Games production and marketing
We support Victorian games developers and companies to create and market a diverse range of original and engaging games for any distribution platform.
View upcoming deadlines on the Funding page.
Before you apply
- Read our Terms of Trade in conjunction with the program guidelines
- Check the deadline dates for each program
- Review the application form for each program
- Contact us with any questions
- Refer to program guidelines for staff contact details
Assigned Production Investment - Games
This program assists Victorian games companies to produce a prototype or full game, and also supports marketing and related expenses.
Up to $150,000 is available, depending on the nature of the game and the experience of the team.
Please note: all applicants to this program are required to pay a non-refundable fee of $550 ($500 plus GST) at the time of application.
The next round will open 6 April 2020, with a deadline on 4 May for a decision at the end of July 2020. The Application form will be available from 6 April.
Applications close for round one 2020
Applications close for round two 2020
-
Guidelines and Terms of Trade
Terms of Trade Assigned Production Investment - Games - Guidelines -
Templates
Games Budget Proforma (for Applications) -
Milestone and Acquittal Reports and Resources
Milestone Report -
Acquittal Report -
Games Milestone Cost Report
Games Release
Games Release supports newer and smaller Victorian games studios to engage experienced consultants to assist them to deliver a well-planned and marketed release of their project.
Up to $30,000 is available as a grant. Funding can be used to assist with legal fees, marketing assistance, business development and licensing costs.
Applications can be received at any time.
-
Guidelines and Terms of Trade
Terms of Trade Games Release Guidelines -
APPLICATION FORM
Application Form -
Games Budget Proforma (for Applications) -
MILESTONE AND ACQUITTAL REPORTS AND RESOURCES
Acquittal Report -
Games Milestone Cost Report
Recent Games production and marketing Funding Decisions
I WANT TO GO TO MARS
15 Minutes of Game
Approved Program:
Games Release
PICO TANKS
Panda Arcade Pty. Ltd.
Approved Program:
Games Release
Unannounced Project
Massive Monster
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Beating Heart
Ultimerse
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
CHAOS TAVERN
Dragonbear Studios Pty Ltd
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
SHOP DRIFTER
Studio Zero Pty Ltd
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
FROG DETECTIVE 3
Worm Club Pty Ltd
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Wood & Weather
Paper House Pty Ltd
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
N1NE: THE SPLINTERED MIND PART 1
OD1N Studios PTY LTD
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Broken Roads
Drop Bear Bytes Pty Ltd
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
RING OF PAIN
Twice Different Pty Ltd
Approved Program:
Games Release
PIXEL STARSHIPS
Savy Soda Pty Ltd
Approved Program:
Games Release
ELDEN: PATH OF THE FORGOTTEN
Onerat Pty Ltd
Approved Program:
Games Release
NOM NOM APOCALYPSE
Deadleaf Games
Approved Program:
Games Release
Grabimals
Sad & Son
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Project: Volt
Cheat Code
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Born Punk
Insert Disk 22
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Henry Mosse & The Wormhole Conspiracy
Bad Goat Studios
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
I LOVE YOU, TOKYO
Monster Mansion
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
The Dungeon Experience
Jacob Janerka and Simon Boxer
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Unannounced Project
A Collaboration Between Harmonious and Luggarah
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
True Crime Mysteries – Shocking Tales of Zinga Lee (Working title)
True Crime Mysteries
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Espire 1 VR Operative
Espire VR
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Shooty oVRdrive
Mighty Games
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Film and Television
Heavenly Bodies
2pt Interactive
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Chorus: An Adventure Musical
Summerfall Studios
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Moving Out
SMG STUDIO PTY LTD
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
True Crime Mysteries: Misadventure in Little Lon
Emma Ramsay
Approved Program:
Games Release
Warhammer Underworlds: Online
STEEL SKY PRODUCTIONS PTY LTD
Approved Program:
Games Release
Frog Detective 2 – The Case of the Invisible Wizard
GRACE BRUXNER
Approved Program:
Games Release
Mars Flight VR
IO NORMAL PTY LTD
Approved Program:
Games Release
Necrobarista
Route 59 Pty ltd
Approved Program:
Games Release
Hyper Jam
Bit Dragon Pty Ltd
Approved Program:
Games Release
The Forgotten City
Modern Storyteller Pty Ltd
Approved Program:
Games Release
Untitled
Steel Sky Productions Pty Ltd
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Wayward Strand
Ghost Pattern Pty Ltd
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Virtual Fighting Championship
L&L Technology Pty Ltd
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Chaos Tavern
DragonBear Studios Pty Ltd
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
The Ashen King (working title)
Torus Games Pty Ltd
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Phantom Realm: Titan Descent
Darkspede Pty LTd
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Intarsia
Common Material
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Dungeon Crash (Working Title)
Robot Circus Pty LTD
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Cybermonk
Feed Interactive PTY LTD
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Agent A: A Puzzle in Disguise
Yak & Co Pty Ltd
Approved Program:
Games Release
Stone
Convict Games
Approved Program:
Games Release
Screencheat Unplugged
Samurai Punk
Approved Program:
Games Release
Title TBC
Samurai Punk
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Title TBC
Twice Different
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Dawnblade
Monsterscope Studios
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Eri’s Forest
Studio Qinoko
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Pocket Skate
Peter Leary
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Kana Quest
Not Dead Design
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Pico Tanks
Panda Arcade
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Monsta Haven (Working Title)
Harmonious Productions
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Totem Teller
Grinning Pickle
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Dead Static Drive
Team Fanclub
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Beyond The Veil
Brian Holland
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
The Forgotten City
Modern Storyteller
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Untitled Goose Game
House House Games
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
TO be announced
Tin Man Games
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
To Be Announced
League of Geeks
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Wall Jump Ninja (working title)
Super Constructor
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Torque Drift
Grease Monkey Games
Approved Program:
Games Release
Paperbark
PAPER HOUSE PTY LTD
Approved Program:
Games Release
Necrobarista
Route 59
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Untitled Narrative Project
Clara Reeves
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
FARAWAY TEA (WORKING TITLE)
Lumi Consulting
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
INTERGALACTIC SPACE PRINCESS
Geeiz
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
PROJECT TWO
Fluffy Kitten Studios Pty. Ltd
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
EATVOLVE
Aladar Vytas Apponyi
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Espire 1: VR Operative
Espire Vr Pty Ltd
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
TORQUE DRIFT
League Of Monkeys Pty. Ltd
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
DISSEMBLER
Ian Douglas Maclarty
Approved Program:
Games Release
ICE CAVES OF EUROPA
Conor O'Kane
Approved Program:
Games Release
CHROMALOCITY
Wrecked Angle Studios Pty Ltd
Approved Program:
Games Release
SPLIT SIGNAL
Thomas Bowker
Approved Program:
Games Release
Aura of Worlds
Anthony Lik Wei Liew
Approved Program:
Games Release
OFFICE BOTS: REALITY BYTES (VR)
Pranee Mckinlay
Approved Program:
Games Release
PAPERVILLE PANIC
Ultimerse Pty Ltd
Approved Program:
Games Release
KNUCKLE SANDWICH
Andrew Alfred Brophy
Approved Program:
Games Release
UNTITLED
House House Games Pty Ltd
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
22 Racing Series
GOATi Entertainment
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Wayward Strand 2017
Ghost Pattern
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
MMORPG Tycoon 2
Vectorstorm
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Primordials Fireborn
ToyBox Games Studios
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
Joko’s World Pocket Planet 2017
Cultural Infusion
Approved Program:
Games Release
Blockworld
2.0 Studios
Approved Program:
Games Release
DUNGEON WARRIORS
MONSTERSCOPE STUDIOS PTY LTD
Approved Program:
Games Release
SMASHBEAM
DANE MORRIS FLIGHTY
Approved Program:
Games Release
TICKET TO EARTH
ROBOT CIRCUS PTY LTD
Approved Program:
Games Release
PAPERBARK
PAPER HOUSE PTY LTD
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
HOT BRASS
J.P. MULDER & A. SCOBLE
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
VR REGATTA – THE SAILING GAM
VIRTUAL REALITY SAILING PTY LTD
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
PUTTY PALS
HARMONIOUS GAMES PTY LTD
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
JOKO’S WORLD:POCKET PLANET
CULTURAL INFUSION (INT) PTY LTD
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
DEAD STATIC DRIVE
TEAM FANCLUB PTY LTD
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
HYPER JAM
BIT DRAGON PTY LTD
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
SPIES AND SOLDIERS
GHOSTBAT GAMES PTY LTD
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
ODD GODS
INN BETWEEN WORLDS PTY LTD
Approved Program:
Assigned Production Investment - Games
FRAMED 2
LOVESHACK ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD
Approved Program:
Games Release
Games skills development
Our Games Skills Development programs offers support to enable Victorian games companies and practitioners to increase their skills and professional experience, strengthening talent and leadership in the local industry.
View upcoming deadlines on the Funding page.
Before you apply
- Read our Terms of Trade in conjunction with the program guidelines
- Check the deadline dates for each program
- Review the application form for each program
- Contact us with any questions
Initial enquiries, eligibility and application details:
For Games Company Placements - Jenny Boelen 03 9660 3240
Program manager:
For Games Company Placements -
Liam Routt, Manager - Games and Digital Content, 03 9660 3224 or
Meredith Hall, Games and Digital Content Officer, 03 9660 3277
Games Company Placements
Formerly called Games Professional Placement, this program supports Victorian games companies to engage a local practitioner to increase the skills, professional experience and opportunities in our games industry.
Film Victoria will contribute up to $20,000 as a grant to the host company for the candidate’s wage and host companies will match our contribution.
Applications open on 3 August 2020.
The next deadline is:
-
Guidelines and Terms of Trade
Terms of Trade Games Company Placement Guidelines -
Application Form
Application Form -
Acquittals and Reports
Mid-Stage Report -
Completion Report -
Recent Games skills development Funding Decisions
Programmer
Harmonious Productions Pty Ltd
Approved Program:
Games Company Placements
3D Artist/Animator
Savy Soda Pty Ltd
Approved Program:
Games Company Placements
UX/UI Artist
Big Ant Studios Pty Ltd
Approved Program:
Games Company Placements
Mid-level Game Designer
Mighty Games Group Pty Ltd
Approved Program:
Games Company Placements
Quality Assurance Tester
Tin Man Games Pty Ltd
Approved Program:
Games Company Placements
Community Manager
League of Geeks Pty Ltd
Approved Program:
Games Company Placements
Incubator
Girl Geek Academy
Approved Program:
Women in Games
grace bruxner
Approved Program:
Women in Games
fiona murray
Approved Program:
Women in Games
shanti dumitru
Approved Program:
Women in Games
Aspen Forster
Approved Program:
Women in Games
Barbara Kerr
Approved Program:
Women in Games
Meghan Betteridge Games Placement with Yodo1
Approved Program:
Key Talent Placements - In A Company
shelley lowe
Approved Program:
Women in Games
isabelle gramp
Approved Program:
Women in Games
ngoc vu
Approved Program:
Women in Games
marigold bartlett
Approved Program:
Women in Games
Programmer
Samurai Punk Pty Ltd
Approved Program:
Games Company Placements
Community/QA Manager
Tin Man Games Pty. Ltd
Approved Program:
Games Company Placements
ELYSSIA KANE
Approved Program:
Women in Games
GISELLE ROSMAN
Approved Program:
Women in Games
KATIE GALL
Approved Program:
Women in Games
KAMINA VINCENT
Approved Program:
Women in Games
KALONICA QUIGLEY
Approved Program:
Women in Games
BROOKE MAGS
Approved Program:
Women in Games
Associate Producer
Good Game Productions Pty Ltd
Approved Program:
Games Company Placements
Console Quality Assurance Engineer
Big Ant Studios Pty Ltd
Approved Program:
Games Company Placements
Programmer
Well Placed Cactus Pty Ltd
Approved Program:
Games Company Placements
Games Artist
Robot Circus Pty Ltd
Approved Program:
Games Company Placements