In the first funding round 2025, the FFF Bayern is once again supporting creative games studios from all over Bavaria. From dark 2D adventures and VR mini-games to cozy survival games, everything is included.
On March 27, 2025, FFF Bayern announced a series of new funding recommendations. The range extends from lovingly crafted concepts and initial prototypes to full-blown productions. Here's a brief overview of all the funded projects:
Funded productions (FFF Bavaria, March 2025)
- Prospera – Active Fungus Studios, Munich
Funding amount: €450,000
Short description: A first-person city builder that lets a small settlement grow into a vibrant city through the industrial age. Resource management, production chains, and strategic defense are the core elements.
Website: activefungus-studios.de - Dreamwalker: A Tavern Talk Story – Gentle Troll Entertainment, Würzburg
Funding amount: €140,000
Short description: Cozy fantasy visual novel and prequel to Tavern Talk (Link to Steam). Players take on the role of a future tavern owner, brew potions, and must face a growing threat.
Website: gentletroll.com - Paper Play VR – Studio Moondowner, Munich
Funding amount: €50,000
Short description: An original VR minigame collection set in a cardboard world. Novel VR interactions and classic interpretations of throwing mechanics provide variety – solo or cooperatively with up to four players.
Website: studiomoondowner.com
Prototypes with funding recommendation
- Once Upon the Pines (WT) – Pixel Maniacs, Nuremberg
Funding amount: €200,000
Short description: A first-person city builder. Players build production chains, manage resources, and lead a small town into a thriving city.
Website: pixel-maniacs.com - Avocado – Christoph Minnameier, Munich
Funding amount: €100,000
Brief description: Family-friendly couch co-op puzzle adventure with a 2D cartoon look. Up to four people control avocado characters through challenging levels – featuring teleporters, pressure plates, and asymmetric gameplay for all ages and skill levels.
Website: minnameier.com - Incredibug – Memory Forge, Gersthofen
Funding amount: €94,000
Short description: A 3D platformer that packs themes like friendship, biodiversity, and AI into an action-packed adventure. The main character is a woodlouse named Bobo, accompanied by a firefly sidekick.
Website: memoryforge.games
New game concepts with FFF funding
- The Witch's Path – Deficit Games, Wiesentheid
Funding amount: €30,000
Short description: A dark 2D action-adventure with RPG elements. Players explore a medieval world full of folklore, ritual magic, and grotesque creatures.
Website: deficit.games - Math the Monarch – Emergo Entertainment, Bayreuth
Funding amount: €20,000
Brief Description: A roguelite deck-building game where mathematical expressions are modified to impress monarchs. Cards and operations continually expand, increasing the challenges.
Website: emergo-entertainment.com - Mad Tilly's Magical Meds – Favorite Ice Cream Studios, Augsburg
Funding amount: €20,000
Short description: An imaginative feel-good adventure with a humorous story about healing and hope. As witch researcher "Mad Tilly," you brew magic potions to heal the residents of the small town of Datschimoor.
Website: favoriteicecream.com - Forestbound – Number13 Media, Erlangen
Funding amount: €20,000
Short description: Relaxed first-person survival in picturesque nature. Players navigate with maps and compasses, set up camp, and light fires for a leisurely outdoor experience.
Website: number13-media.de - Ruffy and the Riverside 2 – Zockrates Laboratories, Nuremberg
Funding amount: €20,000
Short description: Hand-drawn action platformer with flipping mechanics. Luffy can copy textures and change environmental properties—an original concept that encourages creativity.
Website: Zockrates YouTube channel
With this new funding round, FFF Bayern proves once again that the Free State supports an exciting range of ideas and genres. From dark action-adventures to VR minigames to casual survival games, there's something for everyone. It will be exciting to see how the individual games develop.
Forestbound receives funding recommendation from FFF Bayern
Forestbound receives funding recommendation from FFF Bayern 🎉 Today was the official handover in Munich – and we are thrilled that our game project Forestbound has received a funding recommendation from FFF Bayern, with funding from the Bavarian State Ministry for Digital Affairs. This funding will enable us to develop our High Concept 2.0 and lay the foundation for a very special game: Forestbound will be a cozy survival game with a focus on nature experiences, maps and compasses, camp building, and the magic of being outdoors.
Johannes
Bavarian State Ministry for Digital Affairs
The Bavarian Ministry for Digital Affairs is Bavaria's think tank for digitalization and is responsible for policy issues, strategy, and coordination. The Ministry for Digital Affairs is the first of its kind in Germany. This underscores the fundamental importance of digital transformation in Bavaria.
FFF Bayern
The FFF Bayern is the central contact point for film and games funding and strengthens one of Germany's leading media locations with 40 million euros annually.
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