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French government offers grants to game developers
Posted: 2003-07-26 02:26am
by Bob McDob
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3084677.stm
The French Government is offering four million euro (£2.9m) to help aspiring game developers turn their ideas into reality.
Analysts say the French Government is eager to encourage more people to get into computers and gaming.
"The government has tried to push broadband and the internet," said Philippe Poutonnet, Jupiter Research analyst in Paris, "and it is now trying to do the same with the game sector."
The funds are aimed at encouraging home-grown talent to come up with new ideas for games and use innovative technology.
The government will pay for up to 40% of the cost of turning a concept into a working version of a game.
But there are strings attached to the millions of euros up for grabs. To get a slice of the cash, firms have to be French and the work developing an idea must be done in France itself.
And there are limits to the sort of game the French Government is willing to pay for.
It will not hand out grants for violent or pornographic games. This effectively excludes a whole genre of gaming popular among young men such as Grand Theft Auto titles.
Posted: 2003-07-26 02:51am
by Brother-Captain Gaius
Good. About time France joined the rest of the 1st world. I never see French or French-speaking posters/players/whatever, with the exceptions of Day of Defeat (I see one or two French players a week, usually) and Montcalm here.
Posted: 2003-07-26 04:29am
by Spyder
No objections here. I wouldn't mind if another game like Flashback was made.
Posted: 2003-07-26 04:40am
by Mitth`raw`nuruodo
It will not hand out grants for violent or pornographic games. This effectively excludes a whole genre of gaming popular among young men such as Grand Theft Auto titles.
That excludes what, 70% of the gaming community? I guess it depends on your definition of "violent". I can see how GTA is considered as such, but what about Halo, where it's aliens you're killing, not other people? Oh well, other places will continue making violent games, no big loss if France doesn't.
Posted: 2003-07-26 08:12am
by Montcalm
The first french game to come out "La defaite Française" The French defeat. you win by losing the game.
Posted: 2003-07-26 12:14pm
by Bob McDob
At WCnews.com there's a few French fans, but in general I agree, you don't see that many.
The first french game to come out "La defaite Française" The French defeat. you win by losing the game.
Hmm, have you ever played that buddhist game from about 1995, where you have to die over and over and over again? No joke, don't remember the title now but I'll dig in my old PC Gamers and look.