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Hey gang! Are there any Melbourne/Victoria-based 3D modellers looking for short contract work right now? Summerfall is currently on the lookout for contractors to do hard-surface environment work for a new prototype, like furniture and all that. 🔨🪑

Send through portfolios! 🙂 Cheers!

How Freeplay, one of Australia’s leading indie videogame orgs, missed out on government funding How the group behind Parallels fell between the cracks in a grants process that primarily funds galleries and art festivals.

Grateful to @harrisonpolites.bsky.social for letting me talk about the state of @free-play.bsky.social and funding.

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Digital Games Tax Offset a lifeline for Australian game studios | ScreenHub: Film, TV, Streaming and Games The Digital Games Tax Offset (DGTO) is a quiet hero of Australian game development, with local studios taking advantage of significant cost-saving.

what is the DGTO? what does it do? is it actually useful? i sat down with local aussie developers and @igea.bsky.social to learn more about the tax rebate, and who it's helping.

#gamedev #australiangames

ICYMI fellow travellers, the Story-Rich Showcase is our new event during Summer Game Fest 2026 📣

It's a curated, story-first celebration of narrative indie games, and you can expect exclusive reveals, first looks, release dates, and devs sharing the stories behind their work 🎮

🚶‍♀️ storyrich.games

Level up your family’s online safety this Safer Internet Day! As first published on Bounty Parents, IGEA has assembled a series of what parents should know, and practical ways parents can ensure safer online experiences.

https://ow.ly/ITwe50Yc1QP

A couple of paint-overs of Dream of the Star Haven to hone in on the visual style and level-shapes

#dreamOfTheStarHaven #indiegame #gamedev

Winnie's Hole is 95% positive and 200+ reviews! 🏆

We just launched the Early Access - a risky move since Steam nerfed EA last year.

The reception's been great. Now it's our duty to make the weirdest Winnie game with MORE CONTENT COMING SOON.
Winnie's Hole must evolve. 🦠

Next month, meet the @mod.io team at @officialgdc.bsky.social in San Fransisco.

We're bringing our full range of solutions, with an emphasis on the latest: Switch 2 support, monetization solutions, account verification, file validation systems and automated moderation.

Tomorrow, join Austrade in this free webinar to explore how you can collaborate and build strong connections in India's sporting landscape and growing economy.

https://ow.ly/2xrs50YbkF9

Applications are now open Screen NSW's Digital Games Seed Development Program, offering grants of up to $30,000 to help bring new games to life.

This funding can support early development activities. Learn more here:
www.screen.nsw.gov.au/funding-supp...

Game on: Screenwest launches first digital games strategy as production surges with record number of releases in January - Screenwest Screenwest has levelled up support for WA’s burgeoning digital games industry, launching its first ever dedicated games strategy.

Screenwest has levelled up support for WA’s burgeoning digital games industry, launching its first ever dedicated games strategy for the next four years. Congratulations!

https://ow.ly/Jc3R50Ybn5H

Fandom inspires Aussies to make friends, reshape their identities and even book holidays | ScreenHub: Film, TV, Streaming and Games A new YouGov survey has revealed fandom as a motivator for many Australians to make friends, go on holidays, and even reshape their identities.

“This new data sheds light on how video games and other real-world activities bring a completely different experience to passively watching a series” said Ron Curry.

Read more from IGEA CEO in this latest report on fandom identities in Australia:
https://ow.ly/mwkz50YbkCE

If you haven't joined our Discord yet, can you even really call yourself a girlypop??!!!

Click the link below to join NOW 💗
https://bit.ly/DSGDiscord

Announcing our newest game with a brand new debut trailer: Rusthaven!

Journey across an abandoned planet on a solar skyship, salvaging broken-down robots in need of rescue. Clean up the world, upcycle retro technology, and build a peaceful sanctuary for all to thrive and belong.

Steam page below ⏬

SALE ENDS SOON!

Week 2 of release and we've shipped 8 updates.

All my graphic design energy is being put into the game.

🪱A new update just wormed in for Word Worm!🪱

We've added a whole new expansion pack, alongside more trivia and more wormy goodness (Even more worm animations!)

🪱 Try it out here: linktr.ee/WordWorm

We showed Pelican Empyrean at the SA Games Exhibition over the last two days.
The response was awesome! So many players deeply entranced by the gameplay.

#pelicanEmyprean #indiegame

A promotional image showing Zea Wolfe's headshot and suggesting that viewers who are looking for publishing-as-a-service, full scale publishing or marketing & finance agent support meet with her at the South Australian Game Exhibition on the 6th or 7th of February 2026.

We’re at SAGE in Adelaide this week, scouting for standout Australia & New Zealand–made titles to support!

With our first slate of published games set to be announced imminently, we’re keen to partner with dev teams looking for extra hands from Q3 2026 on.

Say hi: hello[at]midnighters[dot]games

Featured is Trudy - both her original concept art and her 3D model - from the game Wylde Society by Studio Drydock. She is wearing red lipstick, a dark brown bob, and a vintage outfit (white long sleeved shirt with green cuffs, collar and buttons, with a long dark blue skirt with deep visible pocked and short black boots). The background has an old paper texture with a dark work frame, with little flower elements in the corners.

💜 Wylde Society Concept Art 💜

Meet Trudy, photographer and fellow witch who will be looking for lodgings in Fairhaven. I wonder where she could stay! 😇

She’s a flirty virgo with a knack for yapping, who's always sporting a slash of red lipstick and her camera.

We've bundled Winnie's Hole with Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator on Steam.

If you want to see us make more games which shouldn't exist, buy the What Have You Done Bundle.

store.steampowered.com/bundle/67225...

Showing Cyber Paradise's store page with Tiny Roguelikes Event banner on top.

We've got a new art (by Blueeyes Norton) for 🪄Cosy Mode!

You can fly, use a magic wand, spawn dogs and be very OP so you can focus on the story.
😆
We're also part of the Tiny Roguelikes event!
Demo 🔗in profile!
#indiegame #gamedev #cyberpunk #cozy

I love seeing how people break our games, it's the beauty of roguelikes.

Aaaages ago we made Winnie scale up a little when gaining health.

This player made a build that duplicates a single use +Max Health action.

That big yellow mass?... GIANT Winnie
#winnieshole #gamedev

It’s finally time to…

Unleash the ✦⁺₊✩GIRL POWER✩⁺₊✦

Don’t Stop, Girlypop! is officially OUT NOW!!!!

You better be ready, because this sh❤t is serious 👇

https://bit.ly/45CRvme

We’re so excited to announce our Story-Rich Showcase!

Our official showcase runs during the Summer Game Showcase 2026 timeframe, dedicated entirely to story-rich indie games with first looks, reveals, trailers, release dates, and dev-led storytelling 💝

More details soon!
🚶storyrich.games

Join Screenworks for an online panel where Australia's leading games professionals share practical advice, insights and real-world experiences that will help identify opportunities for those ambitious to build a career in the games industry.

https://ow.ly/WHIz50Y4EBh

Who's going to SAGE this year? I'm gonna be in on the Friday by the looks of things and I'm keen to see buddies!

To celebrate our BIG RELEASE this week, we’re giving you girlypops world wide the chance to win a $100 Steam Gift Card!! 💗

Enter here: https://bit.ly/49RYkD7

A screenshot of the Thinky Games Awards Nominee website, showing the best pen and paper puzzle nominees. The nominees are 0Player, Letter Coins, Sudokuvania: Digits of Despair, Tunnels and Workworkwork.

Letter Coins got nominated for the 3rd Annual Thinky Games Awards for Best Pen and Paper Puzzle! 💜🥳🙌

You can check out Letter Coins and the rest of the incredible nominees here: thinkygames.com/events/awards/

Member Update! 🐈

Hungry Sky is adding Daily Puzzles to Nekograms+, the Apple Arcade version of their popular cat-themed puzzle game.

Learn more: https://nekograms.com

We're looking for a Backend Engineer to join our team in Melbourne, Australia. Help us design, develop and maintain the high-performance backend services powering the @mod.io ecosystem.

More info: apply.workable.com/modio/j/FE42...