SA game dev stats – local industry gaining strength

The Make Games SA association of developers has revealed some interesting stats from the 2013 year in local game development, showing how things are going from strength to strength.

SA devs saw 5 games Greenlit on Steam, with 4 more waiting for approval. 2 games were successful on Kickstarter. 18 games were released by South African developers in 2013.

Make Games SA stats – 2013

• Prototypes posted in 2013: ±207
• Art works posted: ±132
• Music/Sound pieces posted ±23 (only five of these were outside the sound competitions run).
• Jobs Posted: ±28
• Paid jobs: 16
• Profit Sharing Jobs: 2
• Unclear Payment Jobs: 10

Steam Greenlit Games: 5

• Broforce
• Pixelboy
• Rook’s Keep
• Viscera Cleanup Detail
• Stasis

Awaiting Greenlight: 4

• Khumba: The Game
• The Maker’s Eden
• zX: Hyperblast
• Toxic Bunny HD

Kickstarted Games: 2

• Total funds raised: $167 000
• Stasis: – $140 000
• Ancient Terrible Things – $27 000

Released Games: 18

• Dig! – Tasty Poison
• Neon Shadow – Tasty Poison
• Rhino Raid – Tasty Poison
• Snailboy – Thoopid!
• Bounty Arms – Open Reset + Luma Arcade
• Love Dodge – Pure Fun Games
• Fleet of One – Polymorph Systems
• Soccer Moves – Fuzzy Logic
• PartyTouch – codeRooster
• Tortuga Tales Pinball – Ian Pienaar
• Eskom Energy Planner – Forumula D Interactive
• Greed City – Lighthouse Games Studio
• Zombie Voice Box – Lighthouse Games Studio
• The Harvest – Luma Arcade
• Dark Project – Dark Faction
• Desktop Dungeons – QCF Design
• Rooks Keep – RuneStorm
• Viscera Cleanup Detail: Santa’s Rampage – RuneStorm

Games in active Development: 14

• Cadence – Made With Monster Love
• Blazin’ Aces HD – Duncan Bell
• Viscera Cleanup Detail – RuneStorm
• Ancient Terrible Things – Pleasant Co Games
• Stasis – The Brotherhood
• Zombie Apocalypse Arcade
• Broforce – Free Lives
• The Maker’s Eden – Screwy Lightbulb
• Clash? – Clash Dev
• Khumba: The Game – SIJO Studios
• Death Smashers – Free Lives
• PixelBoy – Giant Box Games
• Atajrubah – Nexy Media
• Bear Chuck? – Steven Tu
• zX: Hyperblast – RetroFuture
• System Crash – Rogue Moon Studios

Games invited to international festivals: 10

• Silhoutte – Manikan Games – Rezzed
• Desktop Dungeons – QCF Design – Minecon
• Broforce – Free Lives – A MAZE Germany, Minecon
• A Day in The Woods (RetroEpic) – A MAZE Germany
• Desktop Dungeons – QCF Design – A MAZE Germany
• Escape Velocity – Richard Pieterse – A MAZE Germany
• zX: Hyperblast – RetroFuture – A MAZE Germany
• Giving, Giving Gone – Wits Students – Games For Change Festival
• Eskom Energy Planner – Forumula D Interactive – Games For Change Festival

Source Make Games SA via el33tonline

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