$500,000 Grants from Epic Games on UE4 indie projects

Epic Games announced the final recipients of the Unreal Dev Grants, a fund of $5 million, supporting developers creating with Unreal Engine 4. Grants of $500,000 will be awarded to 10 teams with no-strings-attached. Projects are selected from a variety of areas, including games, movies, AR/VR/MR, education and more.

The goal of Unreal Dev Grants has always been simple: to give talented artists, designers and programmers the opportunity to create their masterpieces in the Unreal Engine 4, removing the financial burden.

Epic Games shared their sizzle reel, celebrating the projects which have received grants in last 4 years:

And here are the latest Unreal Dev Grants’ recipients in addition to many stealth projects:

Indie Game

Aeon Must Die! By Limestone Games

Kingshunt by Vaki Games

VR Game

Eclipse — 4D VR by BackLight

Educational Indie Game

Interactive series BioStories by Bio-Bridge Initiative

Film/VR Cinema

Glimpse by Mr. Kite

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Animation/Media & Entertainment

Meta Runner by Glitch Productions

Real-time Ray Tracing

Photorealism in UE4 by an artist Rense de Boer

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Tool/Simulation & Training

TrianGraphics by TrianGraphics GmbH

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Visual Design

Virtual Helsinki by Zoan

Education/Online Courses

Complete Unreal C++ Dev by GameDev.TV

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