We are pleased to announce that applications are open for the 2022 virtual Tentacle Zone Incubator for early stage developers from underrepresented groups.
The Tentacle Zone Incubator first launched in 2021, with twelve developers being awarded a place on the programme. The incubator went on to win numerous awards including the TIGA Diversity Award, MCV’s IRL Diversity Champion Award, and was a finalist in the 2021 Develop:Star Awards.
This year’s incubator will expand on the success of the 2021 programme, offering places to early stage developers from underrepresented groups, including but not limited to, POC, lower socioeconomic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, underrepresented genders, people with disabilities and neurodiversities. Applicants should be working on their first game and need focused support and networks to help take their game and business to the next stage. Applicants are encouraged from the UK, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East, between the GMT and +4 hours time zone.
The four month virtual programme starts this April and will include weekly sessions hosted by over 45 different industry experts, including Des Gayle from Fellow Traveller, Nusrat Shah, COO of Exient, and Rami Ismail from Vlambeer, alongside Payload Studios and residents of the Tentacle Zone community. The programme will include five tracks, co-curated with participants, industry and the incubator’s academic partner, University of Greenwich. The various strands of content include business and finance; team building; design, development and production; marketing and PR, and pitching and public speaking.