the art of public funding for indie games
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Held together with Yacine Salmi at the 2011 Indie Game Summit at GDC Europe.TRANSCRIPT
An Inside Look
Alexander Zacherl, Bit Barons
Yacine Salmi, Piece of Pie Studios
at Public Fundingfor Indie Games
Swimming Under Clouds
Yacine Salmi
Astroslugs
Alexander Zacherl
Caveats
Why Public Funding?
Money!
Reduces Start-Up Risk
Keep Your IP
They Succeed if You Succeed
Artistic Freedom
Less Legal Trouble
Downsides
You Lose Some Independence
Time & Effort
Your Game Matters
Dumb Money
Some Strings Attached
Not a Business Plan
On Public Funds
Game Funds
Economic Funds
Art Funds
Research Funds
Financial Spectrum
Placeholder Slide
The List
Just Kidding …
bit.ly/publicfunds
Thanks
• Felix Bohatsch• Michael Samyn• Gordon Midwood• Douglas Wilson• Lau Korsgaard• Raigan Burns
Yacine [email protected]/ysalmi
Alexander [email protected]/dbltnk
Photo credits1. flickr.com / jorgempf
2. Piece of Pie Studios3. Bit Barons 4. flickr.com / Dave_b_5. flickr.com / Ksayer16. flickr.com / epSos.de7. flickr.com / quinn.anya8. flickr.com / Noah Sussman9. flickr.com / See-ming Lee10. flickr.com / tadekk11. flickr.com / Seattle Municipal Archives12. flickr.com / comp@ss13. Mega6414. flickr.com / brad montgomery15. Broken Rules
16. flickr.com / beej5517. flickr.com / Horia Varlan18. flickr.com / Manitoba Historical Maps19. flickr.com /macieklew20. Press Play21. Brightside Games22. Tale of Tales23. flickr.com / Amy Loves Yah24. flickr.com / LuaCheia7225. flickr.com / Lorena Cupcake26. us27. flickr.com / cherie6c