How to Get a Development Grant from Epic Games
Roman Horoshkin
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What the talk is about
Roman Horoshkin explains how to get a development grant from Epic Games, first giving a short overview of Unreal Engine and its community: he says the engine has reached about 4 million downloads, with hundreds of working projects in the region. He describes the grants program: a 5 million dollar fund, payouts every two to three months, and up to 50 thousand dollars one time for projects built on Unreal Engine 4. His main advice is to apply on the website and keep working: update the application, show progress, and post videos on social media. Don't flood Epic with emails or apply weekly. Three regional grant winners show different genres and platforms. In the Q&A he says review takes two to three months, a video is advised, and grants suit early prototypes, not marketing a finished game. Useful for indie teams.