Screen NSW has announced the first recipients of its dedicated , with five individuals awarded travel grants to Gamescom 2024, and nine games receiving a grant to support continued development. Around AUD $300,000 worth of funding has been delivered, and Screen NSW has ambitions to continue expanding this support in future. “NSW is home to a booming digital games sector and through these two programs Screen NSW is supporting practitioners through every stage of their careers,” Kyas Hepworth, Head of Screen NSW said in a press release.
“We are providing vital funding to our emerging creators so we can nurture and grow their skills and create a pipeline of innovative and exciting games for audiences, while also supporting our experienced digital game makers and businesses to travel overseas to fly the flag for our local industry on the global stage and bring more work and knowledge home. Screen NSW looks forward to continuing to support more exciting work from game makers and creators in the future.” As announced, a range of projects have been supported with this funding, including a haunted antiquing adventure, a turn-based spaceship combat game, and a “mischievous pup” sim where you cause chaos as a tiny dog.
Here’s the full list of games supported by the new round of Screen NSW funding: In addition to these games, Screen NSW has also provided funding for individuals from Blowfish Studios, Chaos Theory Games, Epiphany Games, Lamington Games, and Lemonade Games t.