ACMI’s ‘Big Games Night In’ returns with more free, local games

On 3 October, ACMI will kick off Melbourne International Games Week with another annual showcase of free, locally made games and demos.
The first demo of David Chen's Spiritwell will be available to play as part of ACMI's Big Games Night In

Bringing a sense of the social and interactive to digital events can be hard. It’s an issue that Melbourne International Games week have had to contend with two years in a row — but event producers have come up with some creative solutions. One of these is ACMI’s Big Games Night In, which returns in 2021 to delight audiences anew with a wide range of locally made artistic games, which will be available to download for free, 3-10 October. 

The showcase exhibits the artistic range of Australia and New Zealand’s game development community. 

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Jini Maxwell is a curator at ACMI, and an award-winning videogame journalist. They curated ‘Honk: Untitled Goose Exhibition,’ co-curate Gay24, a monthly film night showcasing rare, radical and archival queer films. Jini is currently co-curating a major videogame exhibition at ACMI.