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jae @ freeplay angles 2025

@jemztones.bsky.social

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games, film, queer stuff etc. gamedev from lutruwita. currently working on the screen aus emerging gamemakers project king tidal & vicscreen originate project baseball game. @serenade.games co-founder prev games include the freeplay zone and my lil fanfic

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jae @ freeplay angles 2025 @jemztones.bsky.social · 6h

"Assembly Definitions in Unity - Better code, faster dev" with Emmet Winter showed how to reduce Unity compile times by splitting the codebase into separate assemblies so changes to one part of the code do not require recompilation of other sections of the codebase
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jae @ freeplay angles 2025 @jemztones.bsky.social · 7h

"Automate! Play your changes on Steam 2 minutes after you make them (on a shoestring budget)" with Callum Spring showed how doing automated builds are easier and more affordable than you may think using only an old computer and github actions. Start with a simple script & grow
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jae @ freeplay angles 2025 @jemztones.bsky.social · 7h

After the panel we're back to @technicallygames.bsky.social lightning talks with Jay Wingate and "Trial by Firebase".

Firebase is a cloud database, now owned by Google.

Some of the pain points Jay ran into included support for multiple environments and serialisation

jae @ freeplay angles 2025 @jemztones.bsky.social · 7h

Ranjit Singh with "Taming Assets with Unity Addressables".

Addressables let you assign an address to your assets which you can then load and unload on demand, allowing you to update your game without rebuilding it, to better manage memory or share resources across projects

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jae @ freeplay angles 2025 @jemztones.bsky.social · 8h

Neil has worked in games for 25 years beginning as a 3D artist in the UK before starting @thetinminions.bsky.social in Australia.

He talks about how people who release successful games have a duty to share the learnings from their projects and to give back to the wider game development community

jae @ freeplay angles 2025 @jemztones.bsky.social · 8h

Maize has worked in games for 12 years from large teams to smaller indies. Their current passion is collective ownership from small co-op game studios to larger co-ops like @sabbygallery.bsky.social

They see it as providing more meaningful jobs & spaces people can bring their whole selves to work

jae @ freeplay angles 2025 @jemztones.bsky.social · 8h

Panellist @thegooflord.bsky.social has worked in QA across Australian games studios from some of the largest in the country to the teams of only a few people

Sarah has also been heavily involved with @gameworkersau.bsky.social now as a convenor helping to support game workers & protect their rights

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jae @ freeplay angles 2025 @jemztones.bsky.social · 8h

After a networking & snacks break at @technicallygames.bsky.social we're back with a panel "Lore Dumping for the Future of Games in Australia" with @thegooflord.bsky.social Maize from @sabbygallery.bsky.social & @thetinminions.bsky.social moderated by @inkmo.bsky.social

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jae @ freeplay angles 2025 @jemztones.bsky.social · 9h

Next @parkeranniemay.bsky.social with "How I Stay Relevant Through Burnout, Layoffs, and a Never-ending Job Hunt".

Anniemay talks about finding alternatives to networking, keeping in touch with old connections and exploring causes of burnout to help heal from it.

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jae @ freeplay angles 2025 @jemztones.bsky.social · 9h

First up is Dan Violet Sagmiller with "PRF Physics. From 200 Cars, to 10K".

Dan talked about swapping out Unity's default physics engine Physx for his own custom one. He claims it's not as difficult as you'd think(!)

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jae @ freeplay angles 2025 @jemztones.bsky.social · 9h

After Louie's opening keynote it's time for the lightning talk section of @technicallygames.bsky.social !

@inkmo.bsky.social tells us we'll be hearing from a series of presenters in rapid succession advising us to get ready for info dumps.

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jae @ freeplay angles 2025 @jemztones.bsky.social · 10h

Arrived in time to hear @louieroots.bsky.social co-director of @free-play.bsky.social prev SK Games, Bar SK with "Getting Technical About Studios"

Louie talks about starting at Danish Studio Kiloo who were great talented people but had limited connection to the wider community #TGLightningTalks

jae @ freeplay angles 2025 @jemztones.bsky.social · 10h

Clearly at least one level designer is on the team of @technicallygames.bsky.social

#TGLightningTalks #guideThePlayer

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jae @ freeplay angles 2025 @jemztones.bsky.social · 2d

Reaprieve with Althea Francisco & Luke Kemp from @10pmclub.bsky.social telling us about the digital afterlife, where grief meets technology and the internet like a deceased friend's instagram being resurrected after being hacked and losing messages when moving to a new phone.

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jae @ freeplay angles 2025 @jemztones.bsky.social · 2d

Pro Jank Footy from Powerbomb Games and @umbrellaent.bsky.social with David Ashby and Tyler Roach telling us about making the kind of australian football game an overseas company might have made in the early 90s complete with surreal power ups and absurd Australiana, seagulls and cars on the field

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jae @ freeplay angles 2025 @jemztones.bsky.social · 2d

First up is @joshalanb.bsky.social from @oddlark.com telling us about Noibs, making lil guys, talent contests, the anxiety of creation and a pun he's been wanting to fit into a presentation for months - owl-t-comes

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jae @ freeplay angles 2025 @jemztones.bsky.social · 2d

Some words from @chadtoprak.bsky.social who talks about having one foot in the art world and the other in games and asks us to treat games as an artform and as artists to embrace our moral responsibility to speak up against oppression, state violence and genocide.

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jae @ freeplay angles 2025 @jemztones.bsky.social · 2d

Introduction to Parallels from @free-play.bsky.social co-director @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social !

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jae @ freeplay angles 2025 @jemztones.bsky.social · 2d

Time for @free-play.bsky.social Parallels 2025!

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jae @ freeplay angles 2025 @jemztones.bsky.social · Aug 2

The last thing roman gladiators see is @bonicle.bsky.social
#fashionOfFreeplay

jae @ freeplay angles 2025 @jemztones.bsky.social · Aug 2

@jadefae.bsky.social @milosoftfen.bsky.social @parishilton #fashionOfFreeplay

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jae @ freeplay angles 2025 @jemztones.bsky.social · Aug 2

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you thought #fashionOfFreeplay was over??? what if we moved to a third location and started again??

(also i still have photos from science gallery i haven't had a chance to upload)

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jae @ freeplay angles 2025 @jemztones.bsky.social · Aug 2

Canvas Street style icons @smitleu.bsky.social and @yozibak.bsky.social #fashionOfFreeplay #fitsOfFreeplay

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jae @ freeplay angles 2025 @jemztones.bsky.social · Aug 2

🙏 up @walistudios.au and @sashamutch.bsky.social who suggest the alternative hashtag #fitsOfFreeplay

#fashionOfFreeplay

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jae @ freeplay angles 2025 @jemztones.bsky.social · Aug 2

Art director AND fashionista @theboyofcheese.bsky.social
#fashionOfFreeplay

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