A crowd of people holding controllers, and playing different games.
3 kids sit in front of a screen. They are playing Arbalest 3035, a game where you battle small space ships,
The second floor of the Perth Town Hall, filled with people playing WA-made games.
A man stands in front of a monitor featuring the game Blitz Bandits. It's has the retro, blocky style of Gameboy games.
A large crowd of people are watching and playing games on several monitors.
A mother looks on as her son plays Catnips, a game where you feed baby kittens milk using a cat plush toy with nipple controllers.
A young man, two women, and a little girl crowd around a wooden arcade table. The top of a table is a screen showing the came, while the players press buttons on the table's corners.
A women sits in front a screen wearing headphones and a virtual reality headset. The screen shows the scene she is viewing of the front of a boat. The view is split in two halves, one perspective for each eye.
A man and women are playing the tabletop game Blocaganda. They each have a token on the game board, and cards in front of them displaying a variety of shapes.
A man wears headphones and stands at an arcade cabinet. The arcade machine has the text "Berzerk Stern 3015" at it's top, and on screen a character walks around a room.

WE DID IT!

You came, you saw, you had a ball! We had an amazing day and everyone was blown away by the talent on display.

If you have any feedback or burning questions you would like to share while it's super-fresh, just contact the Festival Coordinator Brooke: Brooke@letsmakegames.org

Keep an eye out for our official post-festival survey too- you could win prizes in return for your valuable opinions!

Thanks again everyone for coming along and making us all proud to have such a great community of gamers and game developers :D

 ...And an extra special thanks to all the awesome volunteers and team members who donated their time and energy! We couldn't do it without you!

The Details

Where: Perth Town Hall, cnr of Barrack St & Hay St, Perth
(and the City of Perth Library Auditorium)
When: Saturday November 25, 2017. 10am - 5pm.
Cost: Entry is free!

Accessibility:
The Perth Town Hall is a wheelchair accessible venue, and plans are being made to once again include Auslan Interpreters for our panels.

For full details, see our Accessibility Information Page. For further enquiries, please contact the Festival Committee directly via hello@perthgamesfestival.com.au

Click here to check out our full Programme!

The Latest News

November 30, 2017

Sponsors of Awesomeness!

November 22, 2017

Badge Quest Returns! Heck Yes!

Panelists at the 2014 Festival
November 21, 2017

Panels, Podcasts and Boardgames, Oh My!

WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO...

This event would not be possible without the support of the community and our sponsors. So we would like to extend a special thanks to the following organisations, for helping us make the Perth Games Festival a reality!

★ WITH THANKS TO ★

✪ COORDINATED BY ✪

Logo: Let's Make Games

★ GOLD SPONSOR ★

Gold Sponsor: Binary Space

✩ BRONZE SPONSORS ✩

Bronze Sponsor: SAE
Bronze Sponsor: Murdoch University
GameCloud - Media Sponsor

The Games

Introducing the illustrious games you can get your hands on at the 2017 Perth Games Festival!

Screenshot from flight simulator Project Wingman. A jet is viewed from behind, flying over a forest landscape. A green digital overlay targets points on the ground.

Project Wingman

RB-D2

Meet the flight simulator of your dreams

A featureless swirling creature sits on the right, looking down an endless tunnel of bright trees. Two glowing bars sit at the top of the screen, one half empty.

Monster Fight

South Metropolitan TAFE

Play as a dark creature in a world that will really glow on you

A photograph of the Coderdojo WA exhibit booth, with posters related to their work, and a computer with kid-made games

Games by Kids

CoderDojo WA

Play games made by Ninjas aged 7-17 yrs!

A screenshot from Starlost, features a large imposing spaceship sits against a cloudy galaxy background. Target overlay on the skip, and small fighter jets and bullets fly past.

Starlost

Hoodwinked Studios

Tower defense and bullet hell, but in space!

Point and Click game 'Land of Hope and Gorey'. A young Black woman walks from the left towards hideous tower, constructed of wood, bones, electronics and a satellite dish

Land of Hope
and Gorey

Binary Space

An apocalyptic journey with your zombie BFF

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Bounce House

Twice Different

Test your skills on the world's longest bouncy Bouncy Castle!

A glows from a wooden lamposts reveals behind it a low wooden fence, long grass and large pine trees

The Ballad of Crater

Little Fort

Quirky top down action adventure twin stick shooter!

A mob of happy blob-like characters stand at the base of a flag and castle. They have happy faces and are wearing class-related hats, namely barbarian horns, wizard hats and rogue hoods

Loot Nubes

SAE Creative Media Students

It's all about the loot, so train those nubes and grab the gold!

Little Bit Lost, King Tide Studio

Little Bit of Lost

King Tide Studios

An ant-punching, garden-exploring survival game of epic proportions

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Scaredy Catchers

Syntone

Cute cuddly critters trying to cope in a creepy netherworld

A illustration of a giant puppy who is wearing a sherif outfit with bandanna, hat, badge and pants, is shooting lasers from his eyes to destroy a city

Smash the World

Murdoch University

A new student game created by the 2017 student cohort

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Coins of McGuffin

Coins of McGuffin

Collect fanbases and send them into battle!

A glowing robot aims at an enemy robot, on a crystal-filled planet scape.

Collateral Damage

Artisans Games

An other-worldly hover-bot arena brawler

An illustration of a zen Llama character, aka the Dalai Llama, in a peaceful pose upon a rock.

Project: Peacemaker

Project Games

A tabletop game about benevolent world domination

A screenshot where two blocky guns sit on the left and right, held by the player, in the distance are rectangular featureless buildings and grid-like floor reminiscent of 80's computer graphic displays

Vectoid Wars

SAE Creative Media Students

Shoot your way through a blocky 80's gaming era

An illustration of a lazy sleepy king sitting atop chair, being carried by two servants

Long Live the King

Murdoch University

A new student game created by the 2017 student cohort

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ECU Student Showcase

Edith Cowan University

The latest from ECU's Game Design students

A screenshot from Bramblash, a flower character of the 1st-place player escapes a glowing purple explosion

BrambleLash

Byte Sprite

Get ready to battle in the backyard. Connect, co-operate or betray to win

+7 Software - Final Days

Final Days

+7 Software

Spend your last moments in this intense multiplayer shooter.

Adventures of Square Screenshot. On the left is a blocky hand holding a futuristic gun, in the centre character face of a grizzled purple square with a cigar. The background is a view from within a blocky spacestation, looking out a window.

The Adventures of Square

Bigbrik Games

Frantic shooting from an angry, sentient square

Nostalgia Box Retro Games

Retro Showcase

Nostalgia Box

Indulge in a selection of retro games thanks to Nostalgia Box

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ECU Student Showcase

Edith Cowan University

The latest from ECU's Game Design students

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PinBlaster Haunted House

DrewFX

It's pinball with no moving parts - retro gaming in virtual reality

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ECU Student Showcase

Edith Cowan University

The latest from ECU's Game Design students

looking down into a open section among a forrest of pine trees - a monolithic stone stands tall. Rune-like text of the games title "Lukomorye" is in the foreground.

Lukomorye

Murdoch University

A new student game created by the 2017 Murdoch cohort

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ECU Student Showcase

Edith Cowan University

The latest from ECU's Game Design students

ECU Game

ECU Student Showcase

Edith Cowan University

The latest from ECU's Game Design students

Concrete Games, Corporate Combat

Corporate Combat

Concrete Games

Get a kick out of your work week with this office arcade fighter

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ECU Student Showcase

Edith Cowan University

The latest from ECU's Game Design students

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ECU Student Showcase

Edith Cowan University

The latest from ECU's Game Design students

Dark Mirror Games, Banishment

Banishment

Dark Mirror Games

Exorcise demons in this co-operative cardgame

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ECU Student Showcase

Edith Cowan University

The latest from ECU's Game Design students

A space seen with a bright, fuzzy ship, floating asteroids and soft stars in the distance

Just Us

SAE Creative Media Students

Avoid asteroids, hit a highscore, and marvel at the glowing galaxies

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ECU Student Showcase

Edith Cowan University

The latest from ECU's Game Design students

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Working Class Weyland

Kinsley

A parody platformer with a bit of a dark twist

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ECU Student Showcase

Edith Cowan University

The latest from ECU's Game Design students

The flat silhouette of an empty glowing character runs down a corridor to the right.

Singularity

Murdoch University

A new student game created by the 2017 Murdoch cohort

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ECU Student Showcase

Edith Cowan University

The latest from ECU's Game Design students

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ECU Student Showcase

Edith Cowan University

The latest from ECU's Game Design students

On a lake, sits a lily pad in each corner. On the top left sits a frog, the bottom right an open flower, and the top right flower is a bright sunny yellow instead of a grassy green like the others.

Squish n' Squash

Murdoch University

A new student game created by the 2017 Murdoch cohort

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ECU Student Showcase

Edith Cowan University

The latest from ECU's Game Design students

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ECU Student Showcase

Edith Cowan University

The latest from ECU's Game Design students

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ECU Student Showcase

Edith Cowan University

The latest from ECU's Game Design students

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ECU Student Showcase

Edith Cowan University

The latest from ECU's Game Design students

Game title screen, with the text: SKY SCRAPER. //Play//

Sky Scraper

Murdoch University

A new student game created by the 2017 Murdoch cohort

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ECU Student Showcase

Edith Cowan University

The latest from ECU's Game Design students

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ECU Student Showcase

Edith Cowan University

The latest from ECU's Game Design students

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ECU Student Showcase

Edith Cowan University

The latest from ECU's Game Design students

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ECU Student Showcase

Edith Cowan University

The latest from ECU's Game Design students

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ECU Student Showcase

Edith Cowan University

The latest from ECU's Game Design students

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ECU Student Showcase

Edith Cowan University

The latest from ECU's Game Design students

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ECU Student Showcase

Edith Cowan University

The latest from ECU's Game Design students

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ECU Student Showcase

Edith Cowan University

The latest from ECU's Game Design students

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ECU Student Showcase

Edith Cowan University

The latest from ECU's Game Design students

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ECU Student Showcase

Edith Cowan University

The latest from ECU's Game Design students

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ECU Student Showcase

Edith Cowan University

The latest from ECU's Game Design students

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ECU Student Showcase

Edith Cowan University

The latest from ECU's Game Design students

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ECU Student Showcase

Edith Cowan University

The latest from ECU's Game Design students

...your game here?

COMING SOON?

Look forward to even more games coming soon!

Special Thanks

Here's the crew that keep the Festival cruising..

These brave folk have volunteered their expertise, sanity and valuable gaming time (playing and/or developing) to organise the Perth Games Festival.
Be sure to say hello to them on the day; it’s the best way to avoid an unexpected Boss Battle.

Jon Hayward

★ Festival Director ★

Brooke Longville

Festival Coordinator
Sofie Mather - PGF2016 Event Manager

Sofie Mather

Event Manager

Mike Browner

Content Manager

Lauren Cunnew

Sponsorship Officer

Paul Geronimos

Logistics and Exhibitor Coordinator

Aaran Gicquel

Volunteer Manager

Colton Onderwater

Events Assistant Manager

Brett Cullen

Marketing Manager

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