Games development in Melbourne:
Melbourne, and the state of Victoria, is the capital of digital games in Australia.
It is home to almost half of Australia’s digital games industry including 103 game development studios, some of the country’s best talent, and support services including animation, motion capture, publishing and promotion.
At the heart of this is The Arcade, a three storey building in the city that is Australia’s only not-for-profit collaborative space specifically for the digital games industry. In this dynamic, creative hub Victorian developers create MMOs, console, mobile and casual games that are played around the world.
As well as serving as the headquarters of the Game Developers Association of Australia, the Arcade is home to 25 games companies employing over 80 staff, who work on products for entertainment, serious games and solving non-entertainment problems through gamification.
This video features interviews with:
- Amanda Schofield, Producer, EA Firemonkeys
- Adrian Moore, Game developer, Loveshack (creator of Framed)
- Josh Boggs, Gamed developer and lead programmer at Loveshack
- Antony Reed, CEO, Game Developers' Association of Australia (GDAA) and founder of The Arcade, Melbourne
- Simon Joslin, Creative Director, Voxel Games (based in The Arcade)
- Steffen Walz, Director, GEELab
