SCRYsoft Announces New Indie Game
Development Fund

KUALA LUMPUR, 12 October 2023&nbsp;– SCRYsoft – The publishing arm of Play Interactive is proud to announce a fund of&nbsp;$1,000,000USD&nbsp;total to be split amongst 10 developers capped at&nbsp;$100,000USD-$300,000USD&nbsp;each with submissions for games open now for games that are more than 50% complete in development open from now until&nbsp;30th November 2023. An integral part of this fund is to spearhead support for indie developers and studios trying to get funding and publishing support for their games with fair remuneration and support.&nbsp;&nbsp;

1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Funding – The first and foremost problem most
developers face is acquiring the capital to realize a project. With the
Co-Investment Fund will solve this issue to get your project off the ground.

2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Marketing – With our global outreach and the
know-how to use marketing, PLAY can promote and push your game’s popularity
through the roof to ensure all your hard work is recognized.

3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Game Production – With a team behind the scenes that
have collaborated with other developers globally and locally for production,
PLAY can also provide insight into how to best present and frame your game.

4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Game Publishing – With a plethora of titles already
under our belt, we have the know-how for creating and publishing your game on
multiple publishing platforms seamlessly.

5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
IP Rights – Being able to get IP and Publishing
rights worldwide faster than an independent creator would and we can guarantee
the exclusivity and uniqueness of your IP and protect you or your studio from
potential clashes with other IP’s that might already exist.

Ian Heng, the
Lead Publisher from SCRYsoft has expressed that “This fund is set up to present
a unique opportunity to creators all over the world with unique ideas who lack
the resources to achieve their game development dream with the right support”.
The type of games accepted are only digital games for the PC and Console with
games that have a projected timeline of one to two years for completion and the
developers will receive full support us and be contacted once their game has
been approved for funding.

Submit your game now to our website to start the review of your game. Everyone
gets a fair shot at a review if your game is submitted before the deadline of
30th November 2023.

Submit your game: <a href="https://www.scry-soft.com/submit-game">https://www.scry-soft.com/submit-game</a>

More Information on the fund: https://www.playinteractive.asia/scrysoftgamefund/

Contact us: publishing@scry-soft.com

Issued by:
SCRYsoft Publishing Division
 SCRYsoft Pte. Ltd.

<h1>SCRYsoft's Game Development Fund</h1>SCRYsoft is planning to share a game development fund of $1,000,000USD to be split equally among selected applicants from indie game developers and studios by a deadline of 30th November 2023 to provide support for said studios and developers in the form of marketing, funding and game production.MEDIA RELEASE 

SCRYsoft Announces New Indie Game
Development Fund KUALA LUMPUR, 12 October 2023&nbsp;– SCRYsoft – The publishing arm of Play Interactive is proud to announce a fund of&nbsp;$1,000,000USD&nbsp;total to be split amongst 10 developers capped at&nbsp;$100,000USD-$300,000USD&nbsp;each with submissions for games open now for games that are more than 50% complete in development open from now until&nbsp;30th November 2023. An integral part of this fund is to spearhead support for indie developers and studios trying to get funding and publishing support for their games with fair remuneration and support.&nbsp;&nbsp;Forms of
Publishing Support:1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Funding – The first and foremost problem most
developers face is acquiring the capital to realize a project. With the
Co-Investment Fund will solve this issue to get your project off the ground.

2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Marketing – With our global outreach and the
know-how to use marketing, PLAY can promote and push your game’s popularity
through the roof to ensure all your hard work is recognized.

3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Game Production – With a team behind the scenes that
have collaborated with other developers globally and locally for production,
PLAY can also provide insight into how to best present and frame your game.

4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Game Publishing – With a plethora of titles already
under our belt, we have the know-how for creating and publishing your game on
multiple publishing platforms seamlessly.

5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
IP Rights – Being able to get IP and Publishing
rights worldwide faster than an independent creator would and we can guarantee
the exclusivity and uniqueness of your IP and protect you or your studio from
potential clashes with other IP’s that might already exist.

Ian Heng, the
Lead Publisher from SCRYsoft has expressed that “This fund is set up to present
a unique opportunity to creators all over the world with unique ideas who lack
the resources to achieve their game development dream with the right support”.
The type of games accepted are only digital games for the PC and Console with
games that have a projected timeline of one to two years for completion and the
developers will receive full support us and be contacted once their game has
been approved for funding.

Submit your game now to our website to start the review of your game. Everyone
gets a fair shot at a review if your game is submitted before the deadline of
30th November 2023.

Submit your game: <a href="https://www.scry-soft.com/submit-game">https://www.scry-soft.com/submit-game</a>

More Information on the fund: https://www.playinteractive.asia/scrysoftgamefund/

Contact us: publishing@scry-soft.com


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Issued by:
SCRYsoft Publishing Division
 SCRYsoft Pte. Ltd.SCRYsoft is a game publisher company established in Singapore with the mission of providing publishing, marketing, funding and game production support to produce great games alongside indie game developers and studios worldwide.Ian Heng
+60127059876
publishing@scry-soft.com

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Mobile games

Application

Consumer Games

Software

SCRYsoft is planning to share a game development fund of $1,000,000USD to be split equally among selected applicants from indie game developers and studios by a deadline of 30th November 2023 to provide support for said studios and developers in the form of marketing, funding and game production.

SCRYsoft's Game Development Fund

About Jeremy Choo From Ammobox Studios

Jeremy Choo is not only the founder and CEO of Ammobox, he is one of Malaysia’s top game developers and a former lecturer on game development.

Established in 2008, Ammobox Studios is an independent game development studio based in Malaysia. Ammobox is responsible for developing the genre-breaking FPS/RTS hybrid game called EXIMIUS: Seize the Frontline.

With years of experience both in developing games, and cultivating new game developers, Jeremy Choo certainly knows what it would take for Malaysia to become a world-class nexus for game development.

In the following article, Jeremy will tell us how Malaysia’s game development has levelled up, and how we can take it further!

Ammobox: How Malaysia Can Take Game Dev Further!

We’ve all been there — the game nights with friends where we gather around the TV, wrestle over a game, and inevitably choose the evergreen classics that everyone used to play. The starter Pokemon of our gaming experiences, you could say.

There is something inherently nostalgic about the early days of gaming, back when things were very much simpler. Graphics quality, gameplay experience, even options for customisation; very few of us could even imagine we would’ve made such leaps and bounds in the couple of decades since the founding days of pixelated console gaming.

In conversations about the growth of the gaming industry at large, it’s all too easy for us to slip into discussions about the software, the devices, the technology that makes it at all possible for people to now even carry immersive, imaginary worlds in their pockets. But I’ve always believed that while technology will always be the medium that brings games to the masses, tech doesn’t power itself.

The indispensable beating heart of the gaming industry is the right talent to understand, complement, and drive the rapidly advancing technology that exists.

This is arguably one of the main reasons why the Malaysian game development scene was slow to boot up — and not for any scarcity of talent, but rather a lack of general support and understanding for working in gaming as professionals.

When I first founded Ammobox, the core challenge I faced wasn’t navigating the tech requirements, but rather hiring the right artists, engineers, and programmers to make use of that very technology. The homegrown gaming scene at the time was largely comprised of outsourced stragglers and all-purpose studios that did not necessarily specialise in games. This made developing local IPs (shorthand for intellectual property, or the entire premise and ownership rights to a game’s content) especially challenging.

Funding was a whole other nemesis in itself. Most fledgling game developers wound up having to bootstrap their projects, which meant working on a project long-term with expected delays and keeping afloat on the bare minimum of time, resources, and abilities. It wasn’t uncommon for full working versions of games to be released an entire decade after its IP was developed!

Perception fed into this problem, and the difficulty in creating Malaysian IPs has led to a vicious cycle that dogs the industry to this day. By ‘perception’, I don’t necessarily mean the snide “so you play video games for work?” comments — it’s also the impression that because Malaysia didn’t have as many IPs to its name as some of our neighbouring countries, investors were hesitant to fund an industry that might not turn out to be lucrative.

Today, the gaming market is projected to reach US$200 billion in value by 2028, and Malaysia is in a great position to benefit from this rich landscape of possibilities if we can rise to the occasion.

Gaming studios and developers are now more commonplace here. Larger talent pools have also mushroomed across the country as more young Malaysians turn to making their hobby their professional craft, and especially as local universities have begun opening up game development courses.

Our current challenge has thus evolved: it has gone beyond identifying and developing that talent, to now ensuring that we keep that talent here at home.

To do that, stakeholders both from within the gaming industry and outside in its many interconnected fields need to join forces, to help Malaysia’s game development scene catch up to where it really should and can be. Digital infrastructure like Internet speeds and geographical connectivity need to reach the heights of our regional peers (making for lower ping in games and an overall smoother experience for consumers).

As for funding campaigns, which have been made easier due to the work of organisations like the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), investments are more likely to be made if the industry itself demonstrates that it is equipped for and capable of success. It is inherently a cycle: we have to first grow the industry and our IPs in order to grow our talents. We need to become those greener pastures that game development talents are seeking.

More employment opportunities, more participation in a globally competitive industry, more potential international investments and projects, more ways to showcase Malaysian talent to the world — the potential economic and cultural benefits that come from a thriving gaming industry are thrilling to imagine.

I genuinely believe that Malaysia, the diverse underdogs that we are, has a unique opportunity to take the global gaming industry by surprise with the local twist in our game titles and IPs. We already have the talent and the know-how! All we need is that little buff — so that we can graduate from mid-game to play in the big leagues.

<h1>Ammobox : How Malaysia Can Take Game Dev Further!</h1>Jeremy Choo, founder and CEO of Ammobox, shares how far Malaysia has progressed in game development, and how it can take the serious business of making great games to the next level!About Jeremy Choo From Ammobox StudiosJeremy Choo is not only the founder and CEO of Ammobox, he is one of Malaysia’s top game developers and a former lecturer on game development.Established in 2008, Ammobox Studios is an independent game development studio based in Malaysia. Ammobox is responsible for developing the genre-breaking FPS/RTS hybrid game called EXIMIUS: Seize the Frontline.With years of experience both in developing games, and cultivating new game developers, Jeremy Choo certainly knows what it would take for Malaysia to become a world-class nexus for game development.In the following article, Jeremy will tell us how Malaysia’s game development has levelled up, and how we can take it further!Ammobox: How Malaysia Can Take Game Dev Further!We’ve all been there — the game nights with friends where we gather around the TV, wrestle over a game, and inevitably choose the evergreen classics that everyone used to play. The starter Pokemon of our gaming experiences, you could say.There is something inherently nostalgic about the early days of gaming, back when things were very much simpler. Graphics quality, gameplay experience, even options for customisation; very few of us could even imagine we would’ve made such leaps and bounds in the couple of decades since the founding days of pixelated console gaming.In conversations about the growth of the gaming industry at large, it’s all too easy for us to slip into discussions about the software, the devices, the technology that makes it at all possible for people to now even carry immersive, imaginary worlds in their pockets. But I’ve always believed that while technology will always be the medium that brings games to the masses, tech doesn’t power itself.The indispensable beating heart of the gaming industry is the right talent to understand, complement, and drive the rapidly advancing technology that exists.This is arguably one of the main reasons why the Malaysian game development scene was slow to boot up — and not for any scarcity of talent, but rather a lack of general support and understanding for working in gaming as professionals.When I first founded Ammobox, the core challenge I faced wasn’t navigating the tech requirements, but rather hiring the right artists, engineers, and programmers to make use of that very technology. The homegrown gaming scene at the time was largely comprised of outsourced stragglers and all-purpose studios that did not necessarily specialise in games. This made developing local IPs (shorthand for intellectual property, or the entire premise and ownership rights to a game’s content) especially challenging.Funding was a whole other nemesis in itself. Most fledgling game developers wound up having to bootstrap their projects, which meant working on a project long-term with expected delays and keeping afloat on the bare minimum of time, resources, and abilities. It wasn’t uncommon for full working versions of games to be released an entire decade after its IP was developed!Perception fed into this problem, and the difficulty in creating Malaysian IPs has led to a vicious cycle that dogs the industry to this day. By ‘perception’, I don’t necessarily mean the snide “so you play video games for work?” comments — it’s also the impression that because Malaysia didn’t have as many IPs to its name as some of our neighbouring countries, investors were hesitant to fund an industry that might not turn out to be lucrative.Today, the gaming market is projected to reach US$200 billion in value by 2028, and Malaysia is in a great position to benefit from this rich landscape of possibilities if we can rise to the occasion.Gaming studios and developers are now more commonplace here. Larger talent pools have also mushroomed across the country as more young Malaysians turn to making their hobby their professional craft, and especially as local universities have begun opening up game development courses.Our current challenge has thus evolved: it has gone beyond identifying and developing that talent, to now ensuring that we keep that talent here at home.To do that, stakeholders both from within the gaming industry and outside in its many interconnected fields need to join forces, to help Malaysia’s game development scene catch up to where it really should and can be. Digital infrastructure like Internet speeds and geographical connectivity need to reach the heights of our regional peers (making for lower ping in games and an overall smoother experience for consumers).As for funding campaigns, which have been made easier due to the work of organisations like the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), investments are more likely to be made if the industry itself demonstrates that it is equipped for and capable of success. It is inherently a cycle: we have to first grow the industry and our IPs in order to grow our talents. We need to become those greener pastures that game development talents are seeking.More employment opportunities, more participation in a globally competitive industry, more potential international investments and projects, more ways to showcase Malaysian talent to the world — the potential economic and cultural benefits that come from a thriving gaming industry are thrilling to imagine.I genuinely believe that Malaysia, the diverse underdogs that we are, has a unique opportunity to take the global gaming industry by surprise with the local twist in our game titles and IPs. We already have the talent and the know-how! All we need is that little buff — so that we can graduate from mid-game to play in the big leagues.An independent game development studio based in Malaysia that is driven by a group of passionate and creative individuals who are constantly pushing the boundaries of the gaming industry. We strive to stay current with the ever-evolving gaming landscape through technology and expertise. Ammobox Studios Sdn Bhd
(835138-D)

A-7-8 Sunway Geo Avenue, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor.

Tel: +603-5886 0405

Email: info@ammoboxstudios.com

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STEM (Science, Tech, Engineering, Math)

Jeremy Choo, founder and CEO of Ammobox, shares how far Malaysia has progressed in game development, and how it can take the serious business of making great games to the next level!