© Unity/GamesMarkt Development Two Berlin Studios Make it Into Unity's May Showreel With Happy Broccoli Games and Horizont Computergrafik, two studios from Berlin have made it into Unity's May showreel Games Made with Unity. Almost at the same time as the showreel, Unity has also expanded its 'How-to' eBook series. With the'Games Made with Unity showreels, By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Epic Games Development Epic Games Makes Game Animation Sample Project Available for Free Epic Games is now offering a database of over 500 animations for free download as part of the Game Animation Sample Project. Indie developers can use them for their games. According to Epic Games, it is a suitable sandbox for developers working on triple-A productions, a starting point for pre-production By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© devcom/eosAndy Development Devcom Launches new Scholarship Programme devcom has announced the launch of its new scholarship programme aimed at increasing inclusivity and diversity in the video game industry. The initiative aims to support underrepresented and undervalued game developers by working with international organisations. Devcom's new scholarship programmes are designed to increase inclusivity and diversity in By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Kaweh Mansoori, Hesse's Minister of Economics © Paul Schneider / Hessische Staatskanzlei Development Hesse Supports six Games With 280,000 Euros As part of the 'Hessen Serious Game' programme, the German state of Hesse has decided to fund a total of six projects. These were selected by a panel of experts from a total of 23 applications. This time around, the state of Hesse is supporting game developers with By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
“Fireside” has released to favourable reception on 4 June 2024. © Emergo Development Emergo Entertainment’s “Fireside” Enters Sale Period to 10.000 Wishlists With a 100 per cent positive review rate, 10.000 wishlist entries and first positive international press after yesterday's release, Emergo Entertainment CEO Paul Redetzky is happy with “Fireside's” first 24 hours. After a successful first 24 hours, Emergo Entertainment looks back positively on yesterday’s By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
WIP Screenshot of "Ultimate Indie Racing" featuring Smushi from "Smushi come Home". © ZoroArts Development How a German Dev Came to Build an Indie Crossover Racer In just a week, Mateo Covic alias ZoroArts, developer of “Maki’s Adventure”, has brought indie devs together for a crossover indie cart racer project. With “Ultimate Indie Racing”, the young dev combines IPs like “Frogun”, “Smushi come Home” and more and is still looking for devs that want their By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
Waters of Sal Naména is a new Metroidbrainia by Distant Meadows from Nuremberg. © Distant Meadows Development Distant Meadows Shows Exclusive First Impressions of Waters of Sal Naména With an exclusive reveal on GamesMarkt, Nuremberg studio Distant Meadows is sharing the first screenshots of in-development game Waters of Sal Naména. The game in the wake of Outer Wilds and The Witness wants to bring the genre of 'Metroidbrainias' further along. Waters of Sal Naména is an By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
Team picture (from left to right): Martin Zimmer, Benjamin Schmidt (in the front with hat), Simon Koch, Nico Faltermeier, Odin Seiffert, Andreas Scholl, Michael Müller and Pascal Heiler, who took the picture. © Pascal Heiler Development Kritzelkratz 3000: Back in the Game with Remasters and Ports By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
© Jennifer Burckhardt People Aesir Hires Psychologist Jennifer Burkhardt as Junior Producer Since this May, psychologist Jennifer F. Burkhardt is the newest part of Aesir's Producing team in Munich. Since this month, Aesir Interactive has a new Junior Producer: Jennifer F. Burkhardt, studied psychologist and experienced lecturer and workflow & communication analyst, is now part of the team in Munich. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© MDM/Firmen Development MDM Approves Funding for Three Games and two XR Projects The Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM) has approved a total of 335,000 euros for the Games & XR segment in the second funding session of the year. 250,000 of this will go to the games from Inclusive Gaming, PandaBee Studios and Bippinbits. In the second funding session of the year, By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
SpielFabrique seeks Bridge partners. © SpielFabrique Development SpielFabrique Seeks Bridge Partners Bridge by SpielFabrique is a programme to promote matchmaking and collaboration between game studios in Africa and Europe. European studios interested in participating are still being sought. The Coproduction Market programme "Match" by SpielFabrique is getting bigger this year, in particular by the inclusion of more countries for By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
NightinGames founders Antonia Schmidt (left) and Tanja Zinser visited gamescom 2023 with part of the team © Picture: NightinGames Development NightinGames Supports Aesir Interactive in the Development of new Windstorm The production of Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori is also a great opportunity for indie developer NightinGames from Bayreuth. They are working with Aesir Interactive on the production and are involved in production, game design, tech and art. Just a few days ago, publisher Mindscape and developer Aesir Interactive announced By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
