
Earlier this week, VAF/Gamefonds announced the results of their latest funding call. The commissions had their work cut out for them due to a gianormous influx of projects. The decisions weren’t always easy, but as our industry continues to grow, we have to accept that the bar to secure funding is being raised with every new call.
If your submission didn’t make the cut this round, it doesn’t necessarily mean the commission doesn’t believe in your game. It just means there were other applications who were deemed better. Keep at it!
Without further ado, here’s the projects that made it this time.
Pre-production
- Warcave received € 50.000 for Project Black Legend (entertainment game)
- Curious Cats received € 35.000 for KATIE (serious game)
- Rocket Vulture received € 43.000 for Detective Dash (entertainment game)
- Stefan Bauwens (and Cindy Ho) received € 50.000 for Short Circuit 3D (educational game)

- Mantis Games received € 25.000 for Von Neumann’s Catastrophe (entertainment game)
- Devillé Arcade received € 52.980 for GamePaint (artistic game)
- Creative Concepts received € 44.280 for The Journey Home (entertainment game)
- Saylt Labs received € 40.000 for The Fluency Fox – Stuttering Games (serious game)

Production
- Cyborn gets a record € 228.020 to support their ambitious first venture in game development with narrative science fiction Hubris VR (entertainment game)
- like Charlie has received € 116.000 to get their short story exploration game Ghost on the Shore stuck in our heads for a long time
Congratulations to all the studios that secured funding. We hope you’ll be able to use the extra resources to craft some truly wonderful games and help expand the international renown of the #BelgianGamesIndustry.