Gamebootcamp / Game Developement Acceleration Program
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Gamebootcamp Istanbul is an acceleration program designed to support game developers from inception to release, offering resources such as investment, mentorship, and infrastructure. The program includes a $20,000 seed investment for 10 selected startups, along with various workshops and hands-on support throughout the development process. Applications are open until October 19, 2015, with a selection day for shortlisted startups in early November 2015.
Gamebootcamp / Game Developement Acceleration Program
- 2. What is Gamebootcamp? Gamebootcamp Istanbul is a publisher ready acceleration program that aims to give all kinds of support for game developers from project start to release, with a wide range of mentors and in-house support available for all game start-ups. The program is being run in StartersHub office which is located in Istanbul and supported by Netmarble Turkey.
- 3. What is the deal? • $20.000 seed investment for 10 startups • Up to $250.000 follow-up investment • Free office space and infrastructure • Publisher and investor deals • 50+ Mentors and consultancy • QA and test device & environment facilities • Trainings and game development oriented workshops • Game related infrastructure support • Game related partnership deals that supports developers • Legal and accounting support
- 4. Who can apply? Everyone that wants to develop games can apply to the program. That means if you are individual or a team it does not matter because GBC provides mix & match events to connect individual devs to meet teams and get involved in a game project. Applying with a playable demo or showing what team achieved together before increases the chance to be selected. Application Site: http://www.gamebootcamp.org/
- 5. • Our Application is open until 19th October 2015. • Evaluation process for the shortlist of 25-30 startups to attend our startup selection day till 26th October 2015. • Startup selection days will be on first week of November 2015 where the selected startups will pitch their team and project to mentors and investors. • The program will start 1st December for the 10 selected startups from the selection days. • First round of investment is $20,000 for each selected team. • Throughout the development process Gamebootcamp will provide hands on advice and support, workshops from industry professionals and much more. • After the development process, projects will be published with Netmarble globally. Program Details
- 6. Program Schedule MIX & MATCH EVALUATION FINAL SELECTİON PRE PROGRAM 12 June2015 19 October 2015 2 November 2015 Applications Opened Applications Closed Selection Days 1 December 2015 Program Starts
- 7. Team Members Cem Nahit Köne Game Designer & Developer Founder @Funrika, Director @Gamebootcamp Linkedin Aras Senyüz Management Director, Mobile & Media Business at Netmarble Turkey Linkedin Nejati Dinç Game Designer Startup Scout @Gamebootcamp Linkedin Güven Çelikkaya Product Manager at Netmarble Turkey Linkedin
- 8. • Project Management • Documantation • Game Idea Design • Game Culture & Target Audience • Game Design Support • Mix & Match Days • UI / UX Design • Playfull Experience Design • Redesign & Revisions • Game Business & Montezation • Game Analytics & Business Intelligence • Game Engine Technical Workshops • Tecnical Q&A Support • Sound Design Support • Netmarble Publishing Support • Market Release Startegies & Product Management • Data Analysis & Post Development • PR Support Project Plan & Workshops
- 9. Office Located in Istanbul / Levent region with 1000m2 open office space close to public transportation and near to Kanyon shopping mall center.
- 10. Office
- 11. Mentorship Support With 50+ Mentors offering their support and to share their experiences throughout the program. • They will be a part of the selection days to give feedback and evaluate startups. • Help startups throughout the development process and offering workshops. • Providing their network and services to the startups.
- 12. Events We will have multiple events throughout the program such as: Game Jams: All developers are welcome to join this event, where they will create a game within 48hrs based on a given concept. Event will help developers meet other developers to help teams find new members and for Game Bootcamp to find new talent. Mix & Match: Mentors, Developers and individual talents can have a chance to meet others, share their ideas, take feedback from industry professionals and most importantly to create new teams. Fast Tracks: These events will be held all around Turkey at Universities, this will give a chance to talented individuals or teams to reach out to Game Bootcamp with their projects.
- 13. Mix & Match Events
- 14. PR News
- 16. About Netmarble Turkey Netmarble Turkey, an office of Netmarble Games centered in Istanbul, provides services for game developing, mobile game publishing, marketing, localization, PR as well as QA and IT services for gaming and internet industries. Netmarble Turkey also develops, publishes and offers 3rd party support for internet projects in addition to the gaming sector. Originally company founded in 2009 in Istanbul and got investment from Netmarble Games in 2013. http://www.netmarbleturkey.com About Netmarble Games Corporation Netmarble Games Corp. strives to enrich people's lives by providing great games to global audiences. Based in Seoul, Korea, Netmarble Games Corp. has produced some of the most successful mobile games such as MARVEL Future Fight, Raven (Evilbane in U.S.), Seven Knights, Everyone's Marble, and Monster Taming. The company has more than 2,500 employees worldwide, numerous studios and consistently ranks as a top developer and publisher in Asia and globally. Netmarble Games Corp. has a strategic partnership with CJ E&M Corporation, Asia’s largest entertainment company, Tencent Holdings, Asia’s largest internet company, and NCsoft, a prominent MMO company, as company shareholders. The company is the largest shareholder to SGN, a leading casual game developer. Netmarble Games Corp. has strong presence in Turkey, Middle East and Africa region with the leading brands such as No.1 game portal Joygame, content portal TicTacTown and popular games such as Wolfteam, Goley, Paramanya, Travelling Millionaire and MARVEL Future Fight. http://www.netmarble.com/
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