Promoting Interactive Media
List of the 14 supported projects:
Concept funding:
Alpage Productions Sàrl, «Aqua Montis, l’or des consorts»
Okomotive GmbH, zukünftiges Projekt
Indoor Astronaut GmbH, «Derailed!»
Stardust, «AVA»
Sunnyside Games, «Exodus (working title)»
Andres Bucher, «Kukulkan»
Team KwaKwa Farhan & Co, «Soup Raiders»
Kino Industries AG, «Galactic Burger – A Space Oddity»
Ronny Aeschlimann, Noelia Hedo, Christian Hirschi, Severin Walker, Leonard Walzer, «Dark Matters»
Production funding:
Malik Benabdallah, «OmoTomO»
Lilou Studio GmbH, «FISHERY»
5am Games, «Letters – a written adventure»
Post-production funding:
Sunnyside Games, «INLIGHT (towaga 2)»
Okomotive GmbH, «FAR: Lone Sails»
Launched at the end of June 2018, the third call for projects was a great success: 69 projects were submitted to Pro Helvetia, demonstrating the strength of Swiss interactive creation. The jury selected 14 projects that combined the best formal qualities, feasibility and commercial potential. These projects will receive well targeted funding according to their stage of development: design, production or post-production. These measures are intended to help young design and interactive media talents to establish themselves on the market as part of Pro Helvetia’s «Culture and Business» focus.
The next call for projects is now open for applications until 1 March 2019.
Three studios supported by Pro Helvetia:
CONCEPT FUNDING:
Stardust, «AVA»
Borne by an enchanting visual universe, the player accompanies AVA on her journey by answering various puzzles. This game, designed for mobile use, was created by developer Tabea Iseli.
PRODUCTION FUNDING:
5am Games, «Letters – a written adventure»
Founded by Aleksandra Iakusheva, Martina Hotz and Selina Capol, «Letters» offers users a poetic adventure in words and images: By navigating the correspondence between the heroine Sarah and Sasha, the player unlocks each step by finding the right words.
POST-PRODUCTION FUNDING:
Okomotive GmbH, «FAR: Lone Sails»
After its launch on Microsoft and IOS in May 2018, acclaim from the international press and several nominations and awards, «FAR: Lone Sails» has just been awarded the prestigious Deutscher Entwicklerpreis (German Developer Award).
