AMMAN — The King Abdullah II Fund for
Development (KAFD), through the Jordan Gaming Lab, launched Sunday the second
cycle of its funding window to support digital game developers, according to
the Jordan News Agency, Petra
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The funding window is meant to build youth
capacities, enhance their competence and production capabilities in the digital
gaming industry, and increase their awareness of the importance of the
industry, according to a KAFD statement released Sunday.
The window will connect youth with global video game
companies and help the KAFD in enabling the innovative youth to establish
projects in the gaming industry, potentially providing more job opportunities.
It also gives financial and logistical support of up to JD5,000 for independent
game developers and JD10,000 for start-ups in Jordan.
Yousef Mtawi, who received funding for his “Build
and Blast” video game, which got 5,000 downloads, said: “Receiving financial
support was a turning point for me to upgrade my equipment and fast-track
achievements.”
He recently
participated in WN Conference Istanbul’22 through the KAFD funding and has been
able to carry out promotion campaigns for his game on mobile stores after
gaining more experience in the field.
The statement called on interested individuals or
start-ups looking for opportunities to support their digital projects to apply
to the window, within the application criteria, through
https://www.gaminglab.jo from June 26 to July 17.
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