Poland: Financial Support For The Devs By The State!

General news News 06/10/2016

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Poland might be setting a trend for the approach to video game development.

The Polish government and CD Projekt RED have teamed up to support the struggling developers. The total sum for this fund is 20 million dollars worth of zloty, and this money is aimed at devs to help their creativity earn results and experiment with – to them, unusual – things. The minimum and maximum amount is 130 thousand dollars and 5.2 million, respectively – devs don’t have to pay it back. The amount of financial support depends on how many people works in the team, what project it is aimed at, and the will to share the results with others.

There are a few hurdles: the games can be under development for only three years, and the funding wouldn’t be covering the total cost of developing the game, only 40-80 percent.

On paper, this idea sounds amazing, and we can see the results by 2020. If an ex-Eastern Bloc country can pull it off, it should be an inspiration to other countries.

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