On today’s episode of Sunday Lunch Zara taps into Sydney’s indie game development community and Naarm’s punk scene.
In the first hour, Zara shares two conversations that she had with the four piece punk group Public Figures, alongside anecdotes of their rise to stardom and recent performance at Oxford Art Factory.
In the second hour, Zara recounts her experience at Alt Games Fest in Parramatta with vox-pop interviews with game developers and shares what it was like to make a short video game during the ferry ride over.
Submit to my suburbs zine: Townsfolk here! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpfEirAW_GwdnNYYXxrsUgaaUijMTMsh4IUlJ3MMP3FPq1NQ/viewform?usp=header
Interviews featured in this episode:
Public Figures - comprised of Evie Vlah (vocalist) and Gigi Argiro (guitar/vocals), bassist Mary-Lou Hylands and lead guitarist Lakota Vella.
Reece Williams, Ferry Jam organiser and game developer
You can play his game from the Ferry Jam, A Sea or Seven here: https://reecewilliams.itch.io/a-sea-or-seven
Beer and Pixels is on every Tuesday, more information here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1531979517353987/1531979537353985/
Words/SFX from my pals Amy Roche Eric Volas, Ary Yiannos, Hugo Aguilera-Mendoza
You can play our Ferry Jam game: Kittyraft, here: https://amezzles.itch.io/ferry-jam-project
And all of the other submissions are available via this page: https://itch.io/jam/circular-quay-to-parramatta-ferry-jam-2026/feed
Saxon Dixon, developer with Zebrar.
You can play check out his game from Alt Play, Enfant here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4025390/Enfant/
Pete Foley, developer with Fuzzy Ghost
You can wishlist his game from Alt Play: Janet DeMornay Is A Slumlord (and a witch) here:https://store.steampowered.com/app/2168480/Janet_DeMornay_Is_A_Slumlord_and_a_witch/