TGDA Presents: DEVCON 2026
Description
Tabletop Game Designers Australian is proud to welcome you to DEVCON for 2026!
The proceedings include the main hall featuring playtesting and a talks room with informative presentations, Q&As and panels by industry members on a range of topics. It also features the annual TDGA yearly roundup and our awards ceremony. You can find some previous years presentations here: https://tgda.org.au/devcon/. This year the event will be catered (included in the ticket price) and has a bar with beverages for purchase. We will also have an informal meet up from 12:30pm to 4pm (further details to come)
DEVCON would not be possible without the valued support of our sponsors and TGDA Members. If you are not already a member please consider becoming a member (https://tgda.org.au/membership/)
If you are interested in sponsoring DevCon2026, please have a look at the sponsor levels in the tickets area and we will contact you to get more details.
Lineup
Talks Schedule
We have an array of presentations to help you no matter where you are in your game design journey.
'Universal Design' Theory in Tabletop Gaming
Speaker: Kyle Jarratt - Game and product designer Get to know the tricks designers use to make their games more accessible and more enjoyable through understanding Universal Design and Kyle’s journey creating P’kup.
Making Educational games - An educator’s perspective
Speakers: Melissa Rogerson - Senior Lecturer in HCI in the School of Computing and Information Systems at The University of Melbourne. Tim Westman - Program Coordinator of Game design at Collarts Violeta Gordana - Game Design Lecturer at Collarts Education and games can go hand in hand, but it’s not as easy as it sounds. This panel will explore how games educate, but also how you can design games to make them suitable for educational settings and objectives.
Intersection between Board games and RPGs
Speakers: Az Valastro - The Murmuring Mystic Brandon Lee - Ravensridge Emporium Leo Cheung - Paper Cactus Games Experience how these designers have bridged the divide between board games and RPGs in different ways. Learn how you can level up your design games by harnessing the best of both types of games.
Contracts with Publishers, Perks and Pitfalls
Speakers: Jay Bendixen - Little Briefcase game publisher Joel Kennedy - Designer of The Jailbreak and 100 Monkeys Karl Lange - Archangel Games publisher Ryan Boucher - Seabrook Studios game publisher Your game has been picked up by a publisher and now it’s time to read the contract. These designers have been through this before and will tell you what to expect, what to look out for and how to negotiate effectively.
The Secrets of selling Indie games
Speakers: Chris Lee Mayer - The Quest Suppliers Dylan Rock - Indiverse.io Eris Alar - Delta Phase Games You’ve finished your Kickstarter and it’s time to sell your games. These folks have all found ways to encourage shoppers to buy Aussie games they’ve never heard of. Learn what works and what to avoid online and with booths at conventions with these experts.
How to get Projects we Love
Speaker: Jason Tam - ToToTam Games You want to get featured as a “Project we Love” on Kickstarter? How useful is it really? Find out here as Jason walks you through how he managed to get it for multiple campaigns.
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