Game Changer Awards 2024 in Zagreb
Another Game Changer Awards was held yesterday, which includes an award ceremony and a gala exclusive dinner for various branches of IT, gaming and other industries, and took place at the Zonar Hotel. The award for GAMING RACKET OF THE YEAR was won by Talos Principle 2 and the award was accepted on behalf of […]
Bright Gambit meets CGDA
Alexander Milton from Bright Gambit was a guest on the CGDA server today and introduced the video game incentive fund to our members. They invest up to around €300,000 and their founders are industry veterans and have decided to give back to the industry by funding interesting, culturally diverse (diverse) games that tell stories that […]
BRIEFS 2024 Applications open
BRIEFS 2024 Call Open! It’s this time of the year again: The new BRIEFS call is out! This year under the motto “DEATH”. So if you have always dreamed about developing a game about death, this is just the right opportunity to do so. Apply until 23rd of May! WHAT’S BRIEFS? Briefs is a micro-publishing […]
Two prototype funds unveiled at Reboot Develop
A big problem for many new game development studios is that they don’t have access to early-stage funding (from idea to prototype), before they can talk to publishers. Therefore, Rami Ismail launched the Global Games Fund, which offers funding for prototypes, and in return asks for one of several options for returning money (offering three […]
Experiences from Reboot Develop 2024
This is an autotranslated interview from the Croatian version. We talked with Mato and Josip Vincetić from Downtown Game Studio, winners of GGJ’24 who are one of the many winners of free Reboot Develop tickets. How did you get tickets for Reboot? Josip: We got the tickets by winning the Global Game Jam competition in […]
Meeting to add Croatia to list of Kickstarter Creators
Today, CGDA held a meeting with Kickstarter Europe Outreach Team Leader, Michael Liebe. The meeting was attended by representatives of the companies Fearem, Intercorona, Gamechuck, ANIQ, Protopixel, Crane 51, Under the Stairs, Ajvar studio, Porcupine Parkour, Under the Stairs… At the meeting, we went through the important steps that Croatia can take to make it […]
Report from Games Finance Market London
From Wednesday to Friday, a Croatian delegation of representatives from the video game sector attended the Games Finance Market in London, consisting of Benjamin Noah Maričak from HAVC, Aleksandar Gavrilović from CGDA and HAVC’s artistic advisor Hrvoj Mitić. The first meeting was with Olsberg related to the creation of a study to assess the effect […]
Political parties opinions on introducing a cash rebate for videogames
Ahead of the upcoming Croatian parliamentary elections next week, we sent a query to all political parties (which according to the latest research exceed the threshold of 5% at the national level) related to the launch of an investment incentive (cash rebate). The query was as follows: “Since the elections are approaching, and we could not […]
Early Bird Tickets for Indie Game Fest Cologne
Our Early Bird prices are only available until 20th April (until the very end of the 20th to be precise). Tickets available here: https://indiegamefest.de/tickets Unlock exclusive perks: use the Matchmaking Tool GIN access our Business Lounge with food and drinks join the Aftershow Party attend the INDIE Campus Depending on your ticket, you can also: […]
Cash Rebate system for videogames in development in Croatia
Today, CGDA signed a contract with Olsberg SPI consultancy with the aim of creating a design and a detailed analysis of the effect of the “cash rebate” program in the video game sector, modeled after the British Video Games Expenditure Credit (formerly known as Video Games Tax Relief, i.e. VGTR). In Croatia, the precedent is […]