Meeting with Ministry of Culture on Introducing a Video Game Tax Relief Scheme
At the meeting with the Ministry of Culture, the leaders of CGDA and a representative of HAVC presented the concept of encouraging investment in the video game industry. At the meeting, Hrvoje Mitić, art advisor at HAVC, went through a cross-section of incentives in other countries – similar incentive programs are also used by all […]
GlobalGameJam Winners from Croatian Cities
We talked to the winners of four Global Game Jams in Croatia. What makes their games winning, and what are their plans going forward? We were interviewed by Josip Vincetić from Downtown Game Studio, who won in Novska with the game “No Need for Speed”, Matea Ignatoski from the Rijeka team behind the “Rise to […]
Industry Recap January 2024
HAVC The results of public calls in the category of encouraging the development and production of video games for 2023 have been published and €250,000 has been awarded to domestic studios, partly to well-known studios (LGM, Ironward, Room-C Games, Gamechuck…) but partly also to debutants (this year this category was also introduced for the first […]
Presentation of the PlayStation Indies programme
John Vega, senior manager from PlayStation, organized the presentation of the PlayStation Indies program for EGDF and its members. TL;DR: PS Indies is a promotional program that raises visibility (discoverability, shining a light) What do indies get with the partnership? – Spotlight on PS Indies Day on all socials – a dedicated PlayStation Indies website […]
European Videogame Accelerator Applications
Have a game development studio? You’ve already released a game but it’s all going too slowly? Want to speed up your way to the finish line? We have a solution – apply to Spielfabrique’s “European Videogame Accelerator”! With mentoring from industry veterans and expert guidance from successful studios from all over Europe, including lectures from […]
Working meeting between HAVC and CGDA, January 2024
On January 17, 2024, CGDA had a working meeting with the Croatian Audiovisual Center (HAVC). Aleksandar Gavrilović, Robert Sajko and Hrvoje Horvatek were present in front of CGDA and Hrvoje Mitić, Benjamin Noah Maričak and Christopher Marcich in front of HAVC. The meeting lasted an hour. We touched on the points of support related to […]
Rijeka now funds videoigames
With today’s adopted amendment, the city of Rijeka became the first city in Croatia to include video games in its open call for public support in addition to all other audiovisual activities, since video games are part of audiovisual art, as defined by the Act on Audiovisual Activities from 2018. This is great news for […]