Victoria Just Gave 10 Local Games $550,000 In Funding
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While the Australian Federal Government continues to ignore the growing video game industry, Victoria is doing the exact opposite. The state this week has just announced another $550,000 to 10 projects through their Assigned Production Investment program.
The money has gone to a mix of brand new projects and existing ones. Some of the new ventures include
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Backing Victorian Digital Games And Talent
Victoria’s growing digital games sector has received a welcome boost with more support for new locally made games projects.
Minister for Creative Industries Danny Pearson today announced $550,000 for ten games projects through Film Victoria’s Assigned Production Investment – Games program.
The projects will create highly skilled jobs for Victorian 3D artists, programmers, animators, composers, sound designers more.
Supported projects include Trash by 15 Minutes of Game and Site Unseen by Alexander Muscat, as well as Little Ruin, the first project by Lucernal, a Melbourne-based architectural visualisation studio that will use the team’s wealth of architectural animation and 3D modelling experience to expand into games.