You might have seen back in May that for the first time in over a decade, video games developers in Western Australia would have direct content funding support from their state government.

Screenwest is the agency that administers the Interactive Pilot Fund and first round offered $100,000 for creators of interactive experiences in Western Australia.

Well the first recipients of the fund have now been announced and include dungeon crawling dating sims, Virtual Reality ghost hunting adventures, a 3d adventure games designed with accessibility at its core, cat themed puzzle game and an alternate reality game based around those “I am not a robot CAPTCHA tests.”

In this bonus episode we speak hear how the fund came about, and from some of the developers who were successful.

You can read the full article over on website: Screenwest announces the first five games for its $100,000 Interactive Pilot Fund

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