Last year the Fantoche Animation Festival in Baden, Switzerland issued a “Call for Projects: Swiss Games”. The “Let’s Play Together” project resulted in the creation of thirty-six new Swiss computer games. The project guidelines stressed innovation, artistic merit, and an international standard. The demands on the Swiss games developers were very high and the required level of professionalism was exacting.
The four project partners, Fantoche, The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, the Swiss Federal Office for Culture, and the SUISA Foundation for Music have expressed delight with the enthusiastic participation again this year. The submitted prototypes have now been sent on to the next level and at the beginning of May the International Jury will meet to appraise, discuss, and make a decision.
The jury has a total of 300,000 CHF to award with a maximum of 50,000 CHF per project. The SUISA Foundation for Music is providing an additional 15,000 CHF for the best original sound composition.
The competition is open to all Swiss Game Designers living anywhere in the world as well as to permanent Swiss residents. If you meet this requirement and want to find out about participating in the next competition you can read all of the rules and regulations at:
http://www.fantoche.ch/2011/communiques-n142-sE.html
The awards will be presented at the next Fantoche Festival which will be held 6 to 11 September 2011. You can visit the festival website at:
