Submitted by Ulanda Blair, Special Projects Coordinator, Next Wave
Jonathan Blow (USA), programmer and award-winning designer of Braid will deliver the international keynote speech at Free Play 2007.
Jonathan Blow is a programmer and designer who works primarily on advanced and experimental video games. His game Braid is a meditation on loss and relationships where the player controls time to solve puzzles. Braid won the "Game Design" award at the Independent Games Festival in 2006.
For many Jonathan wrote the Inner Product column for Game Developer Magazine. Blow is the primary host of the Experimental Gameplay Workshop each March at the Game Developers Conference, which has become a premier showcase for new ideas in video games. In addition, Blow is a regular participant in the Indie Game Jam.
Free Play 2007 will take place on Saturday 18th August at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Federation Square, Melbourne. Tickets are now on sale at the ACMI Box Office, phone: (03) 8663 2583.