Funding Grants
From Gameful
One of the issues that faces nearly any project is funding, so apart from selling your soul or your lively possessions, another option can be funding grants.
- Many local governments offer small-business start up grants, check with your relevant governments for more info (and post the details here)
- Canada has new media grants for artists at various funding levels. Canadian arts council, Provincial Arts councils (depending on province) and city arts councils.
- Victoria State Government (Australia) offers up to $100,000 AUD ($101.4k USD at 4 Nov 2010) on a number of conditions
- If a single developer, then you must have lived in Victoria for at least 6 months - If a business, your business must have been based in Victoria for at least 6 months - The grant applied for either individual or business must not total more than 50% of the game's total budget - Victorian Government Your Game Grant
Alternative Funding Sources
KickStarter - A great way to get funding by crowd sourcing the global online community. It also helps you test the stickiness of your idea before launching it
Crowd Sourcing - A good article on how to crowd source for funding your projects.
Funding from Gameful Members - Some Gameful members have funding as a superpower.
The Awesome Foundation - The Awesome Foundation provides monthly $1000 grants (or equiv.) for AWESOME ideas in a growing number of cities around the world
IndieGoGo - Similar to KickStarter
