👋 Welcome 👋
This Wednesday I'm running free online conference www.interface9.org to fundraise for the NHS. Speakers include Epic Games, London Venture Partners, Rare, Fourth Floor Creative, ICO Partners, nVidia, and more. And over 60 games prizes donated by the gamedev community will be raffled, with all proceeds going to Scottish NHS Charities.
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💲 Funding 💲
[🌎] Lumen Prize • Celebrating the best art created with technology
Deadline 8th May. Prize fund of $11,500 across categories of Still, Moving Image, XR, 3D/Interactive and Artificial Intelligence.
[🇬🇧] CreativeXR 2020
Deadline 17th May. Up to £20k and an array of other support to prototype VR/AR content.
[🇪🇺] gamecity:Hamburg prototype funding
Deadline 25th May. Up to 80% of development costs up to €80k.
[🇬🇧] MSDUK Innovation Challenge
Deadline 29th May. For ethnic minority businesses/founders with ideas that can make the world a better place.
[🌎] WomenIn Scholarship Fund
Deadline 31st May. Supports female students and early career gaming professionals.
🏆 Awards 🏆
[Scot] Scottish BAFTAs
Deadline 24th June. Free entry. For Scottish developed games launched between 1 July 2019 – 28 June 2020.
📅 Events 📅
[🌎] European Games BizDev Gathering
13 -14 May. Tickets €35. Online Games Industry Business Meetings and Pitching Event.
[🌎] GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit
28th May. Free for games developers, publishers, platform-holders and investors.
[🌎] Nordic Game
27 - 29 May. Tickets from €99, but Nordic Game are kindly offering three free passes for readers of this newsletter - for both NG20 online in May, and NG20+ live in November, email colin@indiechampions.com to enter!
Funding Assistance
[🌎] Interface 9; supporting the NHS
A free online fundraising event comprising a series of 10 minute lightning-talks from Epic Games, London Venture Partners, Rare, Fourth Floor Creative, ICO Partners, nVidia and more.
The games development community have contributed over 60 prizes worth over £1,500 which will be raffled on the night, with all proceeds going to Scottish NHS Charities.
💬 Speaker Calls 💬
[🌎] Speaker call for Nordic Game 2020
Deadline 1st September. Event held 25-27 Nov in Malmö, Sweden.
💤 Housekeeping 💤
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