GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

Support will be given to the development (pre-production) of concepts and prototypes of interactive narrative storytelling with original content and/or quality gameplay intended for production and global commercial exploitation via PCs, consoles, mobile devices, tablets, smart phones and other technologies.

The aim is to provide funds to video game production companies and other companies producing immersive content to develop works with a high level of originality and innovative and creative value, and that have a high level of commercial ambition and extensive cross-border potential to reach European and international markets. This will allow for further investment in innovative European content and increase the competitiveness of European companies in the digital global market.

Applications should present adequate strategies to ensure a more sustainable and more environmentally-respectful industry and to ensure gender balance, inclusion, diversity and representativeness.

The following projects are ineligible:

• puzzle games, memory games, sports games, racing games, running games, rhythm/singing/dancing games, social games, quiz games, party games, versus-fighting games, word and spelling games, number games, mind games, even if they have a narrative element;
• projects where professional education, training or therapy is the main objective;
• multimedia art projects and installations;
• immersive tours, events, music videos and immersive experiences used in retail;
• works of a promotional nature being part of a promotional campaign or advertising for a specific, destination (tourism), product and/or brand and institutional productions to promote a specific organisation or its activities;
• projects including pornographic or racist material or advocating violence;
• platforms for games or interactive experiences and websites being, or dedicated specifically to, social platforms, social networking, internet forums, blogs or similar activities;
• tools and software services aimed solely at technological development and/or used solely for further developing already existing game or interactive experience concepts;
• reference works (encyclopedias, atlases, catalogues, databases and similar),“how-to” works (instructional guides, manuals and similar) and (interactive) e-books;
• information or purely transactional services.