{"id":1098,"date":"2014-08-19T03:17:56","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T03:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cjohnson.id.au\/?p=1098"},"modified":"2014-08-19T03:17:56","modified_gmt":"2014-08-19T03:17:56","slug":"expand-in-pax-australia-indie-showcase-and-at-bit-bash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjohnson.id.au\/game-dev\/expand-in-pax-australia-indie-showcase-and-at-bit-bash\/","title":{"rendered":"Expand in PAX Australia Indie Showcase and at Bit Bash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Friday PAX Australia announced their selection for the Australian Indie Showcase(AIS)<\/a>, a line up of six games that “highlight the best of the Australian and New Zealand Indie scene”<\/em>. We’re very fortunate in that Expand<\/a> was selected to be apart of the showcase and that it was recognised along with a selection of really interesting and creative games. Out of all the games I’ve only had the chance to briefly play Screen Cheat<\/a> at AVCon<\/a>. It’s a great game that is really cemeted by a fantastic concept. Hopefully we’ll have a chance to play the other games. As part of the AIS selection we’ll be provided with a booth to show Expand at PAX Australia. So if you’re intending on going to PAX then consider dropping by, we’ll be there everyday from opening to close.<\/p>\n

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Chris<\/a> and I will also be flying out to a Melbourne a few days before PAX to attend Game Connect Asia Pacific(GCAP)<\/a>, an industry oriented games conference. The lineup of speakers looks to be fantastic with keynote speakers Siobhan Reddy the Studio Direction at Media Molecule, Barry Meade the Co-Founder at Fireproof Studios and the lovely Rami Ismail the business guy at Vlambeer. There’s also a selection of great interenational guests and there will be an awards ceremony to recognise individual developer and Australian Studios.<\/p>\n

They’ve just started rolling out the scheduled sessions for GCAP. Here are some of the sessions that are taking my fancy.<\/p>\n