Game developers are in funding fantasy world

Game developers are in funding fantasy world
A still from Usual Suspects Studios' work in progress game. (Image: supplied)
Henry Burrell
A community of avid supporters built around video game developing grants has been lauded by industry newcomers as just as important as the much-needed cash injections.While the New Zealand Centre of Digital Excellent (CODE), a Dunedin-based group set up in 2019, handed out $1.19 million last week to nine studios in various stages of developing their games, it's the army of game sector professionals on hand to guide these newbies to success that's the real reward.Game programmer Mathew Anderson told BusinessDesk this input was incredibly...

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