Jarrod Farquhar-Nicol (he/him)

@jarrodfn.bsky.social

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👋 I'm Jarrod. I run events, help Aussie game devs and make games on Ngunnawal Country in Canberra 🎮 President @canberra.games 💻 Games Admin screencanberra.com.au 💭 Creative Director anecdotegames.com 🎲 Designer paperkeygames.itch.io linktr.ee/jarrodfn

Big Walk screenshot: weird little guy saying uap
Marathon screenshot showing a success screen with the Assassin shell. Text reads: EXFILTRATED. CRYO ARCHIVE | VAULT BREAKER.
A photo of the physical box of the game "The Space Bar - A Comic Sci-Fi Adventure by Steve Meretzky". The box features various aliens at a bar, including a blue one holding a drink. Out of focus in the background of the shot, other physical media can be seen, including Metroid II, Jet Force Gemini, Bubsy, a Nintendo light gun, a gold cartridge of Ocarina of Time and a Donkey Kong Game & Watch.
Photos of the crowds at Queensland Games Festival
A photo of a cat and Cory Doctorow's Enshittification book, with a passage highlighted encouraging the user to take a photo of that page and thus infringe copyright law, "see you in court". The footnote says: "Just kidding. Despite the ominous and wildly legally incomplete copyright notice at the front of this book, fair use is a thing, and it covers what you just did". The text goes on to encourage the user to post the photo to social media with Cory's blessing and share our recommendation that others read his book. A photo of a cat and Cory Doctorow's Enshittification book, with a passage highlighted encouraging the user to take a photo of that page and thus infringe copyright law, "see you in court". The footnote says: "Just kidding. Despite the ominous and wildly legally incomplete copyright notice at the front of this book, fair use is a thing, and it covers what you just did". The text goes on to encourage the user to post the photo to social media with Cory's blessing and share our recommendation that others read his book. You should!
EQUIP Canberra Games image showing people working at a computer. There is purple text reading "This event is sold out" and white text reading "a one-day event for game makers to gain funding insights and shape Canberra's digital games future".
Black and white photo of Jarrod with an angled yellow border, plus the words "Screen Canberra appoints Games Administrator" and "Welcome Jarrod"
Jarrod in a green Freakon shirt
Ceri and Jarrod at the games week launch
Mario Kart World screenshot showing Mirror mode unlocked with the 150cc of Mushroom Cup only having a silver cup and no stars
A pirate in luxurious red clothing sitting up high with an island in the background
Ascending Inferno listed as a nominee for the Innovative Outlaw Award at BitSummit XIII
Vincent, a blue soccerball-like ghost, giving a thumbs up announcing that Ascending Inferno will be at BitSummit as part of IGEA's stand
Sheepskin ugg boots with a tan top, shiny purple panel, multicoloured striped panel, and a pink back showing the Mortels logo
The inaugural MMOLB roster for lesser league team the Belconnen Owls
A mashup of images, showing a discus-throwing statue of a man, now with a kangaroo head and a shiny computer disc as the discus. Words in wobbly text emanate from the disc: MMXV. In wobbly text at the top of the image the text reads: DISCMASTER.
Lumpy Space Princess saying "Oh my glob hi Jarrod!" and signed by Pendleton Ward
Prawns being prepared. Text overlayed reminiscent of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask reads as follows: Prawn of The Final Day -24 Hours Remain-
Scavengers Reign
Sugar
The Wild Robot
Mouthwashing
Talonsister by Jen Williams
Tactical Breach Wizards
Arctic Eggs
Jin Chan Yum Wai's stall for Shrine Comics
Jarrod next to the CanDev banner, in front of game dev stalls
Banners can CanDev and the GeekMarkets
Best Game You Suck At Award This is the game that rewards persistence, and is not for the faint of heart. It's the toughest game we've ever loved.
Image of the starter Pokemon for each generation, showing the first and last grass type highlighted (Bulbasaur and Sprigatito) and the water type highlighted for every other generation
a festive background with the words "Indie games are coming to Geek Markets: Xmas Edition" then the Geek Markets and CanDev logos, followed by a list of some of the games "Monster Bop, Salvage, Microvania and Dino Lab Space Station, so many more..."
a summoning circle made of glasses, salt and pepper shakers and other cafe items
a chicken egg cracked open but the inside is frozen and retains its shape, with bubbles and texture across it
Photo of the Crafting Your Narrative World panellists on stage with a slide behind them reading: David Gaider, Jade Sendek, Lise Leitner, Phoebe Willems
An email from Bennett Foddy to Oppolyon Studios about Ascending Inferno, where Bennett says: "Congrats on the release! I got to play a little bit today, seems really fun and a great concept, great rich system, and an original addition to the genre".
Screenshot of Ascending Inferno's updated accessibility options, allowing adjustment of depth of field as well as making platforms sticky so Vincent bounds and rolls less - the screenshot shows that more accessibility options are coming soon
Get to know my game taste - for every like, I will post one game I love