Awarded yesterday, November 7th in Salaborsa during the event dedicated to the italian video game industry
Durante l’evento “L’industria dei videogiochi in Italia: Stato dell’arte, opportunità e prospettive”, organizzato nell’Auditorium Biagi di Salaborsa ieri 7 novembre dal Comune di Bologna | Settore Cultura e Creatività, sono stati presentati i progetti vincitori dell’edizione 2024 di Bologna Game Farm.
Giunto alla sua quarta edizione, il bando annuale per gli sviluppatori videoludici, esteso per la prima volta a livello nazionale grazie al coinvolgimento del Ministero per le Imprese e il Made in Italy e di CTE COBO, ha premiato nove vincitori per circa 200.000 euro di contributi.
Su un totale di 25 domande pervenute da tutta Italia, i nove soggetti vincitori tra imprese e liberi professionisti a cui sarà destinato un contributo fino a 25.000 euro ciascuno, oltre al percorso di accelerazione su misura a cura di IIDEA, sono i seguenti:
LF Vision and Redrawn Studios (Turin). “Darwake” is a 2 D adventure game with puzzle components that uses the collaboration between the protagonist and his owl companion. The narrative focuses on the dream dimension, which, enriched by detailed graphics, offers a dark and engaging gaming experience.
We Are Muesli srl – Social Enterprise (Milan). “In Their Shoes” is a narrative game composed of everyday life experiences in contemporary Milan, offering an empathetic perspective on the personal stories of the seven characters.
Digital Mosaik srl (Modena). “Astro Ski” is a VR video game that allows you to compete in space ski races on different planets. An interplanetary skiing experience with a futuristic twist that uses a third-person perspective to make VR more accessible.
AC Software srl (Bologna). “Bad Water” combines the City-Builder genre with elements of Tower-Defense. In a post-apocalyptic world devastated by a flood, the player must build a floating city during the day and defend it at night from creatures called Bloots, formed from a mysterious oily substance.
RuneHeads srl (Milan). “Journey to the Void” is a Roguelite Deck-Builder with turn-based strategic RPG elements. The story follows a young hero who tries to recover the heart of a corrupt Ancient Being to stop his influence on the Continent.
Stefano Buffoli (Brescia). “Captain Marlowe” is a 2 D narrative game set in 19th century colonial Malaysia. The player takes on the role of Captain Marlowe, who is busy solving the mystery of a crime (and his own past) through investigations and deductions.
Unrelated srl (Turin). “Lofsöng” is an exploration game based on an environmental narrative that investigates the concept of “deep time” and communication between eras. The player travels through desert landscapes to discover and reconnect past and future to create a bridge of communication between generations.
Filippo Cicchella (Bologna). “Road to Yvhalon” is a VR game set in a fantasy world inspired by ancient civilizations, where the player explores the relationship between man and deity through Soulslike gameplay mechanics.
Stealth Company srl (Rome). “The Biggest Punch” is a management and strategic fighting game that follows the career of a young boxer. The player manages training and fights to improve the boxer’s skills and climb the boxing world.
Bologna Game Farm is the accelerator for the video game sector promoted by the Emilia-Romagna Region and the Municipality of Bologna, an initiative coordinated by the Municipality of Bologna and implemented with ART-ER as part of the support actions for the cultural and creative industries, in collaboration with IncrediBOL! and with the technical support of IIDEA, the Italian Interactive Digital Entertainment Association. A growing project: the first three editions have successfully selected and accelerated twelve development teams composed of businesses and freelancers from Emilia Romagna; three of them have already signed a publishing agreement, and the others are continuing their self-publishing development. Bologna Game Farm has also provided the impetus for the creation and consolidation of a regional ecosystem to support the gaming sector: the creation of two-year ITS courses specifically to train gaming professionals, and partnerships with Unibo, Unimore, ABABO, and private companies in the sector make it a one-of-a-kind project. Furthermore, thanks to its constant participation in international trade fairs, Bologna Game Farm has joined international networks made up of other incubators and accelerators, with constant discussion meetings and cross-pitching sessions between teams accelerated by BGF and those of other accelerators. Bologna Game Farm is the accelerator for the video game sector promoted by the Region.