Sadly not making it to #angles24 today due to health problems. Was so lovely to attend yesterday - Freeplay is a truly inspiring festival. ❤️

“After this I’m going to the Work in Progress night and play a game!” And with that perfect segue, the conference ends for the day 👏 #angles24

The takeaway I’m getting is that Freeplay is a community defined by our interest/passion/care for games and games culture – and it’s harder to be part of that community without actually engaging in the activity of playing games. #angles24

To her old self, Emily says: you didn’t feel part of the community because you didn’t actually play the games! When she played A Long Goodbye (fixgritt.itch.io/a-long-goodbye#angles24

A Long Goodbye by fixgritt

a short narrative game about old friends saying goodbye over the phone.

Emily loves games and talking about weird arty indie videogames. She stumbled upon Freeplay and attended the awards in 2021 for the first time: “I finally found a space to talk to cool people about videogames!” But she came away from the awards feeling bad. “Oh, these aren’t my people.” #angles24

Finally we have Emily Reed who has never made a game or given a talk, giving a talk to themselves of 2 years ago. #angles24

The audience chose to be evil in the second poll and now Brandon is automatically calling the phones of people in the audience??? And that’s the chaotic end. #angles24

Let the audience see part of us inside the art. If you’re having fun then the game can have some too. It’s your game so you can do anything you want! #angles24

Next up is @brandonhare.com#angles24

By observing and not rejecting the glitches & accidents, we can learn more about our tools and process and materials. In conclusion: cursebend #angles24