The cat is officially out of the bag on FilmVic’s exciting new announcement that Brad Giblin alluded to at last week’s meeting, and it’s lookin’ gooood!

The nuts and bolts of it are the Minister for Innovation (now that’s a cool title) has announced funding for Games Investment which will enable games developers to create a full game on any platform, or a prototype to assist securing further funding, with up to $100k available for each project.

Check out the details in the pdf’s below

Film Victoria media release Games Investment announcement Oct 2010

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or head to the horse’s mouth on the FilmVic website

Film Victoria’s Digital Media Prototyping and Downloadable Games Initiative funding rounds close Tuesday 27 April 2010. This funding offers Victorian producers, publishers and developers financial assistance in the development of locally owned intellectual property.

Film Victoria’s new Downloadable Games Initiative seeks to empower local producers looking to target digital distribution projects toward Xbox Live Arcade, Playstation Network, Nintendo Wiiware, iTunes, Steam and other relevant digital distribution networks. Funding is limited and investment of up to $75,000 is available. Producers should contact Film Victoria prior to submitting.

Film Victorias longstanding Digital Media Prototyping funds enable local producers to create product prototypes with up to $500,000 Sony PlayStation® 3 / Microsoft Xbox® 360 / Nintendo Wii® game projects; $150,000 for online, handheld and PC projects and $50,000 for mobile phone projects. Funding is limited and producers should contact Film Victoria prior to submitting.

And what better a place to do it than over a cold one at The Embassy tomorrow night???