Chad Toprak – Independent Game Designer / Curator
Description: A mixtape exhibition of contemporary Australian videogames. August 15-27, 2017. Gallery, Level 1, Library at The Dock, Melbourne, Australia.
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Ian is a part-time game designer and programmer based in Melbourne Australia, with an interest in short-form, experimental designs. He's created over 30 games and interactive artworks over the last 5 years, most of which have a visual focus, with many doubling as art creation tools. Ian has also made several puzzle and action games including the commercially successful Boson X. His work has been exhibited in London, Antwerp, Chicago, Melbourne and Brisbane.
Once described as the person with molten hair from the hip cyberpunk future that never was, Charlie is a queer non-binary trans masc programmer and game developer with bipolar. They currently work for Mighty Games in Melbourne on Shooty Skies. They are also the technical director of Tiny Frame, a small games and media studio they founded. In their spare time they like to make games about mental health, yell about how great cats are and work on projects that further queer and trans representation. They are a
Curated by Chad Toprak with co-producers Pritika Sachdev and Ben Turner
Chad Toprak – Independent Game Designer / Curator