More Than €1.1 Million in Funding for Eleven Games From Bavaria

The FFF Bayern is funding eleven new game projects from Bavaria with €1.1 million. Active Fungus Studios will receive €450,000 for the first-person city-builder Prospera, and Gentle Troll Entertainment will get €140,000 for a Tavern Talk prequel. For the development of prototypes, Pixel Maniacs will get €200,000 and Prof. Dr. Christoph Minnameier €100,000.

The FFF Bayern Games Funding Committee has decided to support eleven new game projects with a total of more than €1.1 million. Of this amount, €640,000 will go towards production funding for three games. The committee also recommended three prototype development projects, which will receive a total of €394,000. A further €110,000 will go towards the development of five concepts.

Bavaria's Minister for Digital Affairs, Dr. Fabian Mehring: "Even after our Bavarian 'Year of Games', the Free State of Bavaria remains Germany's most important political partner for game developers and is once again giving Bavaria's game studios a strong tailwind with the new round of funding from the FFF Bayern. While the federal government has unfortunately spread uncertainty and indicated a lack of planning in recent years, we in Bavaria continue to focus on stability and targeted support for creative game ideas. For us in Bavaria, games are not only great entertainment, but also a future market worth billions and at the same time an indispensable innovation engine for the digital economy. It is not for nothing that, according to game association, Bavaria is now Germany's leading games location - and we will continue to drive this success story forward. The next step will be for the new federal government to recognize the potential of this dynamic growth industry and turn its games policy around."

Production Games

• €450,000 for Prospera (first-person city-builder through the age of industrialisation) by Active Fungus Studios from Munich
• €140,000 for Dreamwalker: A Tavern Talk Story (cozy fantasy visual novel) by Gentle Troll Entertainment from Würzburg
• €50,000 for Paper Play VR (VR mini-game collection in a world made entirely out of cardboard boxes) by Studio Moondowner from Munich

Prototype Development Games

• €200,000 for Once Upon the Pines (mystical adventure with survival elements) by Pixel Maniacs from Nuremberg
• €100,000 for Avocado (family-friendly couch co-op puzzle adventure) by Prof. Dr. Christoph Minnameier from Munich
• €94,000 for Incredibug (3D platformer) by Memory Forge from Gersthofen

Concept Development Games

• €30,000 for The Witch's Path (2D action-adventure with RPG elements) by Deficit Games from Wiesentheid
• €20,000 for Math the Monarch (humorous roguelite deck-building game) by Emergo Entertainment from Bayreuth
• €20,000 for Mad Tilly's Magical Meds (feel-good adventure) from Favorite Ice Cream Studios in Augsburg
• €20,000 for Forestbound (3D first-person cosy survival) by Number13 Media from Erlangen
• €20,000 for Ruffy and the Riverside 2 (narrative, action-packed adventure platformer) by Zockrates Laboratories from Nuremberg

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