Response required. Response required. is at the ideation or pre-production stage of development
is for a digital game platform, including (but not limited to) PC, mobile, consoles, and VR
has not already received funding from the Games: Expansion Pack Fund, Games Production Fund, Emerging Gamemakers Fund
is not applying to the Games Production Fund during the current round
is not based on a licence to use and/or adapt pre-existing intellectual property owned by a third party under a licence agreement, such as games which are derivative works based on licensed content owned by a third party (For clarity, this does not include licences obtained for music, assets or software/plugins used in the making of the game)
is not housed entirely within a third-party controlled game platform (e.g. Roblox, UEFN, Meta Horizon Worlds)
is not being developed by by teams that include students who are currently enrolled in a games or games-adjacent field of study
is not being development by teams led by, or significantly reliant on, full-time students, regardless of field of study
is not a business-to-business product (for example, training simulations, games created solely for teaching purposes at schools, middleware tools, or a game limited a small number of locations)
is not a game which is substantially advertising or promotions
is not a game involving gambling or a gambling simulation
does not feature or link to exploitative, or unethical pay-to-win or play-to-earn mechanics
does not contain or have a relationship to high risk and volatile trading products or technology
does not contain or link any content or mechanic that is in breach of any law or regulation.