Games Lift Incubator 2024 to launch

The online event "Games Lift Insights" on May 14, 2024 will give applicants an idea of what to expect during the incubator's workshop. "We develop the Games Lift Incubator continuously every year," said Margarete Schneider, Project Manager at Gamecity Hamburg. This year, the scheme includes a joint trip to an international industry event. The teams can also attend a three-month workshop and network with experts across the international games industry. Successful applicants will also be monitored individually until August 2025. The funding scheme targets developers who operate independently of major publishers such as Sony and Nintendo. 

This year, a new diversity checklist is a mandatory feature of the application and should boost the analysis of structures and games development procedures. These guidelines were first applied to prototype funding, another scheme offered by Gamecity Hamburg. A total of EUR 400,000 is awarded annually to local games projects under that scheme. Twenty start-ups and teams of developers including the Symmetry Break Studio with its “Misgiven” sci-fi adventure have benefited from the Games Lift Incubator since it launched in 2020.

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