Chloe Appleby
@chloeappleby.bsky.social
Award winning Games Curator at Powerhouse Museum Sydney.
Board Chair 🪑 at Freeplay.
Indie game lover. Pokemon freak.
linktr.ee/chloeappleby
Board Chair 🪑 at Freeplay.
Indie game lover. Pokemon freak.
linktr.ee/chloeappleby
Crying over this
my thoughts on @free-play.bsky.social and why it remains so, so important (especially in the bad times!!!!)
Freeplay is one of Australia's most important creative festivals, so why is its future in doubt? | ScreenHub: Film, TV, Streaming and Games
Freeplay, one of the Australia's longest-running game festivals, remains an essential platform for bold, creative, and compelling art.
www.screenhub.com.au
January 20, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Crying over this
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I posted some longer thoughts about @free-play.bsky.social, its future, and my seven year tenure on the board on LinkedIn.
January 20, 2026 at 2:45 AM
I posted some longer thoughts about @free-play.bsky.social, its future, and my seven year tenure on the board on LinkedIn.
Reposted by Chloe Appleby
stinks and sucks!!! i am writing more about this asap
The future of games festival Freeplay is in doubt after major funding loss | ScreenHub: Film, TV, Streaming and Games
Freeplay, Australia's longest-running independent games festival, no longer has ongoing funding, and staff have confirmed this could be its last year.
www.screenhub.com.au
January 20, 2026 at 2:46 AM
stinks and sucks!!! i am writing more about this asap
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fwiw, I wrapped work at Freeplay last month, so all comms at the moment are from the board! If anyone has any questions about their announcement, please direct them to the main Freeplay emails or fill out their survey.
January 20, 2026 at 1:38 AM
fwiw, I wrapped work at Freeplay last month, so all comms at the moment are from the board! If anyone has any questions about their announcement, please direct them to the main Freeplay emails or fill out their survey.
Please let us know your thoughts!
An update: Unfortunately Freeplay didn’t secure multi-year funding and is potentially looking at its last year of operation. We’re exploring what comes next & want your input.
Read our full statement here: www.freeplay.net.au/survey2026
Help us decide our next step here: forms.gle/W4ZSns1bGCX1...
Read our full statement here: www.freeplay.net.au/survey2026
Help us decide our next step here: forms.gle/W4ZSns1bGCX1...
Freeplay | 2026 Survey
An Update from Freeplay
www.freeplay.net.au
January 20, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Please let us know your thoughts!
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We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Steve Dee. His contributions to the community reached far beyond his games. Steve’s family has set up a fundraiser to support Maggie's Rescue on his behalf. If you’re able, please consider donating or sharing www.facebook.com/donate/20568...
Redirecting...
https://www.facebook.com/donate/2056821465160051/"
January 8, 2026 at 6:09 AM
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Steve Dee. His contributions to the community reached far beyond his games. Steve’s family has set up a fundraiser to support Maggie's Rescue on his behalf. If you’re able, please consider donating or sharing www.facebook.com/donate/20568...
ALT: GAMES applications close in one week (midnight 11 Jan) if you want to apply do it now or you’ll forget and be so mad at yourself
We’re so freaking back. Videogames. Board games. Role playing games. I wanna show case you at ALT: GAMES 2026! Submit in the cheeky link.
Successful applications will be paid an honorarium.
If you love me, please read the webpage. All the info is there.
Link:
powerhouse.com.au/alt-games-ca...
Successful applications will be paid an honorarium.
If you love me, please read the webpage. All the info is there.
Link:
powerhouse.com.au/alt-games-ca...
January 4, 2026 at 8:37 AM
ALT: GAMES applications close in one week (midnight 11 Jan) if you want to apply do it now or you’ll forget and be so mad at yourself
This is so incredible!
As part of our project to preserve the history of Sega Channel, we have recovered OVER 100 new Sega Channel ROMs, including the legendary lost game Garfield: Caught in the Act - The Lost Levels.
Read more: gamehistory.org/segachannel/
Read more: gamehistory.org/segachannel/
December 16, 2025 at 1:55 AM
This is so incredible!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Yeah I love Clair Obscur, here’s what I wrote about it 👍
Yeah I love Clair Obscur, here’s what I wrote about it 👍
French game Clair Obscur breaks records with Game of the Year 2025 win — as it happened
The biggest night in gaming is getting underway in the heart of downtown Los Angeles.
www.abc.net.au
December 12, 2025 at 4:50 AM
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Yeah I love Clair Obscur, here’s what I wrote about it 👍
Yeah I love Clair Obscur, here’s what I wrote about it 👍
How Kermit be doing knowing that Geoff is bagging his girl after the Game Awards
December 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
How Kermit be doing knowing that Geoff is bagging his girl after the Game Awards
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26 games, 30 minutes. Frosty Mini is TOMORROW! ☀️🍦
Catch the showcase live on our YouTube and Twitch channels. Expect surprise reveals, announcements, and updates!
🔴 YouTube: youtu.be/Ji17SMaOtvg
🟣 Twitch: twitch.tv/frostygamesf...
Catch the showcase live on our YouTube and Twitch channels. Expect surprise reveals, announcements, and updates!
🔴 YouTube: youtu.be/Ji17SMaOtvg
🟣 Twitch: twitch.tv/frostygamesf...
December 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
26 games, 30 minutes. Frosty Mini is TOMORROW! ☀️🍦
Catch the showcase live on our YouTube and Twitch channels. Expect surprise reveals, announcements, and updates!
🔴 YouTube: youtu.be/Ji17SMaOtvg
🟣 Twitch: twitch.tv/frostygamesf...
Catch the showcase live on our YouTube and Twitch channels. Expect surprise reveals, announcements, and updates!
🔴 YouTube: youtu.be/Ji17SMaOtvg
🟣 Twitch: twitch.tv/frostygamesf...
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DOGPILE | Release Year Announcement Trailer
YouTube video by Studio Folly
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
We’re so freaking back. Videogames. Board games. Role playing games. I wanna show case you at ALT: GAMES 2026! Submit in the cheeky link.
Successful applications will be paid an honorarium.
If you love me, please read the webpage. All the info is there.
Link:
powerhouse.com.au/alt-games-ca...
Successful applications will be paid an honorarium.
If you love me, please read the webpage. All the info is there.
Link:
powerhouse.com.au/alt-games-ca...
December 2, 2025 at 6:10 AM
We’re so freaking back. Videogames. Board games. Role playing games. I wanna show case you at ALT: GAMES 2026! Submit in the cheeky link.
Successful applications will be paid an honorarium.
If you love me, please read the webpage. All the info is there.
Link:
powerhouse.com.au/alt-games-ca...
Successful applications will be paid an honorarium.
If you love me, please read the webpage. All the info is there.
Link:
powerhouse.com.au/alt-games-ca...
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You have no idea how long I've been waiting to tell u.
Don't Stop, Girlypop! releases
✦⁺₊✩☽⋆𝓙𝓪𝓷𝓾𝓪𝓻𝔂 29 2026 ⋆☾✩⁺₊✦
See the reveal here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bEz...
Don't Stop, Girlypop! releases
✦⁺₊✩☽⋆𝓙𝓪𝓷𝓾𝓪𝓻𝔂 29 2026 ⋆☾✩⁺₊✦
See the reveal here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bEz...
Don't Stop, Girlypop! - Official Release Date Trailer
YouTube video by IGN
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM
You have no idea how long I've been waiting to tell u.
Don't Stop, Girlypop! releases
✦⁺₊✩☽⋆𝓙𝓪𝓷𝓾𝓪𝓻𝔂 29 2026 ⋆☾✩⁺₊✦
See the reveal here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bEz...
Don't Stop, Girlypop! releases
✦⁺₊✩☽⋆𝓙𝓪𝓷𝓾𝓪𝓻𝔂 29 2026 ⋆☾✩⁺₊✦
See the reveal here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bEz...
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🐎 WIP Night is back! 🐎
It's a night for Sydney game devs to share their works-in-progress, with microtalks + 10 games to try! Check out what local devs have been cooking, plus some food and drinks!
🗓️12th Dec, Friday. 5:30-8:30PM
📌ACE Parramatta
RSVP here: events.humanitix.com/wip-night-7-...
It's a night for Sydney game devs to share their works-in-progress, with microtalks + 10 games to try! Check out what local devs have been cooking, plus some food and drinks!
🗓️12th Dec, Friday. 5:30-8:30PM
📌ACE Parramatta
RSVP here: events.humanitix.com/wip-night-7-...
December 1, 2025 at 7:27 AM
🐎 WIP Night is back! 🐎
It's a night for Sydney game devs to share their works-in-progress, with microtalks + 10 games to try! Check out what local devs have been cooking, plus some food and drinks!
🗓️12th Dec, Friday. 5:30-8:30PM
📌ACE Parramatta
RSVP here: events.humanitix.com/wip-night-7-...
It's a night for Sydney game devs to share their works-in-progress, with microtalks + 10 games to try! Check out what local devs have been cooking, plus some food and drinks!
🗓️12th Dec, Friday. 5:30-8:30PM
📌ACE Parramatta
RSVP here: events.humanitix.com/wip-night-7-...
I did a keynote on games and community in Shanghai. China and wider Asia has an incredible games scene. There are so many innovative practices and games emerging. Very grateful for the experience and excited to always learn more. 💖
November 29, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I did a keynote on games and community in Shanghai. China and wider Asia has an incredible games scene. There are so many innovative practices and games emerging. Very grateful for the experience and excited to always learn more. 💖
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Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
Unsettling Horror Game Horses Banned From Steam, Leaving Studio With 'High Risk' of Closure - IGN
Indie horror game Horses is preparing to launch on December 2, on the Epic Games Store, GOG, Itch.io, and the Humble Store. But one place it won't be is on Steam, because Steam has banned the game for...
www.ign.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
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We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
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Alright! Let's actually talk about this waterfall thing. It is an amazing showcase of many things that I adore from late 90s/early 2000s graphics.
I am replicating this in Blender through mere observation, so some things might not be fully accurate to the mind-boggling effects of the PS1.
I am replicating this in Blender through mere observation, so some things might not be fully accurate to the mind-boggling effects of the PS1.
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Alright! Let's actually talk about this waterfall thing. It is an amazing showcase of many things that I adore from late 90s/early 2000s graphics.
I am replicating this in Blender through mere observation, so some things might not be fully accurate to the mind-boggling effects of the PS1.
I am replicating this in Blender through mere observation, so some things might not be fully accurate to the mind-boggling effects of the PS1.
Divas I’m going to Shanghai to give a keynote on games community and how the curator seeks to preserve, represent and celebrate it.
Very excited, games are serious and real
chinesedigra.org/cdigra-2025/
Very excited, games are serious and real
chinesedigra.org/cdigra-2025/
Chinese DiGRA 2025
chinesedigra.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Divas I’m going to Shanghai to give a keynote on games community and how the curator seeks to preserve, represent and celebrate it.
Very excited, games are serious and real
chinesedigra.org/cdigra-2025/
Very excited, games are serious and real
chinesedigra.org/cdigra-2025/
If you have a cool talk or workshop idea (games related obvi) that you wanted to do please reach out to me ☺️ also if you message me I can’t guarantee you anything. This is vibes. Nothing will be shared.
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 AM
If you have a cool talk or workshop idea (games related obvi) that you wanted to do please reach out to me ☺️ also if you message me I can’t guarantee you anything. This is vibes. Nothing will be shared.
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Go see Game Worlds and congratulate Jini and Bethany on their work in games 💖
Six weeks since Game Worlds opened - a lifetime, a millisecond.
For so long, this show only existed to me, Bethan, and a handful of others, - and now it belongs to thousands of you as well.
Thank you to everyone who has visited so far - the response has been unfathomable 💘✨
📸: Matto Lucas
For so long, this show only existed to me, Bethan, and a handful of others, - and now it belongs to thousands of you as well.
Thank you to everyone who has visited so far - the response has been unfathomable 💘✨
📸: Matto Lucas
October 31, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Go see Game Worlds and congratulate Jini and Bethany on their work in games 💖
😍😍 Heidi’s talk at Parallels was incredible, please check out and support Delphinium!!!!
Grow new connections in the middle of nowhere with this bittersweet cozy story. Delphinium is now LIVE on Kickstarter 💙🌿
October 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
😍😍 Heidi’s talk at Parallels was incredible, please check out and support Delphinium!!!!
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We are collaborating with 2pt (@2ptinteractive.bsky.social) to run a series of beginner Blender workshops titled 'A Blender Workshop'
These will be FREE, in-person workshops with limited spots.
Applicants will be selected via EIO and not guaranteed.
⬛ 🟡 shop.paperhousegames.com/blender-work...
These will be FREE, in-person workshops with limited spots.
Applicants will be selected via EIO and not guaranteed.
⬛ 🟡 shop.paperhousegames.com/blender-work...
October 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
We are collaborating with 2pt (@2ptinteractive.bsky.social) to run a series of beginner Blender workshops titled 'A Blender Workshop'
These will be FREE, in-person workshops with limited spots.
Applicants will be selected via EIO and not guaranteed.
⬛ 🟡 shop.paperhousegames.com/blender-work...
These will be FREE, in-person workshops with limited spots.
Applicants will be selected via EIO and not guaranteed.
⬛ 🟡 shop.paperhousegames.com/blender-work...