Solo Devs are rejected out of hand and that seems incredibly short sighted
Without someone breathing down the neck of the solo dev at least once a week, I can totally see why the govt would rather avoid them altogether.
Psaldorn@lemmy.world 3 days ago
In order to get the “content” (aka “make the game”) grants (at least recently when I applied) you needed to have at least 2 PAYE employees working on the game AND have the other half fully funded by non grant means.
Solo Devs are rejected out of hand and that seems incredibly short sighted. I am biased though.
ICastFist@programming.dev 3 days ago
Psaldorn@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Already got the landlord and energy companies lording it over me…
Would like it if they had a loan option or similar. Business loan was the only option left, grants come in tranches anyway, could have just had milestone based grant tranches.
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Not sure if it is possible in the Uk but in many countries solo devs can apply for art or culture grants. Which in my opinion is a more appropriate grant. Since these type of grants are business grants that aim to spur economic activity aka create jobs and not just to get an end product made.
Psaldorn@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I looked into arts council grants and they just flatly do not do game development, sadly