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Thursday, August 09, 2007

Free Play Indie Game Developer Conference

If you've come here from Jayisgames.com, chances are you're in the US and can't attend this event, but you may get some joy from looking through the schedule and blog for the Next Wave Free Play Independent Game Developers Conference. If you are in the area, it's a one-day conference held in Melbourne, Australia, with a bargain basement price.

Topics include:

Can't Touch This, 11am
Move on from game pads, keyboards and mice and learn
how to create sensor-driven games.

Get Your Feet Wet, 1pm
Create a game in eight easy steps, without programming. (3D Game Studio)

The Best Things in Life are Free, 2pm
This session will provide an overview of the various open
source technologies and engines available to developers.

Playing with Pixels and Politics, 3pm
What is the potential for games to say something other than "BOOM!"?

18 August 2007 at ACMI
9:30am to 8:30pm
Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI)
Federation Square, Flinders Street, Melbourne
$20 Full
$15 Concession & Student
03 8663 2583 for bookings
gamers@nextwave.org.au
www.nextwavefreeplay.blogspot.com

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