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Galaxy Games Festival is an event for emerging game developers.
We have students in programming, art and music showcasing their amazing projects on the day. Come see what your fellow students have created, play their game and support their journey into the game industry. Broaden your understanding on what the game industry encompasses with guest panelists doing talks throughout the day. We have people from many different areas of the games and adjacent industries, giving you a glimpse of what it is like to work in their field. Games, animation, design, art, music, research and more.
We have guest speakers from all over Australia coming in to give their perspective on the industry. Need advice or simply interested in making games? Interested in knowing what it’s like to work in the game and animation industry? Want tips on making your portfolio stand out? Or, do you just really want to see professionals do their thing? We have it all, there is something for everyone. Don’t miss the chance to hear from developers in Riot Games, Unity, Hojo Studio and many other studios coming to speak at our event.
This is a hybrid event attended in-person or online. Get your free ticket today!
Event Starts 9:30AM
Exhibition Floor
Students, graduates, indie studios and emerging game developers have gathered to display their projects. Come check out their games, art, animations and music projects. Play their games and network with other developers. See what it is like to make a game and what others have done.
Room A
10:00AM: Welcome to Country
10:30AM: Keynote — Luke Ledwich Engineering Lead | Riot Games11:00AM: 10 Signs you’re ready to commit to your game idea — Rick Salter Co-founder and Creative Director | Hojo Studio
12:00PM: Interview — Angela Sae-Lam Professional 3D Artist and Teacher
12:30PM: From Chaos to Clarity: How Game Devs Use Notion to Build, Scale & Stay Sane — Vanessa Intan Community Lead | Notion
1:00PM: ====== LUNCH ====== — Take a break and eat food | Stay hydrated!
2:00PM: I've been isekai'd into the 2025 games industry and want to start in QA but don't know how: talk edition — Azusa (Sophia) Quality Assurance | Lucidity Loveworks | Chaos Theory Games | Turtle Flip Studios
3:00PM: Interview — Neema Iyer Creative Technologist
3:30PM: Interview — Azusa (Sophia) Quality Assurance | Lucidity Loveworks | Chaos Theory Games | Turtle Flip Studios
4:00PM: Opportunity Knocks — Luke Ledwich Engineering Lead | Riot Games
Room B
12:00PM: Sprint Sessions — Sprint Talk Sessions Emerging Dev | Students | Indie Studios
1:00PM: ====== LUNCH ====== — Take a break and eat food | Stay hydrated!
2:00PM: Graphics programming for games — Cal Chiu Graphics Engineer | Unity Technologies
3:00PM: From Acting to Academic: my pathway to Games User Research — Dr Mitchell McEwan Senior Lecturer | Macquarie University School of Computing
4:00PM: Interview — Cal Chiu Graphics Engineer | Unity Technologies
Live Showcase
2:00PM: 3D Art — Angela Sae-Lam Professional 3D Artist and Teacher