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The Brawsome Journey: The Indie Devs Writing Their Way To Success

Kotaku AU

The recent closure of game studios around Australia has led to much uncertainty about the future of game development in the country, with fears that we might lose local talent to overseas studios. But if this year’s Freeplay Independent Games Festival was anything to go by, the future of Aussie game development looks promising, especially if Freeplay award-winners, Brawsome, stick around.


August 16, 2010
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Pirate Dog Wins Australia’s Best Indie Game Award

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Jolly Rover, a pirate-themed adventure game from Melbourne developer Brawsome, won the Best Australian Game award at the Freeplay Independent Games Festival last night.


July 23, 2010
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Bargain Hunter: Who Wants A Cheap Pirate Adventure?

Kotaku AU

Jolly Rover, the Aussie-made pirate-themed point-and-click adventure, is celebrating one-month on sale with, er… a sale! You can get it for 50% off this weekend.


June 28, 2010

Reader Review: Jolly Rover

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Do you have what it takes to get a review published right here on Kotaku? Richard Moss does, as he asks his parrot called Juan to write this review.


June 8, 2010
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Full Steam Ahead For Aussie Pirate Adventure

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Jolly Rover, the only Australian made adventure game starring a pirate dog, is released on Steam today. We’ve got some download codes to give away to ten witty Kotaku readers.


May 25, 2010
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Aussie Pirate Adventure To Walk Steam Plank

Kotaku AU

If you’re a Monkey Island fan, you might want to check out Jolly Rover. It’s a new point-and-click adventure from Aussie developer Brawsome, and it’s coming to Steam early next month.