MATCH is a yearly program started in 2018 and powered by SpielFabrique. Originally Franco-German, it now includes over fifteen European countries every year. The objective is to promote interaction between studios from partner countries by providing them a platform to meet, but also to facilitate coproduction development by bringing expertise in the field.
Applications for this program will open again in March 2024
Reminder to submit your application by June 02nd, 2024 at 23:59 CET. You can do it! Let us know if you need help.
Apply and present your experience as a studio and current pipeline of projects.
Join a webinar to learn about coproduction opportunities and prepare for Stage 3, matchmaking session.
SpielFabrique organizes the Online Pitching Session to end up the European Games Co-production Market. The Online Pitching Session represents the final event of the program. The teams are now ready to pitch their coproduction! Publishers and financiers are present to the event
Participate in the 2 days kick-off meeting on MeetToMatch with every other indie studios participants in early June. Pitch your projects and meet other European studios to find the perfect Match. You will then have time to continue the discussions with the studios you matched with!
SpielFabrique organizes two days of training for the co-producers couples that will start a project together. High class international mentors and experts of the video game industry will be invited to coach the studios to prepare a co-production pitch and define the co-production agreement frame.
When people collaborate, they benefit from each other’s experience, skills, and knowledge. They go further in the development of the game on a conceptual level, but also on a technical level, and can offer a bigger, more mature game to the publishers and be more attractive. They are also more competitive for a project with strong European intellectual properties.
We want to offer an alternative way between the classic publishing possibilities and the indie video game studio that is on its own.
The program runs annually from June to October. It ends with an online pitching session to publishers and financiers.
During the on-site coproduction training session in Strasbourg, for 2 days in September, keynotes, case studies, and one-to-one meetings with our experts in publishing, law, co-production and networking events are organized.
Video game studios of all sizes situated within our partner countries can apply for the MATCH coproduction program. This inclusive opportunity welcomes studios regardless of their scale, thus fostering collaboration, growth and innovation within the whole gaming industry’s diverse landscape.
*We are still developing new partnership with various countries that will be officialised on our social media and Discord, follow us to learn more about the updates.
Our current list of official country partners are: The Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, Wallonia (Belgium). If you are located in one of these country, the program is completely free of charge.
If you are from one of the following country (Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden), you are currently not supported by your country to enter the program free of cost. You can still take part in the program, but you’ll have to pay a participation fee to do so.
Please reach out to olympe@spielfabrique.eu for more information.
The program is entirely cost-free for studios. Our partners generously cover the program’s financing, meaning no charges will be incurred by participating studios. This commitment underscores our dedication to providing valuable opportunities without any financial burden, allowing studios to fully engage and benefit from the program’s offerings.
The call for applications closes after 02 June 2024, 23:59 CET.
Anybody who is representing an Indie videogame studio in Europe or another country partner (list to be confirm).
Your studio needs to be a registered company, and you need to be ready to pitch a project of your own or be prepared to collaborate on another project with a potential MATCH.
The program itself is free of costs for candidates from partners countries (official list of countries to be announced).
Please note, however, that we are not covering any travel or accommodation costs for the in-person activities and events.
For the workshop in Strasbourg, accommodation prices are on the studios discretion.
For more details on the list of countries, please reach out to olympe@spielfabrique.eu to learn more.
Yes! During the call for application, we will officialise the full list of country partners that support the program for studios.
If you are not based in any of the countries listed, we can offer support in finding partners who can enter the program to support you.
Please reach out to olympe@spielfabrique.eu for more information.
Most of the different parts of the program take place online (Zoom, Discord…). However, we do run an in-person kick-off workshop in Málaga, Spain on 16/17 April 2024, and an in-person wrap-up workshop in Düsseldorf, Germany on 19 August 2024.
Attendance at these workshops is mandatory.
The matchmaking session of the 20th of June will be the first opportunity for studios to find a good match to coproduce with.
Another opportunity will be the last-chance session held during Gamescom at the SpielFabrique booth on the 22nd of August. If the studio still does not find any match, they are encourage to come back to the next edition with a revised/new project to pitch or to look for a project.
You know that your application has been received when you get a confirmation email. Please make sure to check your spam folders, too.Â
After receiving a confirmation email, you can still go back and edit or complete your application until the application deadline.
Please reach out to us, if you have not heard back from us by the 10th of June 2024.
The program’s language, in both verbal and written communication, will be English.
Most people in the program are not native English speakers, so we are not expecting perfection. However, your mentor and other studios in the program may not speak your local language, so please make sure that your studio’s contact person can comfortably converse in English.
As part of our program and through our partner network, we offer a host of opportunities, many involving pitching in front of potential financiers through activities online. Most of these opportunities are reserved to selected collaborating teams, in case there are more interested applicants than spots available.
Other questions? Please reach out to olympe@spielfabrique.eu to ask for more details.
During 2 days in Strasbourg, we had the opportunity to meet and get-to-know each other, to share experience and projects and most important, learn how to successfully plan the coproduction projects with other experts.
Reach out to us anytime, and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.
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