Deadline: 01-Sep-2025
The Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council is excited to invite applications for its Game Design Emerging Talents – Production Project.
Pro Helvetia promotes the professional contemporary Swiss art and cultural production (without film) with a view to diversity as well as national and international reach.
It supports the creation of new artistic works and productions, the exchange between Switzerland’s various linguistic regions, the dissemination of Swiss art and culture outside Switzerland and international cultural exchange.
Funding Information
- Grant amount: up to CHF 50,000 on the condition that own or third-party funding in the same amount as requested from Pro Helvetia is available on a binding basis (matching grant).
Eligibility Criteria
- Emerging Talents’ are professional game designers whose game design-relevant education or company foundation (as a legal entity) dates back less than 7 years.
- To be eligible for support, projects must:
- have a clear connection to Switzerland
- be of nationwide importance
- be adequately co-funded by other public or private means
- respects/guarantee fair working conditions
Ineligibility Criteria
- The following are excluded:
- Commissioned work and projects that are part of an advertising campaign or for promotional purposes
- Purely technological projects without an obvious narrative and/or aesthetic content.
Selection Criteria
- Originality, feasibility, high degree of innovation and marketability
- Independent concept – further refinement of own, already realised projects are also permitted
- Digital content for devices such as computers, game consoles, mobile devices or for mixed reality, the use of which requires a high degree of interaction and has a major impact on the content
- Copyright and rights of use are held by the project sponsor.
Application Requirements
- Vertical slice or playable prototype
- Trailer (no longer than two minutes)
- Project description (max. 25 A4 pages) incl. images, CV of the participants, long-term strategy of the studio
- Proof of status as an Emerging Talent: diploma or proof of company registration
- Business plan with detailed budget and financial plan, incl. information on financial assistance from third parties
- Plan for production and commercialisation, market positioning (incl. target group analysis, pricing, etc.), communication and distribution strategy
- All written documents must be submitted in English.
For more information, visit Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council.
