Games Production Fund
SEPTEMBER 2024 ANNOUNCEMENT
FROGREIGN
Arkanpixel Pty Ltd
Genre Action, Adventure, Platformer, Story-driven
Creative Director Bryce Watson
Designer Dallas Smart
Writer Natasha Cox
Lead Developer Nico Plotz
Composer Alejandro Perez Heinze
Audio Engineer Andres Buitrago
Platform PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Synopsis Join frog prince Rill in this amphibious adventure where your tongue is your grappling hook!
ZODIAC MOUNTAIN
Mystic Road Pty Ltd
Genre Deckbuilder, Roguelike, Strategy
CEO/MD/Founder Kevin Jiang
Game Designer James Knight
2D Artists James Knight, May Huang, Sylvia Lian
Lead Programmer Laurence Anthony Valentini
User Interface Artist Daisy Chan
Sound Designer Ian Chen
Platform PC, Mac
Synopsis Zodiac Mountain is a roguelike-deckbuilding game following the journey of a Panda as they embark on an adventure to become a Chinese Zodiac.
COZY COMMONS
PixelCake
Genre Adventure, Casual, Dating, Exploration, Management, Simulation, Wholesome
Lead Developer Tom Longo
Lead Artist Rebecca Hadland
Platform iOS, iPadOS, Android
Synopsis Life sim where everyone you come across has a backstory to be uncovered. Your challenge is to find a way to get each character to open up to you.
PAPER PLAGUE
Studio Squish
Genre Action, Arcade, Comedy, Platformer, Collectable
Lead Developer Sheng Xu
Lead Artist Xue Situ
Game Designer/Producer/Quality Assurance Daniel Khoury
Game Designer/Level Designer Qiangpan Chen
Audio Engineer/Composer Brad Gentle
Platform iOS, Android
Synopsis Play as a Toilet Paper Roll in this cute Platformer to save your Friends!
DOGGY DON’T CARE
Rotub Games Pty Ltd
Genre Action, Adventure, Comedy, Exploration, Platformer, Puzzle, Simulation
Founder/Creative Director Rohan Nowell
Graphic Designer Carlo Delos Santos
Composer/SFX Artist Dominique Parker
Platform PC
Synopsis Unleash adorable chaos as a mischievous pup! Explore, collect, and smash your way around the house & beyond in this cheeky adventure. Fetch the approval of your feathered friends by digging into a list of fun-filled tasks and collecting all the mischievous badges. It’s sure to be a pawsitively unforgettable day!
MATCHSTICK
Technomyth Pty Ltd
Genre Action-Adventure, Horror, Puzzle
CEO/MD/Founder Jacob Schrader
Platform PC
Synopsis A Time and Space bending cosmic intelligence has found its way to Earth. Your family has been taken. Face the horrors of a twisted world and fight off the infected to save your family.
SPELLBOUND SHIRE
MAXART
Genre Building, Casual, Cooperative, Metaverse, Multiplayer – Local, Multiplayer Online, Simulation, Wholesome, Cozy
Creative/Game Design Lead Dylan Ford
COO Dale Thompson
Environment Artist Crystal Chemello
Art Director Azam Idris
Lead Programmer Daniel Tan
Programmer Ray Frihy
Character Artist Benjamin Warburton
Producer Louis Van Dyke
Platform VR
Synopsis A cozy worldbuilding VR game where you build tiny terrariums with islands filled with magical creatures.
SPLIT SIGNAL
Worm Club Pty Ltd
Genre Puzzle
Creative Director Thomas Bowker
Art Director Peter Bentley
Sound Designers Byron J Scullin, Mark Mitchell
Platform PC
Synopsis Split Signal is a new puzzle game where players traverse a vast landscape filled with hundreds of tetromino inspired puzzles and fix something that has broken.
INSIGNIA
Uppon Hill
Genre Action, Adventure
Creative Director Adam Younis
Animators Luca D’Annunzio, Morgan Prior
Composer Morgan Ridley-Smith
Sound Designer Jack Morgan
Platform PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Synopsis An apprentice blacksmith walks the path of his lost father in search of a way to meet a foreign threat on his homeland.
SALVAGE
Strings Attached Studios Pty Ltd
Genre Exploration, Roguelike, Story-driven
Creative Director Alex Manning
Writer Ethan Morosi
Audio Engineer Zak Finnemore
Concept Artist Sally Nguyen
Voice Artists Geoffrey Manning, Cathrine Rayner, James Samarchi, David Mackey
Platform PC, Mac
Synopsis Lost adrift in an asteroid belt, Salvage has you play as a group of stranded AI fighting desperately to disagree with each other on how to return home, whilst under threat from a corporate mining operation that has been unearthing things best left unseen. In this roguelike, you will discover friends, foes, ancient and modern, as you uncover the secrets of the void to escape its clutches.
COOPERATIVE SPACE SURVIVAL GAME (WORKING TITLE)
Escape Pod Games
Genre Adventure, Building, Cooperative, Crafting, Exploration, Multiplayer Online, Story-driven, Survival
Co-Founders Stephen Mander-Jones, Lynda Mills
Design Director Stephen Mander-Jones
Creative Director Lynda Mills
Platform PC
Synopsis Embark on an epic journey across the galaxy in this 1-4 player first person co-op survival game. Build your Station, explore, survive and face the unknown together in this wild romp through space.
JUPITER JUNKWORKS
Pixel Drake Pty Ltd
Genre Arcade, Building, Casual, Puzzle, Story-driven
Lead Developer and Producer Will Deragon
Character Illustrator and Narrative Designer Georgia Pedersen
Composer Jam Nawaz
Sound Designer Zander Hulme
3D Artist Paul Mahoney
Animator Kiat-Boon Pierce
Voice Artist Audrey Willowbrook
Platform PC, Nintendo Switch
Synopsis A fast paced new take on the arcade puzzle genre featuring a narrative campaign mode where you rebuild a spaceship salvage yard.
MARCH 2024 ANNOUNCEMENT
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
SEPTEMBER 2024 ANNOUNCEMENT
PROJECT BACKBONE
Alex Murphy
Genre Action, Character Action
Creative Director Alex Murphy
Lead Artist Hannah Levi
Platform PC
Synopsis Zeke, a technomancer and Percy, an alchemist climb a growing tower.
ANURA
Alexander Dorian Palegeorge
Genre Building, Casual, Puzzle, Strategy, Wholesome
Developer Alexander Palegeorge
Platform PC, Mac, Linux
Synopsis Follow a mysterious frog to the top of The Forgotten Mountain, using creativity, strategy, and magic to form a path up the mountainside and restore its natural glowing habitat.
SINEW
Odd Critter Games
Genre Adventure, Horror, Puzzle, Story-driven
Creative Director Andrew Taylor
Developer Tiernan Stevens
Platform PC
Synopsis Play as a biomechanical aquatic creature as you venture into the mysterious, horrid depths of a cold and threatening abyss in this dark adventure game.
ROCKETCARD DEFENCE
Space Dragon Games T/A SD Games PTY LTD
Genre Deckbuilder, Roguelike, Tower Defence
CEO/MD/Founder Trevor Clift
Lead Artist Jack Erskine
Platform iOS, Android, PC, Mac, Linux
Synopsis Rocketcard Defence is a roguelite deckbuilding tower defence with a retro futurist vibe.
DIREWIND: GARDEN OF EGAN
Palliat Pty. Ltd.
Genre Action, Adventure, Casual, Exploration, Platformer, Story-driven
Lead Developer Liam Pedersen
UX Designer Rebecca Pattison
Platform PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox Series X/Xbox Series S, PS5, Nintendo Switch
Synopsis Join Egan on a 2D platforming adventure to rescue a team of explorers in a perilous jungle, as an unrelenting magic stirs to life.
PROJECT DAIRY CAT
Wali Studios
Genre Deckbuilder, Strategy
Technical Director Joel Davison
Art Director Sasha Mutch
Composer Jess Cerro
Audio Engineer Kathryn Gledhill-Tucker
User Interface Artist Olivia Ong
Platform PC
Synopsis A deckbuilding tactics heist game set in a far-off science fantasy future, where the player finds themselves in the role of the infiltrator for a crew of space pirates who have found their niche of intercepting and looting unmanned freighters at light speed, leaving no trace by the time a response fleet arrives to rescue the mark.
BES MORA: UNSETTLING WELLNESS
Fuzzy Ghost and Georgia and Patch Harrison
Genre FMV, Story-driven
Lead Narrative Georgia Harrison, Patch Harrison
Lead Developers Scott Ford, Pete Foley
Writer Georgia Harrison
Voice Artist Patch Harrison
Platform PC, Mac
Synopsis A found footage investigation involving a cursed wellness app, and the strange disappearance of successful male fitness influencer Jaylen Booker. Jaylen’s behaviour had become increasingly erratic in the lead-up to his disappearance where he had been vlogging his journey with a new supplement regime – Bes Mora.
PIXEL WIZARDS (WORKING TITLE)
Caspar Georgius Johannes Krieger
Genre Action, Cooperative, Multiplayer – Local, Platformer
CEO/MD/Founder Caspar Krieger
Platform PC, Mac, Linux
Synopsis A spell-casting platformer where all of the levels and the spells themselves are individually simulated pixels.
FRAME BY FRAME
Paper Giant Games
Genre Deckbuilder, Multiplayer Online, Strategy
Lead Design Leo Cheung
Lead Programmer Jackson Michael
Lead Animator Bill Northcott
Animation Producer David Smith
Platform PC, Mac, Linux, VR
Synopsis Frame by Frame is a fusion between a Fighting Game and a Trading Card game. Set in a world where knowledge is inherited, fight with the weight of your ancestors on your shoulders. Will you let them define who you become?
MONSTER SNAP
Moo Duck Games / Clinton Ellard
Genre Wholesome, Photographer
3D Artist Clinton Ellard
Developer Laurence Valentini
Platform VR
Synopsis Monster Snap is an on-rails VR photography game filled with elusive, mythical creatures such as Bigfoot, the Loch Ness monster, and Dracula.
LUNAGENESIS
Michaela Jayne Vranic-Peters
Genre Action, Adventure, Experimental, Horror, Platformer, Story-driven
Creative Director/Programmer Michaela Vranic-Peters
Programmer/Producer Natasha Vranic-Peters
Lead Artist/AI Programmer Nathan Semertzidis
Platform PC
Synopsis Escape a tranceland filled with magical eggs and dreamers trapped by a shapeshifting witch.
MOMENTUM KNIGHT
Jett Overton
Genre Action, Experimental, Platformer, Stealth, Speedrun, Hack and Slash
CEO/MD/Founder Jett Overton
Creative Director Isis Lindquist
Platform PC
Synopsis You play as a disciple set out for revenge to reclaim your humanity in this medieval movement-based action platformer.
NECROMANCER FOR A WEEK
Josh Salske
Genre Roguelike, Strategy, Turn-based
CEO/MD/Founder Josh Salske
Platform PC
Synopsis Reanimate a team of critters, choose their ideal moveset and form the best 3-monster-team you can to dominate in epic turn-based battles.
BUMPER BOUT
Rocco Loria
Genre Arcade, Multiplayer – Local
Developer Rocco Loria
Platform PC, Mac, Xbox Series X/Xbox Series S, PS5, Nintendo Switch
Synopsis Bump about with a friend in Bumper Bout. Competitive pinball with a unique joined playfield where you launch balls into each other’s sides and see who can juggle the chaos for longer.
YAKSHINI LOKAM
Orlando Mee
Genre Puzzle, Strategy, Wholesome
Developer Orlando Mee
Composer Will Spartalis
Platform PC
Synopsis A whimsical fantasy couch co-op with strategy and puzzle elements, affirming the ancient Indian origins of a classic board game.
HUMANOIB
Joshua Alan Bradbury
Genre Building, Casual, Crafting, Creature Collector, Deckbuilder, Multiplayer Online, Roguelike, Strategy, Wholesome, User Generated Content
Game Director Josh Bradbury
Executive Producer Kelsey Gamble
Art Directors Felix Colgrave, Zoë Medcraft
Composer/Sound Designer Elijah Bradbury
Senior Engineer Jaris Rener
Platform PC
Synopsis Create a little guy out of a jumble of body parts to compete and win the approval of your dad, the Universe.
MANAGEMENT IN SPACE
Silver Stitch Productions Pty Ltd
Genre Action, Building, Management, Roguelike, Strategy
Lead Developer Matthew Erik Lucis
Composer Duncan Latto
Platform PC
Synopsis Build your space station, then defend, profit, die, and repeat until the universe collapses.
AUSSIE RULES
David Ashby
Genre Party, Roguelike, Sport
Producer David Ashby
Developer Tyler Roach
Writer and Voice Artist Broden Kelly
Composer Dario Russo
Platform PC
Synopsis Aussie Rules is a sports party roguelite fusing unpredictable action-packed gameplay with absurd Aussie humour.
MIST FORGE
LunarCorp
Genre Adventure, Roguelike
CEO/Lead Developer Rohan Richards
Developer/Writer Irene Richards
Platform PC
Synopsis Shape worlds and battle The Mist in Mist Forge, a turn-based roguelike adventure where strategic terraforming meets mystical challenges in an ever-changing, mist-shrouded landscape.
L8R SK8R
Alexander Driml
Genre Platformer
Solo Developer Alexander Driml
Platform PC, Xbox Series X/Xbox Series S, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch
Synopsis A roller-skating, time-travel game with ‘speedrunning for everyone’ gameplay and a nostalgic, late 90s/early 2000s aesthetic.
KAMATA
Neesh Group Pty Ltd
Genre Adventure, Educational, Kids, Wholesome
Producer Neema Iyer
Platform iOS, iPadOS, Android, PC, Mac
Synopsis In Kamata, join Nia, a spirited child on an epic quest to clean up the planet, one piece of plastic at a time.
ALEXITHYMIA
Natalie Jeffreys
Genre Educational, Point and Click, Story-driven, Wholesome, Visual Novel
Solo Developer Natalie Jeffreys
Platform PC, Mac, Linux
Synopsis Alexithymia is a wholesome and accessible simulation of life with the condition Alexithymia, an impaired ability to be aware of, explicitly identify, and describe your feelings.
THE TROLL AND THE WITCH’S HOUSE
Ditte Wad Andersen
Genre Adventure, Point and Click, Puzzle, Mystery, Horror
Solo Developer Ditte Wad Andersen
Platform PC
Synopsis A little troll awakens to find themselves captured in a strange house. In the process of trying to escape, a tragic story comes to light through mysteries unravelling.
NIGHT SHIFT
Georgina Owassapian
Genre Story-driven, Visual Novel
Solo Developer Georgina Owassapian
Platform PC
Synopsis Arriving on New Years Day 1999, a vampire from a century ago must reconcile with the changing landscape of the world as she overcomes her murky past that threatens to pull her under.
THE UNFORESEEN RESURRECTION – OTOME ISEKAI RPG
Naneth Sayao T/A Inuneko Nanita
Genre Action, Adventure, Dating, Exploration, Role-playing, Simulation, Romance
Developer Naneth Sayao
Platform PC
Synopsis A 3D open-world farming RPG with life-sim elements and otome isekai themes. It is set in a fantastical modern world, where computer games bleed into reality and digitized beasts lurk. In this world, you wield a unique power: time travel with a hefty price tag.
JAMMED
team WHIRLIGIG
Genre Puzzle
Developers Alec Stewart, Julian Lia
Platform PC
Synopsis Set in a run-down “heritage” apartment block, players must abide the absurd and ever-increasing rules set by their landlord. Attempt to cheat your rental inspection in this comedic furniture-stacking puzzle game.
FERAL SCAPE
Joseph Dowsett
Genre Action, Crafting, Exploration, Platformer, Role-playing, Story-driven, Survival, User Generated Content
Developer Joseph Dowsett (BARCHboi)
Platform PC, Mac
Synopsis Feral Scape is an open-world fantasy RPG set in an Australian-inspired landscape, where player choices drive exploration, crafting, and game modding.
MARCH 2024 ANNOUNCEMENT
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.
