$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
Animation/Media & Entertainment
Meta Runner by Glitch Productions
Real-time Ray Tracing
Photorealism in UE4 by an artist Rense de Boer
Tool/Simulation & Training
TrianGraphics by TrianGraphics GmbH
Visual Design
Virtual Helsinki by Zoan
Education/Online Courses
Complete Unreal C++ Dev by GameDev.TV