Welcome to Silver Lake National Park, where Ranger Logan keeps the trails clear, the campfires warm, and the supernatural community hidden in plain sight. He's a werebear who learned long ago not to fight what he is. These days he makes sure everyone feels at home, even when he can't always feel it.
Independent Student Developer
Australia (NSW)
Fireline is an immersive VR experience where players prepare an environment for an approaching bushfire. Through hands-on tasks, environmental interaction, and immediate feedback, players learn practical bushfire preparedness strategies while experiencing the consequences of their decisions in a safe virtual setting.
Sunny Numbat Studios
Australia (WA)
A narrative game about the struggles of becoming a new parent.
Spoonful of Wonder
Australia (NSW, VIC)
Copycat is a narrative-driven catventure about a pet who learns to deal with abandonment, and a human forced to surrender. Together, two souls go on a journey to discover the meaning of family and home. Join an emotional rollercoaster that pulls at the heartstrings and reminds you how it feels to be left behind. Bring the tissues.
Edison Chen
Australia (NSW)
Heartlog is a cozy social game about sharing the small thoughts and moments that make us human. Each day, you're given a simple question, something to make you reflect, remember, wonder or smile. Share your answer, then discover how other people responded. You might find someone who feels exactly the same way, encounter a perspective you've never considered, or simply enjoy a glimpse into someone else's life. Share what's in your heart. Find the little things we have in common.
Bobarista is a cozy narrative simulation game where you craft bubble tea, guide heartfelt conversations, and play character-driven mini-games
The University of Melbourne
Australia (VIC)
The Virtual Performance Simulator is a VR experience that lets musicians rehearse one of the most challenging moments of their training: stepping onto a stage to perform in front of an audience. It’s about experiencing the nerves, anticipation, and excitement of a live performance in a space where it’s safe to make mistakes. For many musicians, opportunities to perform in concert halls are limited, making it difficult to build confidence before high-stakes performances. This experience gives players the freedom to rehearse those moments as often as they need, helping transform anxiety into familiarity through repeated practice.
Australia (QLD), Mauritius
Water at Our Feet is a mixed-reality VR experience that lets you stand inside a century of climate change. Using passthrough and hand tracking on Meta Quest 3, you get carried across a timeline from 2000 to 2100, witnessing the slow unraveling of a place you've come to care about. Rooted in research on a Small Island Developing State, the piece asks what it takes to move someone from watching climate change to acting on it, blending place attachment, embodied presence, and narrative to turn distant statistics into something felt, remembered, and carried back into the real world.