Every month there are countless opportunities for indie game developers that aren't taken advantage of. To hopefully change that, here's a list of the opportunities available at time of writing that developers could consider applying for:
Funding
[Global] Magic Leap Independent Creator Program offering grants up to $500k - plus free hardware :)
- Deadline 15th December.
- https://www.magicleap.com/grant
[Global] Games Finance Market
- Deadline 8 February. Flagship application-only B2B market during London Games Festival, connecting 60 games studios with 60 global games investors.
- http://gfm.games.london/
[Europe] Creative Europe funding €150k funding for development of narrative games
- Deadline 27th Feb 2019. Awards of up to €150,000 and must be 50% match funded. For the development of narrative video games from concept to playable prototype.
- http://www.creativeeuropeuk.eu/funding-opportunities/development-video-games
[Global] BitTorrent owner Tron opens $100 million fund for blockchain games
Awards
[Global] Now Place This showcase
- Deadline 19th December. A festival of experimental game design as part of London Games Festival, particularly interested in games and activities that relate to the theme of community.
- http://nowplaythis.net/2019-open-call/
[Global] International Mobile Gaming Awards
- Deadline 31st December
- http://www.imgawards.com/mobile-gaming/global/
Global] A MAZE. Berlin 2019 awards
- Deadline 4th February.
- https://amazestuff.tumblr.com/post/180303475134/a-maze-berlin-2019-awards-call-for-games-is
Inspiration
Handy resource of trailer specs for different consoles/platform holders.
Hope this is useful! If you know of any funding/award/speaker call that should be included in the future, please email me at [email protected], and if you'd like to subscribe to receive these monthly as they're collated, you can do so https://gamesopportunities.curated.co/