👋 Welcome 👋
Hope everyone's safe and well. I'd like to highlight two events I'm organising that I'd appreciate help in spreading the word about:
- The Game Parade Game Jam is to showcase amazing new talent to an array of games industry judges. If you'd like to get involved, let me know, otherwise, please share
- On Thurs 25th Feb we're running a livestreamed event for Internships, Graduate Schemes and Traineeships in the UK Games Industry, featuring talks from Creative Assembly, Ubisoft, Mediatonic, Lucid Games, Splash Damage and Sumo Digital. It's completely to attend, so please share with anyone you know that could benefit from it.
Thanks!
💲 Funding 💲
[🌎] Deutsche Bank Awards for Creative Entrepreneurs
Deadline 31st March. 5 winners share £60k prize fund and £100k worth of business support.
🏆 Awards 🏆
[🌎] NYX International Games Awards
Deadline 17th February. Categories are: Mobile Games, PC Game, Nintendo Switch Game, Microsoft Xbox Game, Sony PlayStation Game, Board Game / Card Game, Wii U, Marketing: Advertising & Design, Marketing: Content Marketing, Marketing: Social Campaign, Marketing: Strategic Marketing, Marketing: Website, Marketing: Audio / Video
📅 Events 📅
[🌎] Games Capital Summit
Apply by 16th Feb, event on 24th February. Hosted by Nordic Game Ventures, the Games Capital Summit enables entrepreneurs to both connect with potential investors and learn what it takes to be investable.
[🇬🇧] IFinding Money and Getting Your Game Made
Thurs 18th February. A free UK Department for International Trade panel on what US VC funds are looking for, and how to get in front of them.
[🌎] Tinderbox PlayAway Games Festival
22nd Feb - 5th March. Music & arts collective Tinderbox have lined up two weeks of events at this free/donations-based conference for those "Looking to the games sector for inspiration in an online world".
Funding Assistance
[🌎] Game Parade Game Jam!
Starting Sunday 21st Feb, we have the next Game Parade Game Jam! Last time we had almost 400 participants produce 80 amazing games; industry judges this time include Universal Music, Team 17, Sumo Digital, Avalance, Sharkmob, Double Eleven, Storm in a Teacup, and plenty more! Please forward to anyone interested in showcasing their skills, or contact Colin if your studio could be interested in judging and/or sponsoring.
Supporting
Tinderbox PlayAway Games Festival
Showcasing and celebrating the creativity, diversity, innovation, and imagination in games and interactive media.
⏩ Accelerators ⏩
💬 Speaker Calls 💬
[🌎] DevDays - Software Development Conference
Deadline end Feb. Hybrid conference held both online and in Vilnius, Lithuania June 8th-10th.
💡 Inspiration 💡
Dancing Monkeys
A weekly newsletter from ex PlayStation Strategic Director Shahid Ahmad sharing insightful tips into how he strives to improve himself, and survive the industry.
💤 Housekeeping 💤
- Please forward this to anyone else you think may appreciate it, and they can subscribe here
- If you know of any funding/award/speaker call that should be included in the future, please email me at colin@indiechampions.com
- I also have a weekly newsletter that simply lists the top six stories from the games industry each week, subscribe here
- And if you're interested in recruitment I also run Games Jobs Live, get in touch if you'd like to see one run in your local area!