The MEDIA Office of Creative Europe Desk Ireland and IMIRT (Irish Game Makers Association) will hold a seminar on European Funding for Video Games with speaker, Jari-Pekka Kaleva, COO of European Games Developer Federation and Senior Policy Analyst at Neogames, Finland this week.

 
There will also be a presentation on the Creative Europe Video Game Development Funding Scheme. The seminar will take place in Drury Buildings, Drury Street, Dublin 2 on Wednesday 18 January from 10am – 1pm.

More information and the signup form are available at http://www.creativeeuropeireland.eu/media/news/articles/seminar-european-funding-for-video-games . 

 

CREATIVE EUROPE VIDEO GAME DEVELOPMENT FUNDING – DEADLINE 02 MARCH 2017

 

This annual funding call, which is now open, offers funding for Video Game companies from €10,000 to €150,000 for concept and project development. Previous recipients from Ireland include Story Toys and Tribal City Interactive.

  • A video games company can apply if they are registered for at least 12 months and have produced a game with a strong narrative structure, which has been commercially distributed since the beginning of 2013.
  • The type of games that Creative Europe is looking to fund are narrative storytelling video games regardless of platform or expected distribution method.
  • The story must be told or shown throughout the whole game (in-game storytelling) and not only as an introduction or an ending to the game. In all cases the video game must be intended for commercial exploitation.

For more information on the Video Game scheme see http://www.creativeeuropeireland.eu/media/funding/production/development-of-video-games.

Deadline: 11am (Irish time), 02 March 2017.