This industry faced near total collapse in Australia. How did it come back from the brink?

So how did we get here — and how can it be sustained?In the early 2000s, Australian developers worked on several 'AAA' (big-budget) games — often developed by large teams and released by international companies So it went a really long way."Wilton says it's encouraging to see other states starting to catch up in recent years, and, combined with federal support, that is making Australia a "very compelling" place to build games."We have people in the United Kingdom as well, but because of things like the digital games tax offset, we're encouraged to put a lot more resources in Australia, specifically Melbourne, because of the local incentives here."Despite these strides, Orman acknowledges there's likely some "survivorship bias" in the success stories that break through — for every hit, many projects fail to find an audience.Several states and territories are still lagging in the level of support they offer