Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg is the main institution for the film and audio-visual media industry in the German capital region. The New Media department funds media-related projects, serial formats as well as the development of content in the categories games, web, mobile and VR. Since 2008, more than 200 games were funded with around 12 million Euro. This year, the New Media Department granted support for 35 projects with a monetary volume of 3,004,000.00 €.
Apart from mobile, console and PC games, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg funded VR simulations, "walk-in" movies, digital board games and mixed reality experiences. Genres range from Action(-Adventure) and Survival to Farming Simulation and Party games. Below, all funded games of 2021 are listed without the VR projects. For a full list and descriptions of the games, feel free to visit Medienboard's website (only in German).
Production Funding
- OCEAN (Jo-Mei Games, Berlin) – 300.000 Euro
- The Wagadu Chronicles (Twin Drums, Berlin) – 175.000 Euro
- CAVES (Maschinen-Mensch, Berlin) – 155.000 Euro
- Automaton Workshop (Mad about Pandas, Berlin) – 150.000 Euro
- Tiny Vikings (Ximotion, Berlin) – 125.000 Euro
- Farpoint (Industrial Technology and Witchcraft, Berlin) – 125.000 Euro
- HexaWorld (DysTopic, Berlin) – 120.000 Euro
- Ruadh: Sagas (Sorcerers Lab, Berlin) – 100.000 Euro
- Fate of the Galaxy Expansion (Anomaly Games, Berlin) – 91.000 Euro
- ABRISS (Randwerk Games, Berlin) – 90.000 Euro
- Hectarium (Tony Petersen Film, Berlin) – 80.000 Euro
- Wagon Train to the Stars (Stellar Cartography Interactive, Berlin) – 74.000 Euro
- Planet B (Mostly Harmless Games, Berlin) – 70.000 Euro
- Driftwood (AT) (Suspicious Luggage, Berlin) – 63.000 Euro
- You Be Carl (Krakentanz, Berlin) – 60.000 Euro
- Air Punch (Konsole Labs, Berlin) – 45.000 Euro
- A Tongue Like A Sword (ATLAS) (Dexai Arts, Berlin) – 30.000 Euro
- Chai (Digidiced, Berlin) – 29.000 Euro
Development and Production Funding
- Untitled Campfire (Honig Studios, Berlin) – 100.000 Euro
- Leila’s Play (Food for Thought, Berlin) – 55.000 Euro
- Ninies (Julian Dietz, Berlin) – 50.000 Euro
Development Funding
- Ice Dance Nomads (Studio Fizbin, Berlin) – 100.000 Euro
- LILITH (swizzle kiss, Berlin) – 80.000 Euro
- Demolition Dinos (Studio Nachtwerk, Berlin) – 60.000 Euro
- Heroes of Galaxy Mobile (Sunrise Intelligence, Potsdam) – 50.000 Euro
- Questions for a friend (Glome , Berlin) – 45.000 Euro
- OCEAN (Jo-Mei Games, Berlin) – 45.000 Euro
- The Professor (Torpor Games, Berlin) – 32.000 Euro
- Crossroads (Frontiers of Fantasy, Berlin) – 23.500 Euro
- Pirates (Happy Broccoli Games, Berlin) – 18.500 Euro
Source: Indieplanet.de