Applications for participation in the Stugan initiative are open

The word stugan translates from Swedish as “hut” — it is in the forest “hut” that 20 developers from all over the world will spend 2 months. They will set and perform a certain task themselves. It can be anything — from a softlonch to the launch of a full-fledged new game. After the completion of the work, all rights to the resulting project will belong to the developers,” the organizers of Stugan emphasize.

The program will be held under the patronage of Oskar Burman, CEO of Rovio in Stockholm, Tommy Palm, head of development at King Digital Entertainment, and Christopher Sundberg, Creative Director of Avalanche Studios.

Any artist, programmer or game designer can apply. The only condition is that you need to have a ready-made game idea and be able to handle the code. You can participate alone or in a team of two or three people.

To do this, you need to send to the organizers:

• description of yourself/your team – 200 words maximum;
• description of your game – 200 words maximum;
• description of the goals and what the participant hopes to achieve by visiting Stugan (for example, create a build for Kickstarter, create an alpha version of the game, make a full-fledged project and start selling it through Steam) – 50 words maximum;
• video presentation of the team and the game lasting no more than 90 seconds;
• contacts of your team – email, phone number and Skype contact.

The organizers inform that the equipment necessary for work – for example, computers – will have to be taken with you.

The authors of the initiative undertake all expenses related to accommodation. Transportation costs can be, as indicated on the project’s website, “partially paid”.

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