Screen Queensland has announced its latest funding of $1.3M for indie developers

Screen Queensland has awarded $1.3m in funding to twelve different indie studios in Queensland.

Screen Australia shared the news, saying that “Games Grants funding backs projects across all stages of development with up to $200,000 per round and a lifetime project cap of $300,000.”

In a press release following the latest round of funding, Jacqui Feeney, Screen Queensland CEO, said:

“Screen Queensland’s investment extends across all levels of the local sector and that is paying dividends, with renewed confidence in our state’s studios and the games they are developing. We are proud to be driving a step-change in ambition and opportunity across an industry where Queenslanders can be world leaders in the creation of unique and innovative games. After doubling the funding level for Games Grants rounds, we achieved a 133 per cent increase in the number of projects we are now supporting and these indie games are driving real ‘bricks and mortar’ highly skilled technical jobs. We’ve also seen well-established Queensland studios reach new heights, with Gameloft Brisbane now employing a local team of 100 people and recently announcing that Carmen Sandiego is being made right here, supported through our Digital Games Incentive and putting four iconic sunshine state locations on the map. From Toast Interactive’s Max Mustard topping the charts on Meta Quest, to the buzz at our Made in Queensland booth at Gamescom which promoted Catto’s Post Office, Len’s Island, Momento and Servonauts, it really is an exciting time for our burgeoning local sector.”

Here are all the projects and teams that are getting a share of the $1.3M from the latest round of funding:

GAMES GRANTS 

• Bes Mora: Unsettling Wellness – Fuzzy Ghost and Georgia and Patch Harrison
• Blade of Backwater – Saltpunk Studio
• Carrot Commotion – Andrew Dowsett x Scarlett Ainsworth x Alanamation x BaristaGamer Productions
• Cozy Caravan – 5 Lives Studio
• Delverium – Sagestone Games
• Isopod: A Webbed Spin-off – Sbug Games
• Slime Time – Flow-State Games
• Spellbound Shire – MAXART
• Unannounced project – Spitfire Interactive

DIGITAL GAMES INCENTIVE 

• Go-Go Town! – Prideful Sloth
• Vanguard Exiles – The Tea Division
• Unannounced project – Spunge Games