Euro-Indie-Gaming

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So, the European Union through the "Creative Europe MEDIA" programme supports cultural projects. Mostly films but computer gaming as well.

I just found the selected projects for 2020 (see below) and going through the list might be a good method to learn about some lesser-known indie studies.





Page 2:

Graph of grants per country:

Brexit commentary: UK studios were one of the highest funded, receiving 450,000 out of 3.7 million disbursed. Your loss, I guess...
Let's start. One post per company/game:

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The Ballad Singer - Knights Templar

Isometric RPG

Haven't found the Knights Templar, but it obviously seems to be a successor to "The Ballad Singer", an isometric RPG:



Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/907380/The_Ballad_Singer/#app_reviews_hash

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax4MD-agT0Y

Website: https://www.theballadsinger.com/home-eng

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Through the Darkest of Times

Strategy

Of course the germans have to do Vergangheitsbewältigung even in gaming.  





GOG: https://www.gog.com/game/through_the_darkest_of_times

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1003090/?snr=1_5_9__205

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PATk-zo1RGM

Website: https://paintbucket.de/en/ttdot

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Deliver Us Mars

Story-Adventure

Haven't found the Deliver us Mars, but it obviously seems to be a successor to "Deliver us the Moon":





GOG: https://www.gog.com/game/deliver_us_the_moon

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/428660/Deliver_Us_The_Moon/

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vRJqJhVjRk

Website: https://www.deliverusthemoon.com

That's three games. I'll check more tommorrow.