A Victoria-based video game studio, Secret Plans Games is one of six BC game studios to receive $50,000 in funding from Creative BC.
The company is currently developing a multi-player bird-watching game that invites players to explore a virtual nature sanctuary with friends. In the game, users can photograph various bird species and complete a guidebook as they discover and document wildlife together.
Creative BC has just announced that Secret Plans Games are among the first six recipients selected to receive funding from their Video Games Early Stages Program.
The program, which was designed to help new studios gain a foothold in the industry, will send a total of $300,000 to video game studios in BC.
It is supported by the BC government’s $42 million investment announced in April 2023, which included $3 million to help support innovation and growth among independent BC-owned interactive digital media studios.
“We’re proud to support six emerging BC video game studios through the first intake of the Video Games Early Stage Growth Program.,” said Prem Gill, CEO of Creative BC.
“With support from the Province of British Columbia, we are enabling early‑stage studios to develop creative IP, grow sustainably, and bring new BC-made games to market in an increasingly competitive global industry.”
Secret Plans Games is set to release Flock Around at the end of April, but a demo version is available now on Steam.
The other five studios to receive funding are We Were Monkeys based in Vernon, 2TG Entertainment Inc. in Vancouver, Let Us Cook Games in Coquitlam, Dogfish Games in Port Coquitlam and Bramvale Studios in Burnaby.
For more information on the Secret Plans Games and its endeavours, visit their website here.
