Go on a webslinging adventure in the Queensland wilderness and meet bug friends along the way, in this physics-based puzzle game with a silly sense of humour.
Make friends with bugs, and dance with them.
In this innovative platforming adventure made by Brisbane-based studio Sbug Games, you play as a peacock spider on a mission to save her boyfriend from a bowerbird. Using the game’s unique web-slinging mechanic, you spin, swing and problem-solve your way through the gorgeous North Queensland wilderness, set to a dazzling soundtrack by award-winning composer Stijn Van Wakeren.
Arachnophobes need not fear: for the spider-averse, there’s a setting that transforms every spider in the game into a cute little puffball.
Webbed is available on Microsoft Windows.
“It is an absolute gem, with free, open exploration of its little clutch of woodland (the game measures distances in centimeters), a bunch of nature-loving tasks to complete in your own time, and the absolute joy of tethering webs between branches, then firing off grappling webs to distant leaves, and swooping across the world.
About our host
Jini Maxwell
Jini Maxwell is a writer, and creative producer based in Naarm (Melbourne), Australia. They are a staff writer for Screenhub and Artshub, where they report on local game development, as well as working as a creative producer at Freeplay Independent Games Festival. Jini regularly contributes games reviews to The Saturday Paper, and has contributed critical writing to Screen Education, ACCA online, Overland, and the Melbourne Recital Centre’s Soundescapes. Deeply interested in exploring the relationship between writing and videogames, they previously directed the National Young Writers Festival, and curated the Digital Intimacies exhibition of poetry and videogames in 2019. In 2018, Jini was also one of three Emerging Critics in Residence at the Melbourne Recital Centre, creating hypertext criticism in response to live performance. Follow them on Twitter.
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Community Code of Conduct
Everyone participating in an ACMI Women & Non-Binary Gamer Club event — including, but not limited to the meets, clubs and talks — is required to agree to the following code of conduct. This includes all attendees, speakers, performers, patrons, and volunteers.
ACMI Women & Non-Binary Gamer Club will enforce this code during its events and throughout the year. We expect cooperation from everyone to ensure a safe, diverse, and welcoming environment.
The condensed version
ACMI is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, or religion (or lack thereof). We do not tolerate harassment of participants in any form.
Sexist, racist, discriminatory, or harassing language and imagery is not appropriate in the ACMI Women & Non-Binary Gamer Club community, in person or online. Participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the event and premises, as well as all future events without a refund at the discretion of ACMI.
The less condensed version
Harassment includes offensive verbal comments related to gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, religion, sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography or recording, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention.
Exception: discussion or images related to sex, pornography, discriminatory language, or similar is welcome if it meets all of the following criteria:
— It is necessary to the topic of discussion and no alternative exists
— It is presented in a respectful manner
— Attendees are respectfully given ample warning and opportunity to leave beforehand.
This exception specifically does not allow use of gratuitous sexual images as attention-getting devices or unnecessary examples.
Participants asked to stop any harassing behaviour are required to comply immediately.
If a participant engages in any of the aforementioned behaviour, ACMI may take any action they deem appropriate, from warning the offender to immediately expelling the offender with no refund.
Reporting and enforcement
If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact an ACMI Women & Non-Binary Gamer Club team member immediately. If you can’t or don’t wish to speak in person, or prefer to talk privately or electronically, contact us via gamerclub@acmi.net.au.
All reports will be handled in the strictest confidence.
With thanks
This document was based on the work of XOXO Festival, JSConf, Geek Feminism, confcodeofconduct.com, and inspired by resources provided by Ashe Dryden.
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.