds #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:31:37 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104787648991862785 – #1688

@leehsl Syncopated scene changes: distracting tap dancers. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:34:41 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104788421670748160 – #1676

@MythicalC Loading screens like an out of the blue song and dance number to cover a set change #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 05:34:58 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104788493535936512 – #1674

@MythicalC You can change what the game is by changing the camera #freeplay11 #codemonkey
Sat Aug 20 05:40:15 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104789824980008960 – #1663

Indies, Academics and Institutions

@labcoatman Time for “Indies, Academics and Institutions”. How do these groups interact? Sean Fabri asks: “what are your gripes?” #freeplay11

@hamishcurry You guys in the audience look so focused from the stage #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:08:46 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104797001572556801 – #1584

@labcoatman Ooooh…a game called Ban This Game about censorship of games in Australia! Very meta, @cokane. Well played. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:11:18 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104797638704119808 – #1580

@labcoatman Great question: how do you curate games? How do you choose what to keep, and how do you show it? #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:14:16 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104798386196201472 – #1572

@jbrandinoz @hamishcurry says library is focussed on game collection. So, more legitimacy for games? #freeplay11 engages powerful themes.
Sat Aug 20 06:17:01 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104799076557651968 – #1564

@poorlifechoices ‘Let the internet archive video game history’. Come on, 4chan, let’s do this. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:17:37 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104799225312845824 – #1562

@labcoatman Scary point from @lubistuff – games (and other digital art) from the 80s are not secure in the vault of culture from the era! #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:18:51 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104799538048544768 – #1560

@BRKeogh Conor O’Kane clearly hasn’t tried to play Ocarina of Time on a Wii #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:20:06 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104799852692643840 – #1556

@Smoolander We’re a polite bunch here at #freeplay11. People raising their hand in the audience to ask a question.
Sat Aug 20 06:21:25 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104800181819670528 – #1551

@labcoatman When archiving games, is there a difference b/w emulated games and original media? e.g. carts and consoles? Audience says yes! #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:21:45 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104800268901810176 – #1550

@soulgirl76 Indies, Academics and Institutions panel. Some amazing discussion ensuing already. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:22:33 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104800469825761280 – #1548

@Jickle AAAAAAAAARGH O’KANE #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:23:02 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104800590466514944 – #1546

@soulgirl76 @lubistuff makes interesting points on art, curation of video games and lackadaisical attitudes of academic institutions. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:23:08 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104800615112253440 – #1545

@ahiskens Libraries collect ephemera. We’re talking about digital ephemera here #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:23:22 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104800674293891072 – #1544

@BRKeogh Emulation is great but it isn’t the same experience if your means of control aren’t the same. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:23:27 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104800693570895872 – #1542

@SearingScarlet I genuinely can’t see curation can occur for small budgeted libraries to function without emulators.The legal side sounds messy. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:24:37 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104800989822992384 – #1541

@heresathought Panel on ‘Indies, academics and institutions’ spontaneously turns into an in-depth forum on the history of archiving. Love it. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:24:47 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104801032571322368 – #1539

@BRKeogh All data IS meaningful to archiving. Selectivity = choosing what the future remembers #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:29:26 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104802201733574656 – #1525

@poorlifechoices Machinima always = academic jizz everywhere, everyone else anxiously eyeing the exit. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:29:28 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104802208226357248 – #1524

@10rdBen I don’t think O’Kane understands what a library is for. Also, his ‘selective’ collection sounds even more skewed. #freeplay #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:30:18 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104802417207545856 – #1521

@labcoatman Would it be weird to play games in a gallery? Are all games worth preserving? Can we know what will be valuable in 200 years? #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:30:33 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104802480608649216 – #1519

@Smoolander @BRKeogh Isn’t that what all written history is? Selective choosing by the writer. Regardless of whether it’s games or not #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:32:15 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104802911632105473 – #1515

@poorlifechoices Games were art right up until the release of ‘Imagine: Party Babies’. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:34:44 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104803532917571584 – #1507

@Jickle Guy just asked if games are art. Shark jumped. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:34:55 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104803579071709184 – #1506

@Jickle These people are saying some silly things. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:41:02 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104805120369377280 – #1495

@BRKeogh Videogames are not just digital versions of nondigital games. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:41:21 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104805201122299905 – #1493

@Jickle Luckily two of them are sometimes saying interesting things too. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:42:31 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104805493544976385 – #1490

@labcoatman Hamish points out it’s not just the games and hardware we need to preserve, but the story of who made them, and how and why. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:43:15 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104805677054181376 – #1487

@10rdBen O’Kane: “Universities should be teaching students practical skills” GO THE FUCK TO TAFE #freeplay #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:43:27 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104805728727998464 – #1486

@soulgirl76 @hamishcurry relating stories of people speaking against games collections in libraries. Ridiculous. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:45:01 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104806121256128512 – #1483

@CL_Moore Games in academia is more than design and relevant skills training #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:47:00 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104806623586942976 – #1479

@Smoolander Libraries now see games as a way to engage people in new technology #freeplay11. @hamishcurry talking the good talk
Sat Aug 20 06:47:27 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104806735621013504 – #1478

@IGDAMelbourne The audience is behind @hamishcurry , @cokane, not so much #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:52:47 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104808078058340352 – #1461

@soulgirl76 Great panel but certainly lacking in a humanities/cultural studies perspective on critical study of games. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:58:26 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104809498031558656 – #1450

@poorlifechoices Capturing the experience of video games: Does the library provide the Mountain Dew? #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:58:51 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104809603715436544 – #1449

@IGDAMelbourne I wanna run around with night vision goggles in @Library_Vic . Top plan @hamishcurry #freeplay11 next #igdam meet maybe?
Sat Aug 20 07:01:17 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104810215312080896 – #1448

@grassisleena If there was a Bechdel Test for games, what would it entail? #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 07:01:26 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104810254696579072 – #1446

@budgieishere Another enjoyable panel. @hamishcurry put forward a compelling argument for being a librarian. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 07:02:27 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104810509638971392 – #1442

@jamesjdominguez The #BechdelTest for games: at least two female characters who shoot at each other, not fighting over a man. #freeplay11 /cc @grassisleena
Sat Aug 20 07:14:37 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104813571791273984 – #1434

Scattered Team Management

@greenlig Knowledge retention with scattered teams – very important #Freeplay #freeplay11

@greenlig Constant quantifiable goals – “If I can’t see it online, it doesn’t exist” #Freeplay #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:17:26 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104799181654331392 – #1563

@voiceover_au The discussion on working with scattered teams is a gold mine. DropBox as a low fi sharing mechanism for example. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:19:32 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104799709750759425 – #1557

@voiceover_au (incidentally DropBox has changed their terms of service to be more friendly after the recent IP scare) #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:21:20 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104800162475552768 – #1552

@greenlig It’s a work environment, expect people to not work. #Freeplay #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:22:30 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104800456894726144 – #1549

@MrAkPublishing “it doesn’t matter where people are from, they can still eventually hate you” #freeplay11 #distantteams
Sat Aug 20 06:29:11 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104802137405534208 – #1528

@voiceover_au Skype is an effective 1 on 1 and group communication tool for scattered teams #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:35:06 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104803628946178049 – #1505

@MrAkPublishing O’Kaaaaaaane! Sorry, I just wanted to join in… #otherpanel #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 06:37:50 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104804314173816832 – #1501

UnKeynote

@jamesjdominguez Here we go: @paul_callaghan, making history. #onesmallstep #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 07:19:35 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104814822146850816 – #1418

@Smoolander @paul_callaghan says don’t use your hands when writing funding applications #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 07:20:34 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104815067123560448 – #1416

@ahiskens @paul_callaghan a festival is a created artefact #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 07:21:32 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104815313111097345 – #1414

@labcoatman The end of day one of #freeplay11 – @paul_callaghan presenting the (un)keynote, with recognition of the possible narcissism involved.
Sat Aug 20 07:22:42 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104815604413902848 – #1411

@IGDAMelbourne I do recall another festival copping it for their boss being keynote by @paul_callaghan #freeplay11 #notnamingnames
Sat Aug 20 07:23:09 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104815717202931712 – #1409

@voiceover_au @paul_callaghan is a champion for fighting through what must feel like JetLag++ to deliver the #freeplay11 unKeynote
Sat Aug 20 07:23:29 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104815804679340033 – #1406

@ahiskens @paul_callaghan game creation is about giving peole the tools to create their own experiences #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 07:24:05 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104815955569410048 – #1405

@IGDAMelbourne Go out into the world and try stuff out #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 07:29:03 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104817203089653761 – #1395

@IGDAMelbourne True: trust in yourself that you might not fuck it up #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 07:32:10 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104817987516760064 – #1390

@labcoatman Harry the handmade hamster is clearly the unofficial mascot of #freeplay11.
Sat Aug 20 07:32:49 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104818153200168960 – #1388

@elroyonline Next time you see something handmade try to appreciate the joy that went into making it #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 07:33:13 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104818253670526976 – #1387

@SearingScarlet The unkeynote is a bit too pseudo self help book for my liking. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 07:33:24 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104818300466364416 – #1386

@10rdBen Loved @kierongillen’s slide at #freeplay11 Great slide on Mainstream vs Indie game reviews on RPS arranged by hits. Lots of indie.
Sat Aug 20 07:36:00 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104818951493660672 – #1379

@IGDAMelbourne Just go out and make things: that’s not enough. Instead, make something you care about #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 07:37:34 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104819345686929408 – #1374

@grassisleena Loving the (un)Keynote. @paul_callaghan never fails to light a fire of enthusiasm under me. That’s not meant to sound that suss. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 07:40:04 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104819978393489408 – #1364

@labcoatman Revision of last year’s thoughts: don’t just make something, make something you care about. Great words to end (un)keynote for #freeplay11!
Sat Aug 20 07:41:25 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104820315208695808 – #1363

@TinManGames I’m sitting on the other side of the world eating cereal and drinking coffee imagining @paul_callaghan’s unkeynote. It’s good! #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 07:51:03 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104822739050840064 – #1356

Pub (Saturday night)

@Jickle #freeplay11 is good. Goodgoodgood.
Sat Aug 20 08:02:07 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104825525683494912 – #1348

@hamishcurry RT @flinklabs: @free_play Fantastic event today. I feel like I was hit by a dump truck full of awesome. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 08:10:21 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104827596226834432 – #1346

@TheCantorDust “Make something you care about”. This really hit home for me because I’ve been doing the opposite for far too long. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 08:34:31 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104833678433202176 – #1344

@H4RT0 Brain saturated from #freeplay11. Need to sit down and absorb all these insights!
Sat Aug 20 08:38:39 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104834717987246080 – #1341

@RussellDilley Found the Freeplay (un)Keynote to be interesting. I enjoyed its scattershot approach. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 08:46:05 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104836588210626561 – #1337

@psikore #freeplay11 great 1st day. Lots of passionate gamedevs in Melbourne. Met some old friends from Beam too. Such a vibrant city!
Sat Aug 20 09:17:11 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104844417097150465 – #1330

@AussieBen Today I told an audience about MacGuffin’s Curse AND Mole Mania. I don’t know how I can top this public speaking record #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 09:51:16 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104852995103145984 – #1329

@bradleybones Brilliant day at #freeplay11 (despite tardiness). Great presentations, especially enjoyed politics discussion.
Sat Aug 20 09:59:43 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104855119157411840 – #1324

@shallow_depths Seeing a hunger for a better exploration of gender and sexuality, impossible to do it justice in the politics panel. #freeplay11 thought.
Sat Aug 20 10:47:46 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104867213047111681 – #1318

@scozdawg Truna for PM #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 10:58:36 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104869940699480064 – #1316

@scozdawg Really enjoyed #freeplay11 today, in particular… everything Luke Muscat’s speech was probably my fav, followed closely by the keynote..
Sat Aug 20 10:59:49 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104870246472626176 – #1314

@SearingScarlet Enjoyed the curation panel.I don’t get the backlash,isn’t it a good thing to have panel that isn’t everyone agrees w/ everyone? #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 12:42:50 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104896171306254336 – #1269

@jamesjdominguez I must say, even though the #freeplay11 crowd is accepting and open-minded, it still felt oddly subversive to kiss my boyfriend at the bar.
Sat Aug 20 13:15:40 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104904432839430144 – #1253

@leehsl Best. #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 13:39:48 +0000 2011 – tweet id 104910506153881600 – #1250

Day 2, pre-opening

@psikore #freeplay11 Freeplay makes me question myself as a game creator and for that I call it a success.
Sat Aug 20 21:54:41 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105035047324745728 – #1235

@Jickle Let’s see if I can’t shake this hangover before #freeplay11 starts up again. Liking it more than last year’s event, I’d say.
Sat Aug 20 21:56:27 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105035494257205248 – #1234

@Charcoal Running a little late,but I have a new version of Cascade on the phone,with ideas and suggestions taken from yesterday #freeplay11 #freeplay
Sat Aug 20 22:27:26 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105043288012238848 – #1226

@catmccredie Spent all yesterday at #freeplay11. Inspiring, smart, creative, lots of ideas, also friendly and fun. More today.
Sat Aug 20 22:42:47 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105047152648142849 – #1225

@hamishcurry Good morning coffee my old friend, it’s good to drink you once again… #garfunkelwouldkillme #freeplay11
Sat Aug 20 22:44:04 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105047473747267584 – #1224

Cheating the Golden Rule

@IGDAMelbourne Success in crowdfunding: be reasonable in your goals, be passionate about the project, and engage and use your fan base #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 00:06:44 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105068279407722496 – #1138
@IGDAMelbourne 20% of Australian @pozible crowdfunding projects come from Melbourne! YAY!!! #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 00:08:39 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105068760829927424 – #1135

@davidwildgoose Aww @FarbsMcFarbs just blew me a kiss #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 00:11:56 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105069588168970240 – #1131

@IGDAMelbourne Common theme: having a funding system that has income while you’re making the game (not after) definitely helps keep your sanity #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 00:14:03 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105070121319534593 – #1126

@IGDAMelbourne . @FarbsMcFarbs: most of my sales were to other game devs. -> reach to a wider audience #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 00:15:06 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105070385598439424 – #1124

@hamishcurry Getting the freemium low-down by @farbsmcfarbs with the ‘Woo!’ & the ‘Boo!’ #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 00:15:27 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105070471929802752 – #1123

@IGDAMelbourne There’s such a host of free tools and engines, indie game development is really strong, lots of options out there to get started #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 00:18:09 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105071150547206144 – #1119

@IGDAMelbourne No matter what stage in dev your game is, make it as easy as possible for people to buy it and become a part of it #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 00:27:16 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105073448111439872 – #1109

@hamishcurry Focus is actually 70% marketing & 30% functionality – Rick Chen #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 00:28:16 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105073696288419840 – #1106

@CL_Moore Indies are agile and can move into new markets v. quickly #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 00:34:05 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105075161946005504 – #1103

@pebblecube Loved @FarbsMcFarbs presentation! @CaptainForever it’s awesome! #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 00:35:52 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105075610304524288 – #1100

@IGDAMelbourne Panelists commonly started their business part time on top of their other jobs. Hobby game dev can become a full-time job #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 00:37:50 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105076106129969152 – #1096

@ddonahoo I know today will be one of those Days that I wish I’d studied comp. sc. or at least learnt a programming language or 5 #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 00:38:27 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105076259180134400 – #1095

@poorlifechoices Move over, @dangolding – teen hearthrob Scott Reismanis presenting on stage now at #freeplay11, direct from Summer Bay.
Sun Aug 21 00:38:31 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105076277991579649 – #1094

@hamishcurry ModDB & IndieDB the biggest game websites no-one knows about -Scott Reismanis #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 00:39:08 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105076432711057408 – #1093

@CL_Moore “Indie devs using indiedb.com are making money because they don’t have to put their games on shelves” #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 00:41:29 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105077022405050369 – #1088

@BRKeogh It’s true. The gaming press love indies. Send ‘em something different and they’ll run with it. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 00:42:47 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105077349573332992 – #1085

@CL_Moore “never underestimate the power of the niche” #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 00:44:59 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105077904584622081 – #1082

@SearingScarlet Surreal to constantly hear Paypal being mentioned. Mostly because i still think of it as “that CEO is building Rapture,” #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 00:47:13 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105078468387143680 – #1078

@rob_caporetto Mac owners *don’t* get anywhere near as many titles as some may think. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 00:48:13 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105078718967459840 – #1075

@TheCantorDust @benbritten @FarbsMcFarbs Hooray for wives & partners that can support indies. We are pretty damn awesome. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 00:51:38 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105079578493583360 – #1072

@hamishcurry Great to hear these positive insights from young entrepreneurs -the stuff of optimism #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 00:58:17 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105081250804543489 – #1059

@BRKeogh This panel about funding indie titles is surprisingly interesting. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 00:58:50 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105081392286797824 – #1058

@CL_Moore “the best person to market your games is you” #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:06:24 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105083293912932353 – #1043

@IGDAMelbourne “you want to make a thing that people can see, and will want to buy” <- @FarbsMcFarbs #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:08:15 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105083758914437120 – #1041

@IGDAMelbourne Keep regular online presence, blog posting, constant updates and information to gradually build your profile and audience. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:10:11 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105084244971368448 – #1037

@lisadempster ‘Indies are flexible, adaptable’ which is a positive in the market, Reismanis – as with publishers, so too for game developers #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:13:16 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105085022419161088 – #1028

@Jason_Bakker Post on niche forum to gauge interest, bubbling effect can (occasionally) occur. – @FarbsMcFarbs #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:13:50 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105085163402305537 – #1025

@CL_Moore The best way to protect your ip is to be known for making it #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:14:03 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105085221443076096 – #1024

@POWERMAYO We issue takedown notices on Flight Control ripoffs all the time. They shamelessly steal the graphics, audio, name #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:16:24 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105085812466651136 – #1021

That One Piece of Advice (Truna)

@IGDAMelbourne And they’re talking about game jams!!! Yay! #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:24:01 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105087729804652544 – #1009

@Jickle Trunagames. #freeplay11 #trunaplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:25:09 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105088015344467968 – #1006

@ddonahoo One bit of advice…videos in PowerPoint designed to crash once the presentation has an audience of 20+ #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:27:19 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105088559215677440 – #1003

@voiceover_au Very impressive example of dealing with tech fail from the @igdaBrisbane speakers – such an important part of good presenting #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:30:28 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105089351700066304 – #1000

@10rdBen In a world hell bent on capitalist realism, there’s something revolutionary about doing things for passion #gamejam #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:36:10 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105090786797953024 – #988

@MrAkPublishing Really? ‘bar’ as a gamejam keyword? Am I the only one who dislikes this oversaturation marketing? #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:31:17 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105089556549877760 – #999

@CL_Moore “Creative communities – supporting, building and engaging in glorious passionate creative activity” #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:38:14 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105091304404422656 – #983

@Jason_Bakker Man, 48hr game challenge looks fun. Will try to finally make it to the next global game jam #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:38:19 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105091326030262272 – #981

@voiceover_au Making games under intense pressure build community, agility and helps to start build an alternative to the big studio model #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:41:34 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105092144120856577 – #972

@redroste295 That’s it, going to Global Game Jam this year, no doubts about it! #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:41:57 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105092240069754880 – #969

That One Piece of Advice (Ben Britten)

@IGDAMelbourne . @benbritten that one piece of advice: finish your game! There are different kinds of ‘finish’ #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:43:04 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105092523411767297 – #966

@Jickle Ben Britten says ‘finish your game’. I’ll appropriate that into ‘finish your thesis’. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:43:48 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105092708258942976 – #963

@ddonahoo A finished game is a complete experience says @benbritten #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:44:28 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105092874340798464 – #961

@CL_Moore practice finishing your games, not just making them @benbritten #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:46:07 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105093290872938496 – #958

@CL_Moore “Creating something from nothing: a spike of awesomeness” #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:48:17 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105093834110803969 – #953

@redroste295 best graphs ever! @benbritten #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:48:25 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105093869028384768 – #952

@desensitisation I think that awesomeness chart is pretty accurate for us writers, too #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:48:53 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105093986645057536 – #949

@voiceover_au @benbritten’s One Piece Of Advice slides are a fantastic companion to his talk – great accompaniment rather than just restating #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:50:36 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105094416116621312 – #944

@Smoolander @benbritten is imparting academy award winning knowledge in the Conference Centre #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:51:00 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105094520194084864 – #943

@POWERMAYO God damn I love @benbritten #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:52:00 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105094772473069568 – #941

@Jason_Bakker Hey, my talk got a mention! Thanks @benbritten. Am taking all your advice to heart #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:52:08 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105094804370759681 – #93

@TheCantorDust Love @benbritten ‘s WoW analogy for the “honeymoon period” of game creation, questing and grinding. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:53:03 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105095032813518848 – #936

@BRKeogh .@benbritten’s talk reminds me of this great letter by Neil Gaiman about finishing projects: http://t.co/76qRqoF #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:54:22 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105095364343898112 – #933

@IGDAMelbourne “DO NOT BUILD YOUR OWN ENGINE!” <- @benbritten #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:54:23 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105095368508833792 – #932

@ddonahoo Yep. Knew this would happen. I want to be a programmer again. #freeplay11 (thx @benbritten )
Sun Aug 21 01:54:25 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105095378868768768 – #931

@Surplus_Matter Is it just me or does this graph in ben britton’s session represent the work ive done on my thesis, except without the progress? #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:54:52 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105095490282078208 – #928

@Smoolander “Don’t build your dream game first because you’ll be disappointed when it sucks – @benbritten” #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:55:10 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105095566211551232 – #927

@ddonahoo @benbritten says (and I agree) failure is awesome #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:55:32 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105095658121342976 – #926

@bradleybones Good judgement comes from experience, experience comes from bad judgement – Ben Britten #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:56:00 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105095776182599680 – #921

@beat_therapy #freeplay11 @benbritten great advice: “Tools. Use them.” … I will be repeating this in my workshop this arvo re audio tools
Sun Aug 21 01:55:41 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105095695773597697 – #922

@Biscotti Failure is awesome. Fail as quickly and as often as you can. @benbritton #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:56:24 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105095877647020032 – #919

@SearingScarlet The talk by @benbritten is the one gentle kick up the arse many of us need. In the most rational form. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:57:36 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105096179607539712 – #914

@CL_Moore I think it was mackenzie wark who defined gamers as those who come to an understanding through quantifiable failure #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:58:27 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105096391868690432 – #908

@Jason_Bakker At the speed @benbritten talks we’re getting like, three talks in one. #awesome #value #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:58:35 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105096426333290497 – #907

@davidwildgoose Game developers as submariners. “Down scope!” #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:02:05 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105097308445753344 – #894

Judging Games by Their Covers

@SearingScarlet Alright, this is the first event I genuinely disliked. Tracing Zelda as a valid, recommended technique. Really? #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 01:36:56 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105090979991785472 – #985

@Smoolander Wow, Ryan from @AnomalousInt created the bully image by tracing over an image of Link and modifying slightly #freeplay11 #slingshotjustice
Sun Aug 21 01:38:19 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105091326818795520 – #982

Growing up in Gaming Culture

@ahiskens @ddonahoo talking about ‘fuzzy heroes’ games with soft toys (oh, and with his kids ) #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:15:00 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105100558695804928 – #876

@desensitisation “We used to play text-based games… and then we got graphics! It was all downhill from there!” #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:18:01 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105101316648472576 – #867

@Daraven442 #freeplay11 the whole talk about having kids & then having no time for games. Reminding me of my own parents.
Sun Aug 21 02:23:08 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105102604685684736 – #855

@IGDAMelbourne Too many conservative game jams in nursing homes: could this be the future? #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:23:36 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105102723682275328 – #854

@ahiskens @grassisleena kids have zero tolerance of not fun. Reckon adults should too #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:23:37 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105102728216330240 – #853

@Smoolander “Kids have always played games of some sort.” I say there are just more mediums for game playing now and all are valid #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:25:20 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105103160070242304 – #852

@ahiskens @lukebunyip talking about adults playing adults games – as a way of managing life stuff #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:25:53 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105103298935275520 – #851

@Smoolander “I’m not an adult playing kids games, I’m an adult playing adult games – Luke Bennett” #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:30:43 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105104514675261440 – #841

@IGDAMelbourne Parents should repeatedly read to kids to foster a love of reading. The same should apply to gaming as well: @hamishcurry #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:32:23 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105104934797705217 – #839

@ahiskens @hamishcurry talking about parents alongside kids gaming – as feedback loop. Sounds like best practice to me #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:33:05 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105105107594641408 – #838

@ahiskens @grassisleena 3yo son can put music on and play games on ipad at the same time #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:35:15 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105105655429472256 – #833

@Smoolander @grassisleena throwing her 3 year old in the water to see if he can swim. Oh, it was a metaphor #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:35:27 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105105704179863552 – #832

@elroyonline “I’m teaching [my child] big life lessons with plants vs zombies” #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:35:59 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105105839806877696 – #827

@xutraa I don’t have kids, but the way @grassisleena et al are speaking about gaming and kids is facinating. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:40:05 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105106870682923008 – #821

@Dellath Well parents with concerns would would probably burn those books to keep warm… # sarcasm #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:40:37 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105107005533990913 – #820

@rob_caporetto Interesting to hear these tales of Minecraft and parent/child relationships. Always helps bring a little hope for the next gen… #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:40:58 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105107094419681280 – #818

@xutraa “more male figures in chainmail bikinis!” #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:48:08 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105108896296873984 – #802

@lubistuff Wasn’t going to tweet this but think I will now… it keeps coming up- maybe add gender to the agenda for 2012 #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:50:02 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105109375496105985 – #793

@Zevensoft I wonder which is a more vile cesspool of immature bigotry: YouTube comments or XBox Live #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:49:59 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105109361227083776 – #794

@Dellath Every idea is new to kids, it’s easier for them to embrace new ways of gaming, unlike us locked into FPS, ERA, etc. paradigms. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:50:51 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105109579435741184 – #792

@jamesjdominguez @lubistuff – Yup, and diversity in general. Gender, race, orientation, disability, and more. It’s come up several times now, #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:51:39 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105109782662356993 – #790

@jamesjdominguez What are other games that let you make things, good for classroom? Minecraft and LBP mentioned.TrackMania? #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 03:02:51 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105112602111250432 – #770

@jamesjdominguez Dan Donahoo – Get people who work with disabled people, refugees, and more together for a game jam with indie game developers. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 03:05:25 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105113246897410049 – #767

@jamesjdominguez Thus spake @grassisleena: “I want everyone to be critics: woman, disabled, everyone non-mainstream-gamer.” Diversity in writing. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 03:07:39 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105113808053350401 – #763

@cratesmith @grassisleena makes the point that she identifies better with the term ‘player’ than ‘gamer’. Can we just ditch the word gamer? #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 03:16:54 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105116137905340416 – #749

@budgieishere Play is part of the human condition. Why do we assume it stops? – Dan Donahoo. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 03:18:47 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105116608195854336 – #744

@budgieishere That was a brilliant, inspirational and thought provoking panel. #freeplay11 Luke, Dan, Leena, Hamish – thank you!
Sun Aug 21 03:21:26 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105117275723546624 – #741

The Use of Metrics

@SearingScarlet Very pleased with the workshop regard to engage with audience talk. To the point, and so very true. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:15:13 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105100613041401856 – #875

@SearingScarlet “Don’t build a game for everyone. Know your audiance.” #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:16:13 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105100863940464640 – #873

@SearingScarlet I fully admit that the moment stats is mentioned I had a fight or flight reaction. Traumatised for life. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:26:42 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105103504309358592 – #849

@voiceover_au Focus on juicy parts of feedback and turn stats into clear actions for development #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:35:53 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105105812132855808 – #829

@SearingScarlet Talk about persona yet no screen shot of the series Persona. Come on now ;D #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:41:42 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105107278029537280 – #814

Alex Bruce Interview

@matt_manic Transformers and nyan cat. @Demruth’s interview is very informative so far. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:33:46 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105105279460450304 – #836

@seanmrankin Loving the discussion in the wheeler centre on antichamber #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:37:56 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105106330704027649 – #824

@10rdBen Before Bruce made antichamber, he was trying to make a game of Snake. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:44:37 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105108011550392320 – #811

@seanmrankin Some metroid love over here in the @wheelercentre #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:51:42 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105109796537122816 – #789

@Jickle Alexander Bruce is great. Sad I had to miss @grassisleena to see him though. Sorry! IOU 1x drinks. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:55:06 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105110648387682304 – #781

@10rdBen Alexander Bruce: “I have no idea who my audience is”. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:55:19 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105110705518288897 – #780

@10rdBen Bruce keeping neurotic control of the game. Steering clear of publishers. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:57:58 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105111371284353025 – #778

@seanmrankin ‘Don’t run around knifing dudes in real life.’ excellent advice from @labcoatman #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 02:59:25 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105111734540435456 – #776

@Surplus_Matter Good to see indie game developers like Alexander Bruce who reject the need to incorporate achievements in their games. Bravo! #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 03:02:20 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105112469550284801 – #772

@BRKeogh Lots of nodding heads in this interview. An interesting speaker, @Demruth is. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 03:08:27 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105114009132482560 – #762

@Surplus_Matter Alexander Bruce is discussing some really interesting stuff about how game design structures players’ actions. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 03:11:31 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105114782838947840 – #755

@BRKeogh “If someone is bad at their job in the real world they get fired” – @Demruth on why uni group projects are shit. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 03:20:07 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105116945099137024 – #743

@seanmrankin Great interview @wheelercentre, can’t wait to check out antichamber #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 03:37:42 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105121372539326465 – #728

Rolling your own

@Dellath Efficiency, effectiveness and satisfaction, three ideals that should be applied at all games not just indies, sadly not so… #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 04:13:23 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105130349603995648 – #707

@unknownsavage 16.5 billion people in the West doing yoga? That’s amazing – that’s two and half times the world’s population… #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 04:36:27 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105136153899962369 – #678

@Dellath I always thought it was “yoghurt flame”, he just crushed my childhood idea of an of an extreme health food nut #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 04:37:17 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105136367356493826 – #674

Farbs Interview

@seanmrankin ‘Wear socks in your ugh boots.’ sage advice from @farbs #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 03:53:34 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105125364573016064 – #722

@MrAkPublishing Oh, you’re checking your notes. I thought you were checking Twitter! #farbs #buuurn #notreally #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 04:06:17 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105128562612379649 – #715

@seanmrankin ‘Canberra is like being in a submarine.’ as a former Canberran I can sympathise! #farbs #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 04:13:57 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105130494047424512 – #705

@Sonictail It’s @farbsmcfarbs farbing it up at #freeplay11 speaking about Canberra having little GD community #andnotbeingsued http://t.co/AS8IfW0
Sun Aug 21 04:15:28 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105130876697985024 – #702

@davidwildgoose Design challenge: lo-fi graphics that aren’t retro? -@FarbsMcFarbs #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 04:32:51 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105135250828558336 – #684

@polymonkey .@FarbsMcFarbs Recorded the pc speaker to get original sounds. Beautiful. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 04:36:55 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105136271860568064 – #677

@MythicalC “@davidwildgoose: “Being in Canberra is like being in a submarine” – @FarbsMcFarbs #freeplay11 #downscope” – kinda more like a centrifuge
Sun Aug 21 04:44:09 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105138094084341760 – #663

That One Piece of Advice (Leigh Klaver)

@SearingScarlet Indeed. This obsession with rigid separation of “hardcore” and “casual” is insulting to everyone. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 04:07:49 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105128947884367872 – #713

@SearingScarlet My flatmate introduced me to Angry Birds. Guess which one of us is more stereotypically “gamer”? #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 04:09:44 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105129433274388480 – #712

@SearingScarlet dragon age’s gay relationship and the hetero entitlement is mentioned again. Times like this I want to donate BioWare a kidney. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 04:13:33 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105130392008396800 – #706

@SearingScarlet this session at auditorium session right now. A perfect follow up to the early workshop. Why it’s pointless to please everyone. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 04:20:57 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105132256452030464 – #695

@BRKeogh Difficulty should be in mastering the game, not in learning the game – Leigh Klaver #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 04:26:27 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105133639150485504 – #691

That One Piece of Advice (Rob MacBride)

@Jickle ‘Find the Fun’ – dude on stage. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 04:29:36 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105134430917632001 – #688

@Jickle I don’t need to go on my standard ‘videogames don’t need to be fun’ rant, do I? #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 04:31:20 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105134866584182785 – #686

@CL_Moore What have you learnt from a game without realising it? #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 04:32:43 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105135218133966848 – #685

@heresathought “Probably getting a bit weird, you guys might not be following. So let’s get a bit weirder.” Rob MacBride – true to his word. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 04:34:14 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105135599215845376 – #682

@BRKeogh Rob McBride makes me think of a white Stringer. As in from The Wire. Anyone else see it? #freeplay11 #probsjustme
Sun Aug 21 04:37:14 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105136352252801024 – #675

@BRKeogh The unsubtitled Metro 2033 Russian *makes* that game’s atmosphere. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 04:41:16 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105137366603280384 – #669

@voiceover_au Playing a game in the original language with subtitles to avoid bad localization – extension of the anime principle #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 04:41:52 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105137518940405760 – #667

@SearingScarlet But Lost Odyssey is not Korean. It also has a fragment worthy of play in English just for the beautiful translation. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 04:42:45 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105137739837607937 – #666

@bradleybones Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4 gave me an instant ability to navigate around Alcatraz #freeplay11 #passivelearning
Sun Aug 21 04:53:54 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105140548767203328 – #660

@_ChrisHawkins Games don’t incite violence, violence incites games. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 04:55:13 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105140877596434432 – #658

@flying_feline All I know about economics I learned from Eve Online #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 04:58:43 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105141760195440640 – #654

The Words That We Use

@BRKeogh Two sentences in, already infuriated. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:04:02 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105143097666711553 – #650

@seanmrankin It’s all about the nob gags @YahtzeeCroshaw #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:04:50 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105143298854891521 – #648

@BRKeogh INTELLECTUAL ISN’T A BAD THING DAMN IT #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:06:19 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105143671615266816 – #645

@BRKeogh Want more intellectual, artful games? You need more intellectual, artful criticism. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:07:07 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105143873373863936 – #644

@CL_Moore intellectual is the boss battle @BRKeogh #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:08:20 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105144179432230913 – #638

@labcoatman At “The Words We Choose” panel – game criticism & reporting. @yahtzeecroshaw upfront about chasing knob gags for easy laughs. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:08:37 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105144252211802113 – #635

@10rdBen It’s not quite anti-intellectualism in the comments these panel members are making. Just potted defense of mid-brow #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:08:51 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105144308193165312 – #633

@10rdBen Alison Croggon wanted to write about stuff no one else was, so she started a blog. #GoodAdvice #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:09:49 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105144552075173888 – #628

@BRKeogh So players are intelligent enough for artful, intelligent games but they only want to read penis jokes and review scores. Right. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:10:43 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105144779163181056 – #627

@SearingScarlet Words We Use panel made me feel validated for not bother with reviews. It started with suggest to cater for lowest denominator. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:11:15 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105144914433687552 – #626

@BRKeogh I’ll bite my tongue until peeps elaborate. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:11:25 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105144954334085121 – #625

@10rdBen “The Internet can be cliquey” – Yahtzee #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:12:13 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105145158441508864 – #623

@Jickle Argh, Leigh, stop calling them ‘the old magazines’! #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:12:57 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105145342244290561 – #622

@labcoatman Speaking critically about theatre has a long tradition. Games are still building a tradition. Comes from tech, hence scores. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:13:51 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105145569604943874 – #621

@unknownsavage “Reviewing is something you do to lawnmowers.” – Yahtzee #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:14:35 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105145751537057792 – #617

@BRKeogh Does anyone on this panel actually read videogame criticism? #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:15:04 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105145872366583809 – #614

@10rdBen Alison Coggon to Yahtzee: “Do you connect anything in games to stuff outside? Like what a game means?” (That is a good question) #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:15:45 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105146046392434689 – #612

@Jason_Bakker . @YahtzeeCroshaw approaches his criticism from the perspective that games are art. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:15:57 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105146095306407936 – #611

@10rdBen Yahtzee says he doesn’t have much interest in non-games culture. Which is reasonably self-evident in hindsight. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:17:16 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105146429395312640 – #606

@SearingScarlet Felt this way at the game journo panel in AVcon too. It is more orientated to other journo/ wannabes than anyone else. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:18:28 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105146728843452416 – #600

@10rdBen If no one mentions @KillScreenMag in this panel I am going to say that they’re maybe not as across the topic as could be. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:18:29 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105146735315259393 – #599

@_ChrisHawkins #freeplay11 is an interesting cocktail of wanky intellectualism and designing for fun and everyone. Some people trying to straddle the gap.
Sun Aug 21 05:19:35 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105147011073978368 – #596

@Jickle This is a rather presumptuous panel, I think. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:19:59 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105147110441226240 – #595

@davidwildgoose If you’re going to chair a panel it might help to research your topic #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:21:50 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105147576793309184 – #590

@hamishcurry Blood & carcasses everywhere. The FPS player has left the building #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:22:18 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105147694288343040 – #589

@heresathought @Jickle Kind of a presumptuous audience too. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:24:24 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105148220937736192 – #585

@Jason_Bakker “Art online only looks great when your computer is on” – Drew Taylor #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:24:37 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105148275920879616 – #584

@BRKeogh Games criticism aggregation? That sounds like @critdistance #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:24:59 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105148368539484160 – #581

@MrAkPublishing Jesus, this panel is missing such a major area in terms of critical discussion! I’m actually getting genuinely annoyed! Rage! #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:26:20 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105148707862872064 – #575

@SearingScarlet When people shut themselves into narrow range of experience only,it’s easy to turn pedantically obsessive. Not just gaming. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:26:58 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105148868978683904 – #574

@BRKeogh Speaking of ignorance… #thispanel #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:27:11 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105148921780764672 – #572

@ElPrezAU Meep. RT @BRKeogh: Great. Now we are conflating journalism and criticism. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:27:16 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105148942060228608 – #571

@heresathought Alison Croggon mentions “excessively negative reviews”. Yahtzee, next to her, breathes in sharply. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:27:32 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105149013141110784 – #570

@Dellath This seems to have become a discussion about the state of journalism in general with a hint of gaming, not game criticism. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:29:19 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105149459104677888 – #565

@MrAkPublishing A halo fan isn’t just about the game? Jesus fucking Christ – Halo? That’s your example of depth? #freeplay11 #rage
Sun Aug 21 05:29:31 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105149509880918016 – #563

@labcoatman While print is finite, online response to it increasing. e.g. Reviewer Reviewer or @justinhamilt0n’s piece for The Scrivener. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:30:01 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105149634514649090 – #562

@Surplus_Matter I dislike it when panels become all about 2 people while the others become just props for them to dominate. Like right now at #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:31:42 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105150058986602496 – #557

@seanmrankin 5 out of 10 = 0 #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:31:45 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105150074119655425 – #556

@Jickle A 5 is a 5, not a 0! Some of us actually respect how numbers work! #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:32:09 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105150173067489280 – #553

@davidwildgoose Panel on games writing now panel on review scores. Numbers are not words, guys. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:32:52 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105150354110423040 – #549

@10rdBen I want to hear more from Alison Croggon. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:33:09 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105150426399248386 – #544

@SearingScarlet Pettiness is not constructive. It’s possible to be honest and strict without need to put down. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:33:41 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105150557794222080 – #541

@labcoatman How does the relationship between producers and reviewers differ for games versus other media? Seems they’re more influential? #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:34:00 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105150638656200704 – #539

@BRKeogh Protip: game journalists, if they do their job, shouldn’t give a shit about the effect on your studio #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:34:17 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105150709930008576 – #538

@Jason_Bakker Interesting to hear perspective on bad early reviews from the publisher PR side. Still sounds kinda evil. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:34:18 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105150714023657472 – #537

@ddonahoo Hmmm. One sided panel at #freeplay11 not sure what is being said…
Sun Aug 21 05:34:36 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105150788308959232 – #536

@Surplus_Matter C’mon, let Allison Croggan & @NiteShok actually contribute too. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:35:18 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105150964138385408 – #533

@Smoolander Drew Taylor says metacritic is a good tool for publishers to measure success by. So we use broken tools to justify jobs now? #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:35:52 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105151107503894528 – #528

@budgieishere I’d argue Rock Paper Shotgun write the kind of reviews that should be more prevalent in gaming journalism. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:37:56 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105151628440641536 – #524

@BRKeogh This is the worst panel ever. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:40:40 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105152315752841216 – #509

@10rdBen Oh good, thanks for making it clear just how chauvinistic you are Mr Panel host. “Little serious game criticism from women” #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:41:27 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105152511559737344 – #507

@BRKeogh Great female game critics: @leighalexander @KrisLigman @elenielstorm @kateri_t @traceylien and sooo many more. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:41:51 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105152612692787200 – #506

@10rdBen I wonder how @desensitisation feels about that… #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:41:52 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105152620276088832 – #505

@CoreyRalli Yay Alison finally speaks! It’s a shame my favorite speaker on the panel is not even part of the games indrustry #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:42:05 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105152672591642624 – #502

@BRKeogh Pro tip: dick and bukkake jokes don’t sit well with discussions of gender. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:42:43 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105152831903903744 – #499

@10rdBen Panel host: “Are there any women writing about games?” ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!? WHOSE FAULT IS IT THAT YOU DON’T KNOW? #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:42:57 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105152892641624064 – #497

@Jason_Bakker Women are 52% of population, how are things that they are interested in still considered “special interest” – Alison Croggon #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:43:12 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105152953714880512 – #495

@poorlifechoices I’d write more about games if I could just stop thinking about baaabies ^.^ #freeplay11 #genderD:
Sun Aug 21 05:43:13 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105152959775649792 – #494

@10rdBen Fuck this shit. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:43:27 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105153018118410240 – #493

@Nomnisang @10rdBen There are women writing about games that don’t even make games their main focus. #underarock #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:43:49 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105153108111396864 – #492

@_ChrisHawkins We forget that it’s a lot of the girls in mainstream society that perpetuate this image. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:44:05 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105153174175879168 – #490

@Jickle Game journalism discussion, circa 1982. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:44:14 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105153214478942208 – #488

@unknownsavage We just had a female games journo on the previous panel (@grassisleena). No-one noticed? #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:44:26 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105153263908818944 – #485

@MrAkPublishing Don’t ‘we’ me. I’m not part of your limited old dialogue. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:45:00 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105153408335486978 – #482

@BRKeogh Somebody stop this trainwreck. @10rdBen, @davidwildgoose let’s crash the stage. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:45:16 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105153473506582528 – #480

@MythicalC %|<\#>|*]^{^{£{*|#~!]¥{>!!!!!! not going to yell at panel! #freeplay11 #girlsInGameCriticism
Sun Aug 21 05:45:33 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105153543777943552 – #478

@_ChrisHawkins Average age of gamers: about 30. Average mental age: still 12. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:45:39 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105153570130771968 – #477

@heresathought This forum suggests good criticism is not finding a wide audience. It exists, but nobody on the panel seems to have found it. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:46:00 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105153656747335680 – #475

@desensitisation I wish I could be furious, but listening to uninformed people is actually putting me to sleep. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:46:12 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105153710627373056 – #474

@Jickle To be fair Yahtzee is right about male weirdos being weird. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:47:14 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105153967419432960 – #468

@10rdBen Men making pronouncements about female games writers while A WOMAN WRITER ON THE PANEL STAYS SILENT. FUCK OFF #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:47:22 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105154000399249408 – #467

@budgieishere Uh. I can’t quite follow Leigh. He’s talking about problems with stereotypes while using backwards stereotypical examples .. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:47:43 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105154090258022400 – #465

@MrAkPublishing @unknownsavage @grassisleena Not only that, but @traceylien is around somewhere, and she’s probably Aus’ *best* game journalist.#freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:47:45 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105154100529868800 – #464

@rantOclock Chair for the games writing panel really needs to realise he isn’t actually on the panel #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:48:05 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105154183644192768 – #460

@SearingScarlet Are there females? There’s one sitting on your panel, who contributed more in two sentences than anyone else. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:48:10 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105154202464038913 – #458

@lisadempster Why aren’t women represented in gaming journalism and criticism? @alisoncroggon asks the otherwise all male panel #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:49:07 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105154441535176704 – #453

@labcoatman Root of games writing is technical, hence ratings and mechanics focus. Hence also male-dominated geek culture? #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:50:03 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105154677271830528 – #448

@MythicalC So so close to throwing something at them #freeplay11 girls like tech too!!!!!
Sun Aug 21 05:50:37 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105154819341295616 – #446

@heresathought Good criticism needs better marketing? I’m trying to draw a positive conclusion out of this train wreck of a discussion. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:51:39 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105155078347964417 – #443

@labcoatman Stop saying “female”! Isn’t that a weird way to talk about women? Isn’t that part of the culture that excludes them? #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:51:53 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105155140947943426 – #442

@CalebBridge Does the game industry have a problem with too much navel-gazing? #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:51:55 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105155146912239616 – #440

@_ChrisHawkins MAYBE IT WOULD GO AWAY IF THEY STOPPED TALKING ABOUT IT. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:52:41 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105155339065896960 – #437

@lisadempster Man in audience tries to dismiss the ‘issue of women, which will fix itself in time’… audience tells him he’s WRONG. YAY! #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:53:29 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105155541189394432 – #436

@desensitisation Okay I’m furious now. Why are the panelists and this retarded audience member so afraid to discuss women in criticism? #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:54:03 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105155683799924738 – #435

@SearingScarlet I suspect one issue is that most panelists are more used to having time to edit out their words rather than live improvising. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:55:22 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105156014420140032 – #431

@rantOclock God this panel has become a cluster fuck. The chair has done more talking than two of the speakers combined. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:55:41 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105156093994479616 – #429

@burstsgnlsymfny #freeplay11 addressing why the game culture sees itself as lacking women might be a good step towards getting gaming seen as relevant art…
Sun Aug 21 05:55:57 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105156161107525632 – #428

@hamishcurry Ah the wisdom of crowds… #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:56:59 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105156422618189824 – #425

@Smoolander @10rdBen giving it to everyone on this panel re: women games critics #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:59:38 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105157088677871616 – #416

@poorlifechoices Oh did I miss something? I was reading Cortana slashfic. #everyhalofan #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 06:17:46 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105161653271789568 – #355

@lisadempster And @alisoncroggon responded: ‘it hasn’t fixed itself in literature’. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 06:18:04 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105161726286241792 – #354

@CalebBridge Would have loved to hear more from Andrew McMillen who has done some high quality, real games journalism #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 06:00:22 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105157275844489216 – #411

@jamesjdominguez Alison Croggon – “A woman has to be three times as good as any man to get the same amount of respect.” I wish it wasn’t true. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 06:04:29 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105158309295824896 – #392

@alisoncroggon Well, that was interesting. Surprise surprise: gender is a BIG issue in gaming. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 06:34:51 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105165950369808385 – #280

@dangolding RT @traceylien “It’s about creating a culture where women are just as abundant as men, and not just in a tokenistic way.” #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 06:56:53 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105171496086937600 – #198

@alisoncroggon @labcoatman There was an absence of the “art” word on our panel. Not sure if that reflects game criticism as a whole? #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 06:58:08 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105171809929924608 – #197

@suibriel There are plenty of female game critics. They’re on youtube, wear low-cut tops and review games like Dragon Age 2 and Portal 2. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 07:00:31 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105172410273243136 – #191

@10rdBen Men, we’ve got real discomfort coming our way if we’re going to challenge our attitudes to under-representation of women #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 07:01:06 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105172559733071872 – #189

@jazzrozz Maybe a withdrawal from the booth babe mentality would be a a good move towards redressing gender in games issues #JustAThought #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 07:02:49 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105172989779255296 – #185

@10rdBen Lubi with a great point: representation does not indicate parity in terms of power. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 07:07:10 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105174085910265856 – #166

@SearingScarlet #freeplay11 so now we are tackling the GamerTriads stereotype, can we also mention include the non-whites too?
Sun Aug 21 07:07:18 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105174116608380929 – #165

@NiteShok Sorry to those disappointed by how the ‘words we use’ panel at #freeplay11 turned out. Hard for me to engage with the topics that came up.
Sun Aug 21 07:28:09 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105179366983598080 – #128

Writing an Opus

@IGDAMelbourne Made it for the last sections of ‘designing an opus’, great stuff about adaptive audio in games #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:49:04 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105154431678550016 – #454

Simon Joslin Interview

@voiceover_au Interesting – @simonjoslin finds concepts and mechanics far more inspiring than narrative #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:09:01 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105144350182346752 – #632

@voiceover_au Prototyping games in cardboard in order to test concepts quickly (@simonjoslin) seems like great idea if you can tool transfer #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 05:31:23 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105149978581807104 – #559

@elroyonline At #freeplay11 @simonjoslin just confessed that they (voxel) don’t have to work very hard! All you indie devs are full of shit!
Sun Aug 21 06:06:00 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105158690205736960 – #387

The Next Twelve Months

@ddonahoo The next 12 months at #freeplay11 – good bunch of folks…should be cool char
Sun Aug 21 06:12:13 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105160257235468290 – #367

@labcoatman Trent Kusters predicting the breakdown of the large publisher/developer model, to be replaced by smaller collectives. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 06:17:38 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105161617389527041 – #356

@ddonahoo Hey. If you are developing a children/edtech focussed game dev cell #freeplay11 peeps…count me in…
Sun Aug 21 06:19:35 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105162109201031168 – #351

@IGDAMelbourne Dynamic and flexible development teams, rather than rigid cliques, look to be the style for the next 12 months #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 06:21:04 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105162481470681088 – #348

@Sonictail FFS #freeplay11 small teams of creatives banding together is all Perth has had for a couple of years now. But you will see more in melb soon
Sun Aug 21 06:21:50 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105162678162567168 – #346

@labcoatman Trent also predicting that there will be a very high attrition rate for indie collectives failing at business side. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 06:23:00 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105162968467124224 – #342

@IGDAMelbourne Whatever happens, looks like the next 12 months will be a time of great change #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 06:24:01 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105163227335368704 – #335

@burstsgnlsymfny #freeplay11 so, is the future of games just more “computer” games?
Sun Aug 21 06:25:19 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105163551622176768 – #322

@labcoatman Agree with @lisadempster that we need to embrace failure. Also smaller groups have a lower bar for success. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 06:26:16 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105163791632838656 – #313

@labcoatman Marketing for indies definitely a growth area, but we’re still talking about a publisher/dev model, with a publisher bottleneck. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 06:29:41 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105164649850347521 – #301

@IGDAMelbourne Even if you go with a publisher, you’ll still need to do a LOT of marketing yourself #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 06:30:23 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105164825885278208 – #298

@10rdBen Lisa Dempster, aquitting herself exceptionally well. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 06:45:02 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105168512611385344 – #246

@heresathought I would totally buy Barbie Quake. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 06:48:29 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105169383315353600 – #232

@jamesjdominguez Hugh Davis – “It’s going to take more to engage women in gaming than pink consoles.” This. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 06:49:15 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105169576383356928 – #228

@burstsgnlsymfny #freeplay11 are computer games just for eight and fifteen year olds. That’s the perception to beat…
Sun Aug 21 06:49:59 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105169762367193089 – #222

@lubistuff #freeplay11&of all women @art school F ALL go on- their R inherent barriers-so don’t think more women in women in the profession
Sun Aug 21 06:52:12 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105170317277798400 – #214

@simone_mc No, being singled out is the issue. Thats where the pink comes in. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 06:53:14 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105170576838107136 – #209

@Jickle Oh @lisadempster is great. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 06:54:45 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105170960486895617 – #205

@nezwez #freeplay11 Good topic for next year. Don’t work for free.
Sun Aug 21 07:07:23 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105174139102445568 – #164

@IGDAMelbourne . @lisadempster: don’t work for free, go out and create something for yourself #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 07:08:08 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105174327116316673 – #159

@heresathought You should always get something for the work you do. That doesn’t have to be money. Sometimes what you create is the reward. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 07:11:03 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105175062310682624 – #152

@labcoatman Call for twitter-length advice for next 12 months. Summary: “tell us what you want, do stuff in the streets and be good at it.” #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 07:14:34 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105175945324929025 – #143

Awards

@benbritten The awards look really cool this year #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 07:30:39 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105179995445530624 – #122

@TinManGames @Smoolander It’s just a shame twitter can’t simulate the “going to the pub” bit afterwards. He says as he drinks some tea. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 07:33:00 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105180585814798336 – #117

@IGDAMelbourne Yay! Images to accompany the awards announcements. Pretty stuff for the eyes #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 07:33:07 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105180613342019584 – #116

@benbritten Someone just handed me an actual lemon #freeplay11 takes an odd turn
Sun Aug 21 07:35:18 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105181162896490497 – #113

@voiceover_au Great games at Experimedia – @twistedshield’s #Whisperous, Tim Randall’s Pollinator & Play-Bit’s Puzzle Treasure among others #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 07:38:39 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105182007184719873 – #108

@labcoatman #Freeplay Best Writing award goes to MacGuffin’s Curse. I agree with @lisadempster that the name alone deserves an award. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 07:45:29 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105183727537229824 – #90

@voiceover_au Thank you to all of you champions who worked to make #freeplay11 such a cruisy experience for us attendees! So glad this festival exists!
Sun Aug 21 08:01:17 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105187701787066368 – #39

@labcoatman Closing thoughts – @paul_callaghan says bringing people together in a community has an intrinsic value. #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 08:02:19 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105187963574562817 – #35

@leehsl Can someone please put Paul in a personality core? His timing is beautiful #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 08:05:34 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105188779832254464 – #32

@benbritten Standing ovation for @paul_callaghan !!! Well deserved! #freeplay11
Sun Aug 21 08:08:32 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105189530033848320 – #29

@desensitisation @paul_callaghan Thanks for putting together a great #freeplay11. Was very good to talk to you, too.
Sun Aug 21 08:39:41 +0000 2011 – tweet id 105197366667251713 – #1