💲 Funding 💲
[Scot] £1k funds available for 11-25 year olds
Deadline 10th November. Any young person living in Scotland who is aged 11 to 25 can apply for funding.
[🇪🇺] Horizon 2020 Interactive Technologies
Deadline 13th November. Develop AR/VR authoring tools for automated interactive content creation or develop solutions where the use of such technology is not mainstream. Focus should be on developing richer virtual environments, new user interfaces and improved immersion maximizing the feeling of presence. Budgets expected but not limited to being EUR 1.5-2 million with a duration from 12 to 24 months.
[🌎] Super Patron Endowment Fund
Deadline 21st November. $50k funding for an artist that "Demonstrates consistent, strong creativity. Has a unique and clear artistic voice. Is getting low to medium traction, but has high potential." Thanks to Liam Towse for flagging.
[🇬🇧] Innovate UK Innovation Loans
Deadline 27th November. Loans of between £100,000 and £1 million are available to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Loans are for highly innovative late stage projects with the best game changing and/or disruptive ideas or concepts. There should be a clear route to commercialisation and economic impact.
[GB Midlands] New Creatives Midlands
Deadline 1st February. For ages 16-30 based in the Midlands. Project budgets will range from £10-20k.
[🇪🇺] Creative EU Media Award Funding
Deadline 12th February 2020. The total grant awarded to each project can range from €10,000 to €150,000 and must be 50% match funded.
🏆 Awards 🏆
[🌎] BAFTA's Games Awards 2020
Deadline 14th November. Open to developers, publishers or anyone involved n the production and/or promotion of a game provided it has/will be released in the UK in 2019.
[🌎] Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2020
Deadline 15th November. Categories include Best Developer, Best Indie Developer, Best Publisher, Best Audio/Visual, Accomplishment, Best Storytelling, Best Innovation, Best Mobile Esport and others.
Funding Assistance
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📸 Showcase 📸
[🌎] CGMood Materials from the World competition
Deadline 21st January. €1k prize open to 3D and CG Artists, CG hobbyists and whoever has experience or want to measure themselves in texture and material creation.
[🌎] Green Stories Writing Competitions
Deadline 3rd February. £500 first place prize. Looking for Interactive Fiction pieces that in some way touch upon ideas around building a sustainable society or showcase green ideas, practices or technologies
[🇬🇧] ENSEMBLE at Games London
Deadline 6th December. Spotlighting the work of UK games creatives from BAME backgrounds.
[Scot] Support to attend GDC 2020
Deadline 13th December. Scottish Development International (SDI) will again have a Scottish Pavilion at GDC 2020 in San Francisco. Scottish companies can access free exhibition passes and use the bookable meeting spaces on the stand. If this is of interest, please contact Shaqil.Gastasab@scotent.co.uk for more details.
⏩ Accelerators ⏩
[🌎] IGDA Scholar program for GDC 2020
Deadline 29th November. Each GDC 2020 program includes a Conference + Summits GDC pass, a travel stipend and a variety of program specific experiences. The program is open to promising students who pursuing a degree in a field related to game development. Students can be in an undergraduate or graduate degree program, and applications are welcome from students around the world.
💬 Speaker Calls 💬
💡 Inspiration 💡
How to get your game funded at EGX
The link to this last month broke, but it's a great article so including again.
💤 Housekeeping 💤
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