Rhineland-Palatinate Approves €240,000 in Direct and Indirect Funding for Games

In the first round of funding by Medienförderung RLP, the jury gave the green light for funding to 23 projects, including seven games, and three scholarships. The second round of funding will start in July.

The jury had a difficult choice to make when selecting the recipients of this year's funding in Rhineland-Palatinate. A total of 111 applications were submitted, including eleven applications for scholarships and 22 for games projects. In the end, 26 grants were awarded, 16 to projects in the audio-visual sector, 7 to games and 3 scholarships.

The seven games received a total of 222,000 euros in funding. 54,000 euros went to the scholarships and 372,894 euros were awarded to the audiovisual projects. As the grant for Julia-Jasmin Bold is for a project development for an interactive educational game with the working title ColorMath, which received €18,000 in funding, the total funding for games projects amounts to €240,000.

The following projects were funded in the actual games sector:

• Ultimath (concept) by Jennifer Nguyen/Serigami Games: 20.000 Euro
• Projekt Schrebergarten (prototype) by Christopher Manske/Unterpunkt9: 25.000 Euro
• Limes 119 (prototype) by Philipp Busch/Mind Games: 50.000 Euro
• Wildest Catch (production/development) by Alain Brunotte/Alchemical Works: 35.000 Euro
• Forensik Simulator (production/development) by Jens Wiechering/Binary Impact: 32.000 Euro
• Islantiles (production/development) by Daniel Espen/ Thunderrock Innovations: 25.000 Euro
• Causal Loop (publishing/go to market) by Julian König/Mirebound Interactive: 35.000 Euro

"We are delighted that in the current funding round we have not only been able to double the state's funding, but also support a total of 26 innovative and creative projects," said Heike Raab, Chair of the Supervisory Board of Medienförderung RLP and State Secretary, Representative of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate to the Federal Government and for Europe and Media.

The second funding round in Rhineland-Palatinate, which is organised bei Medienförderung RLP, will start on 1 July 2025 and run until 10 October. As in other federal states, an initial consultation is required before submitting an application.