YEAR PLAN · JUL 2026 → JUN 2027

Tick items as they land — state persists in this browser

Strategy: many cheap shots on portal KPIs (kill-switch picks winners) · procedural art dodges the redraw bottleneck · Screen QLD money funds the one game that deserves real art.

REVENUE STREAMS

Stream	Engine	Notes
Playgama rev-share	portfolio, +1 game / ~6wk	each game is a lottery ticket; kill-switch culls at 2wk
Website hub AdSense	all games	passive, grows with catalogue
itch.io	every launch	discovery + mailing list > revenue
CrazyGames / Poki direct	KPI winners only	Playgama does NOT auto-publish there
Screen QLD grants	Slime Rescue → Rabbit Pi	$20k proto → $100k slice → $200k full; marketing eligible
Steam	breakout hit only	decision gate after web metrics

SCREEN QLD GRANT FACTS verified 2026-07

Tiers: Prototype $20k → Vertical Slice $100k → Full $200k · $300k lifetime/title · same title can climb
Individuals eligible · QLD resident · IP retained · in-kind unpaid dev work counts as co-contribution
Marketing costs eligible: strategy, PR, press kits, localisation (JA pipeline already built)
One application per round · last round closed Feb 15 2025 → target Feb 2027 (verify!)
Also: Market Grants (conference travel) · Games Residency (12-month program)
Assessed on: track record · artistry/originality/commercial · marketing strategy · budget realism

QUARTERS

Q3 2026 — Get the earners live

Jul: Tuna Playgama submission complete (zip ready — user upload + QA Tool) Jul: Moon Garden launch-ready — flower-dex, moonlight economy + seed shop, Playgama SDK, submit Jul: Monarch decision — unlist until redraw, or itch-only with AI art Aug: Chain Drop built + submitted (S-tier · ~2.5wk · 8 assets) Aug: first kill-switch reads on tuna / moon-garden → double down or archive Sep: Tower Defense built (A-tier) — 30-asset art pass alongside dev Sep: SQ Market Grant application for SXSW Sydney / PAX Aus (Oct) Ongoing: tuna's 35 card redraws drip-fed ~3/day

Q4 2026 — Volume + the shell

Oct: Microgame Bundle — shell + 12–16 games (future jams = "add 3 microgames") Oct: conference (if Market Grant landed) — devlog + contacts for grant credibility Nov: Auto Battler OR Roguelike — pick on Q3 KPI evidence (economy retained → AB; arcade → RL) Dec: seasonal events on live games (daily-challenge system), website hub + mailing list polish Dec: Slime Rescue grant demo started — 3 polished rooms, one with final art style Christmas checkpoint: 6-game live portfolio = the grant "track record"

Q1 2027 — The grant swing

Jan: Slime Rescue demo polish + pitch deck + budget (grant + in-kind) + marketing plan Feb: SUBMIT Screen QLD Prototype application Feb: filler build while waiting — Suika-style merge or Lighthouse Keeper Mar: direct CrazyGames/Poki submissions for double-survivors Mar: free Steam page for Slime Rescue (wishlists = marketing-plan evidence)

Q2 2027 — Fork in the road

Grant lands → funded Slime Rescue production, aim Vertical Slice tier next round Grant misses → substantial rework + resubmit; Rabbit Pi application prepped as alternate Jun: mid-year review — kill or double every live game; rewrite this plan

OPERATING RULES

One new portal game every ~6 weeks — build order pre-ranked in ratings
Kill-switch is sacred: 2 weeks post-launch, KPIs or archive — no sunk-cost polish
Procedural-first: drawing hours only for grant-track games + proven winners
Every ship: Playgama SDK · EN+JA · responsive scale · wrangler deploy · style-contract tests
Fridays: hub, mailing list, screenshots — the grant evidence trail