as of september 2016 . type private nonprofit industry workspace founded september 2013 ; 3 years ago 2013 09 founder tony reed headquarters levels 1 2 71 75 city road southbank melbourne victoria 3006 australia number of locations 1 2016 area served melbourne australia key people tony reed services workspace independent video game development owner game developer s association of australia website thearcade.melbourne the arcade is an australian nonprofit company that houses indie game developers in designated workspaces in order to foster a creative community using game methodologies and technologies . 1 they share property rent and are open to game testing each other s games to offer critique and support . contents 1 history 2 culture 3 companies 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was established in 2013 in melbourne . 1 tony reed president of the game developer s association of australia came up with the idea in 2010 . after being declined two times by the australian government they were given a chance to test it successfully after which they were given funding from film victoria as well as seed money from the gdaa . 2 part of the rationale is due to politician joe hockey cancelling the interactive media fund thereby taking 10 million out of the australian video game industry . 3 as of 2016 the company hosts 33 4 5 video game studios from a small amount the previous year . 6 the company is planning to expand into another location with it s location undecided 7 as of september 2016 . culture edit according to the sunday morning herald the company offers discounted office space and hot desking plus the significant benefits of shared knowledge and networking that come with working alongside others . 8 one of the devs explained i was working from home going insane . i found out that this space was starting up ... it s been incredible . if i ve got a question from a tech perspective ... i can just go and talk to some of australia s foremost experts ... that kind of expertise is just invaluable as a developer . 9 companies edit it currently houses 33 australian gaming development studios from 4 or 5 the previous year . 2 tin man games manymonkeys the voxel agents hipster whale surprise attack goat entertianment considerable content dime studios game developer s association of australia log mighty games minimega points of engagement green stripe snake wander rocket jump samurai punk lumi loveshack ironworks games fluffy kitten studios three phase interactive well placed cactus igda melbourne cg spectrum vectorstorm lampshade dbolical grapple gun games positomic the otherworld agency yak & co mountains references edit a b the arcade melbourne . the arcade . a b the arcade a capitalist commune of indie game development . cnet . cbs interactive . 22 december 2014 . the arcade and funding for australian made video games kotaku australia . kotaku.com.au . retrieved 2016 02 17 . digital games . invest victoria . retrieved 16 september 2016 . francis hannah 22 september 2015 . how siobhan reddy turned video games into high art . illawarra mercury . retrieved 15 september 2016 . kye white . the arcade opens its doors for a day to aspiring game developers . startupsmart . nguyen patrick 27 august 2015 . an encounter with the arcade and the gdaa . gamespresso . retrieved 16 september 2016 via digimental media group . arcade the clear winner for australia s digital games industry . the sydney morning herald . kye white . the arcade opens its doors for a day to aspiring game developers . startupsmart.com.au . retrieved 2016 02 17 . external links edit good game feature on the arcade retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the arcade company & oldid 739832938 categories video game publishersvideo game companies of australiavideo game development companieshidden categories use dmy dates from september 2016use australian english from september 2016all wikipedia articles written in australian english navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 17 september 2016 at 08 51 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view