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With a major government push for funding a couple of years ago bearing fruit, we\u0026#39;ve seen the product of the last couple of years start to land on the market.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EAnd that\u0026#39;s just as well, because this year also saw the last AAA-studio in Australia shut down. For good or ill, the indies will be flying the flag for games that represent Australia and its culture into the future, so it\u0026#39;s just as well that we\u0026#39;ve seen some genuine classic stuff land.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ETo celebrate the strong year the local industry has had, I\u0026#39;ve pulled together nine of the local industry\u0026#39;s most creative, exciting, talented and successful developers to chat about the local industry, where we might be going into the future, and what we might expect from this new wave of artists that are just starting to hit it big in the market.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe developers who participated in this discussion (and the recent games they worked on or released) are:\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ESantana Mishra (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.digitallydownloaded.net\/2015\/10\/review-assault-android-cactus-pc.html\"\u003EAssault Android Cactus\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EMorgan Jaffit (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.digitallydownloaded.net\/2015\/02\/review-hand-of-fate-sony-playstation-4.html\"\u003EHand of Fate\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ENicole Stark (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.digitallydownloaded.net\/2015\/10\/review-ninja-pizza-girl-pc.html\"\u003ENinja Pizza Girl\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EPaul Turbett (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.digitallydownloaded.net\/2015\/06\/review-star-hammer-vanguard-prophecy-pc.html\"\u003EStar Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ENeil Rennison (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.digitallydownloaded.net\/2015\/05\/review-gamebook-adventures-10-lords-of.html\"\u003EGamebook Adventures\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ERoss Symons (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.digitallydownloaded.net\/2015\/02\/review-don-bradman-cricket-sony.html\"\u003EDon Bradman Cricket\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ENic Watt (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.digitallydownloaded.net\/2013\/10\/preview-blast-em-bunnies-playstation-4.html\"\u003EBlast \u0026#39;em Bunnies\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ELeigh Harris (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.digitallydownloaded.net\/2014\/12\/review-metrocide-pc.html\"\u003EMetrocide\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cbr\u003ETrent Kusters (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.digitallydownloaded.net\/2015\/09\/review-armello-sony-playstation-4.html\"\u003EArmello\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.digitallydownloaded.net\/2015\/10\/developer-roundtable-on-why-australian.html#more\"\u003ERead more »\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/884076012965259253\/posts\/default\/8706765737122750287"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/884076012965259253\/posts\/default\/8706765737122750287"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.digitallydownloaded.net\/2015\/10\/developer-roundtable-on-why-australian.html","title":"Developer roundtable: On why Australian development has had its best year ever"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Matt S."},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/01861190767053886399"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-XlJyquFGgaE\/XKRpr9KcNQI\/AAAAAAAASs4\/zKQI-SdOKRweU-oxTd-JrAtUEzk-GxvywCK4BGAYYCw\/s220\/b_km1Bho_400x400.png"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-km19of7SQ50\/ViSnSpQpmmI\/AAAAAAAAg_s\/h6BEf_7W8Qk\/s72-c\/Australia_from_space.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}}});