{"id":69853,"date":"2025-09-03T06:59:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T20:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digitallydownloaded.net\/?p=69853"},"modified":"2025-09-03T11:37:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T01:37:16","slug":"pixel-expos-first-steam-showcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digitallydownloaded.net\/2025\/09\/pixel-expos-first-steam-showcase.html","title":{"rendered":"Chuck Another Game On The Barbie with Pixel Expo&#8217;s first Steam showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pixel Expo, Western Australia&#8217;s largest (and non-profit) entertainment event, is collaborating with Steam for its first showcase that puts Aussie games front and centre. The showcase spotlights Australian indie titles, giving fans worldwide a chance to discover and support Aussie talent. This gives developers a much farther reach than they would have by simply being showcased as a (large) local expo. The Steam event runs concurrently with Pixel Expo, from September 13 to 15.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Speaking of Aussie talent, check out DDNet&#8217;s Editor-in-Chief&#8217;s first game, The Last Waltz. It launches very soon!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3693000\/The_Last_Waltz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-69027 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitallydownloaded.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dance-is-life-DDNets-Visual-Novel-about.jpg\" alt=\"The Last Waltz Promotional Image. Wishlist on Steam Now!\" width=\"1280\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitallydownloaded.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dance-is-life-DDNets-Visual-Novel-about.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.digitallydownloaded.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dance-is-life-DDNets-Visual-Novel-about-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.digitallydownloaded.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dance-is-life-DDNets-Visual-Novel-about-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.digitallydownloaded.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dance-is-life-DDNets-Visual-Novel-about-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.digitallydownloaded.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dance-is-life-DDNets-Visual-Novel-about-480x240.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is a brief description of the Steam showcase, from a press release:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><i>Serving up the smoke and sizzle of Pixel Expo to players worldwide, Chuck Another Game On The Barbie celebrates the creativity and diversity of the Australian games scene. From wholesome indies to chaotic couch co-ops, the showcase serves up a feast of 32 Australian titles from WA creators and interstate studios alike. With something on the menu for every taste, players can wishlist games directly on Steam before sampling them in person at Pixel Expo.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m thrilled to launch this digital showcase alongside Pixel Expo,&#8221; said Rin McBeath, organizer of the Steam event, in the same press release. &#8220;It\u2019s an exciting chance to put local talent on the global stage and show the world just how much creativity is bubbling up in Australia\u2019s games industry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Games featured in the showcase include but are not limited to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Courier Tale<\/li>\n<li>Lunars: Ultimate Zodiac Party<\/li>\n<li>Sea Blindness<\/li>\n<li>Microidvania<\/li>\n<li>Dungeons and Dining Tables<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t Stop, Girlypop!<\/li>\n<li>Ghost Cam<\/li>\n<li>Monster Swap<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/b?_encoding=UTF8&amp;tag=digitadownlo-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;linkId=808c7f33a359cac45fb9de0bf4705d65&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;node=979455011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy the hottest games with Amazon.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>By purchasing from this link, you support DDNet.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Each sale earns us a small commission.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pixel Expo, Western Australia&#8217;s largest (and non-profit) entertainment event, is collaborating with Steam for its first showcase that puts Aussie games front and centre. 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The Steam event runs concurrently with Pixel Expo, from September 13 to 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,7],"tags":[13685,14285,12769,14385,13333,12841,16928,16929],"coauthors":[12759],"class_list":["post-69853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-news","tag-australian-developer","tag-australian-games-industry","tag-indie","tag-indie-game","tag-indie-games","tag-pc","tag-pixel-expo","tag-steam-showcase"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digitallydownloaded.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digitallydownloaded.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digitallydownloaded.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digitallydownloaded.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digitallydownloaded.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69853"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.digitallydownloaded.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69859,"href":"https:\/\/www.digitallydownloaded.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69853\/revisions\/69859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digitallydownloaded.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digitallydownloaded.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digitallydownloaded.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digitallydownloaded.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69853"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digitallydownloaded.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=69853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}