Stefan Schmidlin

Cultural value is an important word in this context: This is not an economic subsidy, but a source of financing for cultural works. Grants are given in the form of a loan.

This is a great moment for game creators in Zurich! For the next three years, 1 mCHF in funding will be provided for projects per year.

Registrations for games funding in Zurich is now open. Applications start Oct 1st. Information event on Sept 25th.

All Info: filmstiftung.ch/digitale-kul...

The funding is provided as a pilot project and limited to 3 years. Critical data will be collected during the pilot project. As a member of the Zurich Film Fund's Board of Trustees, I will be happy to engage with you on discussions about this funding programme to extend this beyond the pilot phase.

Digital Culture means interaction: This funding is dedicated to non-linear media and for an interactive mode of consumption. It shall help in the creation culturally relevant digital media and is a first cornerstone in a critically underfunded area.

Canton of Zurich provides 4.5 mCHF for the next 3 years in funding for digital culture: games and interactive media. It also includes funding for strengthening the ecosystem!

Registration starts today at Zurich Film Fund: filmstiftung.ch/digitale-kul...

#swissgames

Game Design Emerging Talents: She Got Game - Pro Helvetia

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“I am a narrative desginer and I don’t like long narrative sequences. I like gameplay”, Karrie said.
🚗If you’ve played Pacific Drive you know what she means. 😍 Thank you for your amazing talk!

There’s still time to sign up for She Got Game 2026 and learn from the best. #prohelvetia #womeningames

Game Design Emerging Talents: She Got Game - Pro Helvetia

The ✍️ application window for the She Got Game program 2025 for 👩‍💻 female-identifying emerging talent in game design & development is now open.

The program provides
#mentorship with international mentors
#lectures and #community
#financialsupport (some)
+ helps you connect in the industry.

Apply!

How on earth can any government allow a car as huge and heavy and dangerous like this to be manufactured and driven. Climate change is real. And its source is stupidity, egoism and political apathy.

🌈 Come tonight to the interactive session about queer games 🏳️‍⚧️ at Zentralbibliothek Zurich. From 18.00-19.00 I’ll be co-hosting the session with Micha L. Rieser. Free entry.

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By Ferdi and Laurin.

Students of mine created this amazing Ping Pong 🏓 app called King Pong: Track your matches and climb the ladder to be the most infamous ping pong player. I think it works worldwide! Try it out on king-pong.ch. It's still in prototype stage, but already working well.

Screenshot from HERDLING: it shows a Calicorn (a big furry horned creature) wearing trans pride color decorations dangling from its horns

BREAKING: All the calicorns in Herdling are canonically transgender now. Happy Pride Month.

YouTube video by PlayStation Romeo is a Dead Man - Announce Trailer | PS5 Games

Anyone else excited about Romeo is a Dead Man from yesterday‘s State of Play? youtu.be/nW1cE6sj6h8

Why queer games must go beyond representation. Come to my interactive session at Zentralbibliothek Zürich on June 10th at 6pm. games-in-context.ch/event-lgbtq-...

It‘s definitely a grower 😍

What an impressive opening party at @swissgamehub.bsky.social ! Congrats and thank you to the organizational team and all the people who‘ve tirelessly worked behind the scenes to make such an event and huge crowd a reality!

Congrats on passing the finishing line!! 🎉🎊

I almost forgot to sleep last night playing the addictive #grimoiregroves that dropped yesterday 🎈🥰

Going For Broke - a sitcom game about making rent. Going For Broke is a fast-paced sitcom roleplaying game about a collective house scrambling to get enough money together. Choose your roommate, jump into an ill-conceived plot, and try to get that coi...

Just backed @lackingceremony.bsky.social’s new game Going For Broke - a sitcom game about making rent! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Grimoire Groves on Steam Join the witches in their quest to restore the Grimoire Groves! Master magic, grow cute plant creatures and discover the mystery of the Rainbow Socks in this cozy, rogue-lite dungeon crawler.

Aaaah, panic mode! 😱😱😱 Steam Next Fest started!!!! Please help us out by wishlisting Grimoire Groves on Steam, and liking/sharing all the Grimoire Groves content you can find on aaaaany of your favorite channels 🙏🙏🙏

Also, there's a free demo for everyone who hasn't tried it yet 👀

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CAS Games & Play in Virtual Spaces. Noch freie Plätze. Games Designen. Virtuelle Räume gestalten. Infoanlass am 13. Februar. Start am 13. März. Jetzt Bewerben. Züricher Hochschule der Künste.

❣️Der CAS Games & Play in Virtual Spaces findet definitiv statt.
💁‍♀️Zusätzlicher Infoanlass am 13.2.2025 von 12:00-13:00.

In einem Semester bekommst über Game Design & Entwicklung und probierst mit Deinem Projekt auch gleich alles in der Praxis aus. Mehr Infos zhdk.ch/cas-games-an... #game #design

Wheeew that's done! We just mailed out 10 hand-crafted boxes of the upcoming boardgame ImaginEd. Typeset all the game materials, cut more than 1600 playing cards, printed around 800 pages, and now it's out with schools to be tested and played.

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#education #digitization

🚀 Learn how to design and create games and interactive experiences.
🎲 With the new CAS "Games & Play in Virtual Spaces" at Zurich University of the Arts you can both keep your job and start creating.
🗓️Next info event on November 5th at www.zhdk.ch/cas-games-an... (--> events)

#games #design #zhdk