3-11 October 2020

Connecting Gamers, Technology & Culture

Join Australian and international influencers, businesses and industry for Melbourne International Games Week 2020 – Asia Pacific’s largest digital games celebration – featuring online conferences, events and activities for the games industry, games enthusiasts, general public and educators.

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Industry

From crowd favourites like Game Connect Asia Pacific (GCAP), High Score and the Australian Game Developer Awards through to the new GCAP Invest, join us for a series of innovative and inspiring industry-focused events – brought to you live and online in 2020.

Public

Open to everyone, from families and casual game players to hardcore gamers, these online events will bring out the gamer in us all.

Education

Online events designed for educators of all levels to discover the future of games in education.

All events

High Score – Composition and Sound Art for Gaming
High Score – Composition and Sound Art for Gaming

A free, one-day live-streamed conference featuring a line-up of composers, musicians and developers from around the world in a series of conversations, panels and dynamic keynotes.
Making a side scrolling game in Scratch
Making a side scrolling game in Scratch

A free online workshop, presented by Girls Geek Academy, for girls aged 6 and older to learn how to create a side scrolling game using the game development tool, Scratch.
GCAP
GCAP

Australia’s premier professional development and networking event for the game development industry.
Girl Geek Academy Forums - Day 1
Girl Geek Academy Forums - Day 1

Held on the Tuesday and Thursday of MIGW, these free forums are a safe online space for girls aged 8 years and older to learn and talk tech skills, meet other awesome girls interested in technology and make new friends.
GCAP - Invest
GCAP - Invest

GCAP Invest connects the local industry to investment and partnerships opportunities.
GCAP - Loading
GCAP - Loading

GCAP Loading is a chance for emerging, entry level and student developers to attend GCAP and learn from the experts about the intricacies of making a game.

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High Score 2019: composition and sound art for gaming

Melbourne International Games Week 2019

Melbourne International Games Week 2019 saw over 80,000 local and international guests attend a multitude of industry, educational and public activities and events.

For one week, Melbourne was the hub for all things games and our industry played, learnt, networked, developed... and partied! (see transcript)

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Melbourne International Games Week

@GamesWeekMelbs

High Score will feature a keynote from Melbourne's own @dangolding the composer of #UntitledGooseGame, the locally… https://t.co/JGPovxeKWC

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Melbourne International Games Week

@GamesWeekMelbs

#Music, sound creators and #game developers from around the world are invited to join #HighScore: Composition and S… https://t.co/zl4Je2FYMw

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GCAP 2020

@GCAPConf

Talk Highlights! Breaking through to a global audience Jonny Roses (@LoneVaultWander) Will be talking about growin… https://t.co/dF0anKXYUT

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Will Roget

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This Saturday (Oct 3) I'll have the pleasure of speaking about #MK11 with @CarleSound at #HighScore2020 during… https://t.co/Kt4QVi3jF6

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