The South Australian Games Association and Game Plus are partnering to present Playback on Wednesday the 27th of May, 5:30pm.

Playback is a showcase & playtest opportunity for local games and more. We encourage attendees to bring your own projects for testing. At each session we will have short presentations with time for Q&A.

At every Playback we have presentations or spotlight local developers, this month we have a panel on presenting your game at AVCon!

Its a great chance to test your builds, get some final feedback and hear from some veteran IGRers on what to expect and how to prepare.

Your Panelists are:

Jacob von Appen, Director, Royal Reign Studios ( ‘Castle Cab’) https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-von-appen

Donna Gilbertson, Founder, Sundae Buoy Games (‘The Unified’) https://www.linkedin.com/in/donna-gilbertson-ca-560375179

Lauren Nicholls, Founder, Egnazol, Lead Artist, A Few Dragons (‘The Sacred Acorn’, 'Chio') https://www.linkedin.com/in/egnazol

The panel will be chaired by SAGA's own Emma Losin, Product Owner, Mental Jam (‘Bobabarista’) https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-losin-0895b9148

Before, after and in-between presentations everyone attending is invited to bring many of their own hardware and projects that they are working on to share with the local development community. Examples are, but not limited to: video games, tabletop board games, rpgs, prototypes and showreels!

We will have desks and power points available for your equipment. Light catering provided by Game Plus.

The door code for entry to Game Plus will be emailed to attendees before the event begins.

Have a topic you're passionate about? We are accepting Expression of Interests for anyone wanting to present a Micro Talk at future Playback events. Or you can contact us via humanitix, or Arthur and Jamie on the AGD discord.

We hope to see plenty of new and familiar faces!

The South Australian Games Association (SAGA) is a games industry non-profit created to promote, champion, network and inspire the SA game development community in-person and online.

We create events for our state’s community to connect and share experiences while boosting local news and success stories to highlight this industry we love so much.

Attending our events means you accept the terms in our Code of Conduct.

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Photos may be taken over the night to use for promoting the event, however if you do not wish to be photographed please contact us beforehand.

Please contact contact@sagames.org if you have any questions or feedback!

Contact the host of BigAnt Playback May 2026