Funding programs
The Emerging Gamemakers Fund provides grants of up to $30,000 to support the development of original, new projects from independent Australian gamemakers. It can fund the creation of a prototype or the completion of a micro-scale game. The fund is aimed at emerging creators, diverse voices and/or established creators interested in creative experimentation.
The Game Production Fund provides grants of $100,000 to support the development of original, independent Australian games to take them to a significant milestone of their production, such as release, early access, vertical slice, or a quality suitable to submission for an accolade signifying cultural worth.
The Future Leaders Delegation provides up to $8,000 in funding, plus supporting activities, for up to five individual applicants to travel to San Francisco to attend Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2024 (18–22 March 2024). This initiative provides underrepresented, early-to-mid career gamemakers the opportunity to travel to GDC for the first time, seek out professional opportunities, conduct international knowledge gathering, and build relationships that will benefit their careers.