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The Queensland Government, through Screen Queensland, investing in Game Developers


The Queensland Government, through Screen Queensland, investing in GAME DEVELOPERS

The Queensland Government through Screen Queensland (SQ), is supporting the development of seven (7) Queensland games with an investment of $397,218 via the inaugural SQ Game Development and Marketing Investment initiative.

SQ received an overwhelmingly large response from local industry to the first round of the new Game Development and Marketing Investment initiative with over $1.5 million requested from competitive applications.

Queensland is home to a healthy games industry and this new initiative has been designed to support local developers in creating and marketing high-quality games capable of engaging a local and international player base and achieving commercial success.

All funding is to be matched by the recipients in the form of cash, in-kind or other funding sources.

The successful teams are:

> Toast VR’s Richie’s Plank Experience PSVR and Vive Focus

> Trick Shot Development’s Sky Squadron

> Cog Studio’s Nightmare VR

> Affable Games’ Speaking Simulator

> Screwtape Studios’ Damsel

> Lamington Games’ Super Drop Land

> An unannounced game by Team WIBY

Round two for the Game Development and Marketing Investment initiative will open in the second half of 2018