12:30PM Logan Booker | What makes a game “Australian”? Is this even quantifiable? On the surface, a game made by an Aussie developer should qualify. But what if the game has no Australian themes, characters, environments or accents? Take Bioshock or Puzzle Quest. Is there anything about them, other than their developer, that makes them Aussie?
Not really. So how’s our country going to make its mark on the industry at large if we don’t burn in the message with our games?
PALGN spoke to David Hewitt and Tom Crago of Tantalus to find out.
From Hewitt’s perspective:
“I actually feel as if the contribution of Australian game developers is largely under-credited. It’s not an industry that generates celebrities and recognisable faces, and games developed here don’t necessarily have Australian accents in them, or Australian scenery in the background. Most players would be surprised at the number of high-quality, high-profile titles that are developed here”.
Hewitt goes on to say that this effect can be attributed to the fact that many local titles are designed with an international audience in mind.
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