Funding Approvals
2023-2024 GAMES PRODUCTION

Games Production Fund

WINNIE’S HOLE
Twice Different
Genre Adventure, Building, Comedy, Deckbuilder, Exploration, Roguelike, Strategy
Creative Director Simon Boxer
Programmer Mesut Latifoglu
Platform PC
Synopsis Join Winnie the Pooh on a new adventure, from within! You play a virus in Winnie's body, capture cells to grow mutations and specialise your host. Refine his primitive form, adapt for survival, and do not let his friends contain you. They do not understand our gift... We must share it with them.

LIGHTHAZE WORLD
Radiobush Pty Ltd
Genre Casual, Kids, Puzzle, Story-driven, Wholesome 
CEO/MD/Founder Anthony Hilkmann
Composer Lynden Woodiwiss
3D Artist Liam Gibbs
Platform PC
Synopsis Our hero suffers from anxiety, but solving puzzles is how he can relax and feel empowered.

WHICH WAY UP: GALAXY GAMES
Turtle Flip Studio
Genre Casual, Competitive, Multiplayer – Local, Multiplayer Online, Party, Platformer, Sport, Gravity
Founder, Creative Director and Lead Programmer Nicholas Cellini
Lead Artist Sydney Liao
3D Artist Adam Canto Galiana
Composer and Sound Designer Kobe Anthony (MEMODEMO)
Platform PC, Mac, Linux
Synopsis A family friendly galactic party game with a unique freedom of movement, allowing you to run on walls and ceilings, orbit around planets, or fall across entire levels by manoeuvring through gravity fields. Compete with up to four players in a collection of unique bite-sized galactic games.

SQUIDGE  
Chinfinger Pty Ltd
Genre Action, Adventure, Comedy, Exploration, Puzzle, Stealth, Story-driven, Wholesome
Designers Jeff van Dyck, Shaun Trainer
Platform PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox Series X/Xbox Series S, PS5, Nintendo Switch
Synopsis Squidge is an alien who crash landed on earth and must find his way home.

MYSTIQUES HAUNTED ANTIQUES
Lemonade Games
Genre Adventure, Exploration, Horror, Management
Game Director/Writer Ally Hennessy
Technical Director Adam Matthews
Art Director Inge Berman
Composer Sarah Wolfe
3D Artists Benjamin Retter, Robbie Archer
Designer Shaun Bright
Producer Nicole Archer
Platform PC, Mac, Xbox Series X/Xbox Series S, PS5, Nintendo Switch
Synopsis Mystiques is a haunted antiquing game about the four worst women you’ve ever met. Gem, Aspen, Winnie and Barb run a failing antique store which is saved by their new business strategy: developing psychic powers.

MOMENTO  
Fat Alien Cat & Nomo Studio Pty Ltd
Genre Casual, Story-driven, Wholesome, Room Decorator
Lead Artist Jasmine Phillips
Lead Narrative Jessica Lyon
Lead Developer Julian Beiboer
Platform PC, Mac, Linux
Synopsis Journey through a life where the objects you choose influence the life you lead.

FINCH AND ARCHIE
Octarine Arts
Genre Cooperative, Multiplayer Online, Puzzle, Story-driven
Producer Dickson Dic Shen Hee
Developer Aubrey Vigus
Level Designer Tom Lorenti
Composer Harry May
Writer Liz Glass
Designer Rhys Veale-Chan
Platform PC
Synopsis An episodic co-op murder mystery in which you play as one half of a crime-fighting duo: Jack Finch the detective or Archie the police dog! Use your skills to find evidence, interrogate suspects, and catch the culprit in a gritty 1930s setting.

KĀDOMON: HYPER AUTO BATTLERS
Dino Rocket
Genre Creator Collector, Deckbuilder, Roguelike
CEO/MD/Founder Patrick Sigley
Producer Rhiannon James
Platform PC
Synopsis Collect and battle over 180 unique creatures in this roguelike auto-battler. Level-up and evolve your Kādomon as you assemble the ultimate team, creating awesome synergies to beat BIG bosses!

RAT TRAP
SQUASH & STRETCH PTY LTD
Genre Action, Adventure, Exploration, Platformer, Puzzle, Metroidvania
Lead Developer Beau Whitehead
Platform PC
Synopsis Fuse, Swap and Split to escape! A fast paced, hand-drawn action-adventure involving a rambunctious rat and its multiple mech parts that you can fuse together or split apart at will.

ASCENDING INFERNO
Oppolyon Studios
Genre Precision Platformer, Foddian
CEO/MD/Founders Isaac Iozzi, Rebecca Haller-Trost
Founder and Programmer Ben Anderson
Founder and Designer Bas Anderson
3D Artists Martin Daniel Widdowson, Ricky-Lee Huddson-Stephens, Lachlan Smith
2D Artists Chris Ottey, Fauzi Raisyuli
Community Manager Div Randev
Composer Dan Poole
Platform PC
Synopsis Ascending Inferno: The rage game from hell. "Surely it can't be that hard, right?" WRONG.

ANVILHEART  
Towerpoint Pty Ltd
Genre Crafting, Shop Management, Story-driven, Role-playing, Visual Novel
Creative Director Sean Dee
Programmers Emma Waters, Elle Valentine
Character Artist James Hobbs
Environment Artist Harry Mickan
Composer John Oestmann
Platform PC, Mac, Linux
Synopsis A vagrant's desperate dream of a better life is exploited by a twisted mastermind, forcing them to balance their new life as a blacksmith with a secret that could burn it all down.

MY ARMS ARE LONGER NOW
Toot Games Pty Ltd
Genre Casual, Comedy, Stealth, Villain Protagonist
Design and Technical Lead Matthew Jackson
Narrative and Art Lead Millie Holten
Platform PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Synopsis My Arms Are Longer Now is a 2D comedy game where you play as a very long arm that does heists.

Emerging Gamemakers Fund

BONES  
Amber Southall
Genre Action, Adventure, Puzzle
Creative Director Amber Stacey
Animator Yee Hui Wong
Senior Rigging Technical Director Robbie Reid
Platform PC
Synopsis Bones is separated from his coffin and needs to learn his identity in order to be able to find his home again. He is a misfit in a big city who must overcome his own personal fears, the passing of time and a range of obstacles in order to discover who he is and where his home has been relocated to.

RIVER SCENE ZINE
Maximilian John Myers
Genre Casual, Experimental, Exploration, Point and Click, Walking Simulator
Developers Max Myers, Tim Snowdon
Platform PC, Mac, Linux
Synopsis An explorable queer zine about diverse masculinities and the Australian summer.

CLOWNBABY!
T-Dog eXtreme
Genre Comedy, Dating, Deckbuilder, Experimental, Horror
Solo Developer Lauren Temos (T-Dog eXtreme)
Platform PC, Mac
Synopsis You are Clownbaby, and you are desperate for love. Date mysterious creatures, win conversations, and most importantly, don’t destroy the world

CATTO'S POST OFFICE
Ha Young Lee
Genre Casual, Story-driven, Wholesome
Creative Director Ha Young Lee
Environmental Artist Jack Dunphy
Programmer Sam Vidler
Platform PC
Synopsis Join our loveable postcat on a cozy journey to deliver mail and joy in a friendly town filled with adorable kitty inhabitants.

TOMORROW’S PASTS
Typecast Pty Ltd
Genre Adventure, Experimental, Metaverse, Role-playing, Story-driven
Creative Directors Tony Briggs, David Pledger
Platform PC, VR, Xbox Series X/Xbox Series S, PS5
Synopsis Tomorrow’s Pasts is a narrative video game in which the player experiences and navigates a world in which generations of activism have altered the course of history to create a better, future Australia. Tomorrow's Pasts is a Co-Production with not yet it's difficult (NYID).

CRIMSON CUTLASS
Cerulean Creative Studios
Genre Action, Adventure, Casual, Cooperative, Multiplayer – Local, Rogue-lite
Creative Director Arthur Ah Chee
Animator Evan De wolf
Lead Programmer Peter Cowen
Platform PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/Xbox Series S, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch
Synopsis Pirate Rogue-lite ARPG, Full of Action and Fantasy. 2 player Co-op, fight to find yourself in a world of conflict.

TEA, PLEASE!
Siobhan Willoughby
Genre Casual, Point and Click, Story-driven, Wholesome
Solo Developer Siobhan Willoughby
Platform iOS, iPadOS, Android
Synopsis Tea, Please! is a short 30-minute game that explores the contrast between the drudgery and noise of office life and the surprising happiness and peace gained through remote work during lockdown. This is expressed through handcrafted interactive life vignettes punctuated with the simple action of making tea.

PLANET B
Amy Conor McNickle
Genre Casual, Experimental, Exploration, Story-driven
Creative Director, Narrative Designer, Audio Designer Amy McNickle
Programmer and Game Designer James Smith
2D Artist and Animator Steffie Yee
Quality Assurance Tester Callum Harrington
Platform iOS, Android
Synopsis Planet B is a dystopian, narrative branching mobile game which explores our inevitable destruction of the Earth. Be catapulted into 2054 and take on the responsibility of a space mission to confirm if a planet in a neighbouring solar system could hold hopes of a second chance.

SPÜTWEISER
Dana McKay
Genre Cooperative, Exploration, Point and Click, Roguelike, Story-driven, Survival
Solo Developer Dana McKay
Platform PC, Mac
Synopsis Spütweiser is a narrative-focused rogue-lite survival game where the Player takes control of a moving settlement - a ‘wise machine’ - navigating a post-apocalyptic map. Interact with the world’s story and gut what little remains of the land to survive, but be weary that future travellers - you and other players in the next playthrough - will have to deal with the consequences.

GALE FROM THE MANTLE
Cody Lehman
Genre Action, Adventure, Exploration, Platformer, Story-driven
Solo Developer Cody Lehman
Platform PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch
Synopsis Gale's volcano rescue mission unveils realms bustling with spirits and vibrant subterranean worlds.

ROOTS 
Chloe Brett
Genre Point and Click, Puzzle, Story-driven
Creative Director Chloe Brett
Art Director Alyce Warmington
Lead Programmer Adam Pattrick
Lead Design Harry Lynch
Platform PC, Nintendo Switch
Synopsis Roots is a point-and-click puzzle game where every click uncovers a piece of your past.

KING TIDAL
William Hinz
Genre Adventure, Crafting, Experimental, Exploration, Role-playing, Story-driven, Dress Up
Lead Narrative William Hinz
Lead Programmer Jae Stuart
Art Director Tyler Hilder
Platform PC
Synopsis In this post-apocalyptic dress-up game, accompany Mount Isa's last drag queen on her journey across a sunken regional Australia. Sailing towards the big smoke; barter, scavenge and borrow your way from op shop to op shop, rebuilding a wardrobe and a community at the intersection of regional and queer Australia.

KEY FAIRY
Owl Machine
Genre Action, Experimental, Role-playing
Lead Programmer Tex Barnes
Lead Artist Mars Bleach
Platform PC, Mac, Linux
Synopsis Explore ancient forests, collect strange trinkets, and dance around hungry monsters to calm them down. Key Fairy is a stylised 2D A-RPG with an experimental aesthetic that makes use of mixed mediums and a limited colour palette, and a non-violent, movement driven, character who can slide, dance and grapple around monsters at high speed.

APOTHECARY OF CITY X
Lemon Jolly Studios
Genre Crafting, Simulation, Strategy
CEO/MD/Founder Anna Zou
Composer/Sound Designer Alex Prenzler
2D Artist Ben Scherhag
Platform iPadOS, PC, Mac
Synopsis A strategy simulation game where you're a single mother making ends meet running an apothecary in a dark, dystopian city.

DEFICIT - THE ADHD RPG
Gabriella Lowgren
Genre Role-playing, Story-driven
Creative Director Gabriella Lowgren
Lead Design Ceri Hutton
Producer Caitlin Lomax
Lead Narrative Bones Hillier
Narrative Designer Jordan Le Quesne
Audio Designer Amy McNickle
2D Artist Lauren Temos
Programmer Jordan Cook-Irwin
Platform PC
Synopsis Deficit is an RPG slice-of-life narrative game that explores ADHD. Experience the life of someone with ADHD and make choices that shape your story while you navigate an ADHD diagnosis and therapy, alongside the stigmas often associated with both.