Introducing Unreal Dev Grants

BrUnO_XaVIeR · February 27, 2015, 4:52pm

Sure! Don’t mind my assumptions; I love making assumptions, that’s how my process things

And the email I’ve got was something like this:

With that I knew that someone might’ve got my email so I was in peace.
I think that automated answer is not supposed to be ‘that kind’ of answer so you’ve disabled it

Ivey · February 27, 2015, 5:48pm

This seems like a response for when someone sends to - Are you sure it came from the dev grants email?

Edit: Removed the bad email - it doesn’t exist

BrUnO_XaVIeR · February 27, 2015, 6:36pm

Yes, email was sent to unrealgrants@epicgames.com, not the support one; and that reply came as from “Epic Games”.

KITATUS · February 27, 2015, 6:49pm

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Hey All, chiming in to answer some questions

We’re still working through the response process - rest assured, we’re receiving’s applications

This should not be happening, Bruno. Can you shoot me over what this looks like, who it was from, and the support number? It could be possibly from something unrelated.

We haven’t been able to reach out to anyone quite yet and don’t have any plans to do so until post GDC. Rest assured though, the processes are being put in place to better communicate with

This isn’t really of a concern of ours, especially since people typically have more than one email address, and chasing down which is associated with their account isn’t aways the easiest thing. Also, the grants can even be for Unreal Engine related items like trainings, curriculum, or other non-digital products built in engine

We completely agree! It’s part of our plan post GDC. We we’re really excited about launching the program and didn’t want to make people wait to apply for some of those systems to be put in place.

Unreal Dev Grants is one of our ways to give back to the excellent Unreal development community, and helping those that may need just a little help in shipping is only part of the possibility. Many types of submissions that are eligible for grants wont ever be a shipped title, such as those non-game applications mentioned in the “WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR” section, as they’re not a product

I thought the first round of people getting the was going to be announced at GDC / GDC-time? That’s what was said in the last stream wasn’t it?

SE_JonF · February 27, 2015, 10:22pm

Thanks for the answers ! Looking forward to hearing back from you guys! =)

MC_Stryker · February 27, 2015, 10:32pm

I was wondering if we were supposed to receive an email but thanks for the update ! I’ve been sitting on the edge of my seat since sending my submission on Friday. Thanks!

Moss · February 28, 2015, 12:54pm

Is there any deadline to submit the a project to be considered in the first round or an GDC announcement? The prototype is nearly finished and we are just polishing it but we have a lot of material already ready to be send out, should we wait and submit it all together?

SE_JonF · March 1, 2015, 12:47am

I could be wrong but I don’t think there will be many around gdc. On the day they announced this (the 20th) when they did the stream they said they already had 60 submissions by the start. It’s been 8 days since then and multiple articles across internet publications. I would imagine it would take a while for them to fully evaluate each submission. Not sure how large the team is that is handling the grants though, so I could be wrong.

Havoc · March 1, 2015, 7:12am

There isn’t any deadline, and stated this should be at least a year period before reaching the end of their fund, IIRC. The newest stream answers most of your questions in the first 15 minutes or so.

Moss · March 1, 2015, 9:27am

Thanks @Havok and @ ^^

Detocroix · March 1, 2015, 12:20pm

Two core questions about submissions:

Short mail with links OR long mail with content?

Can you use attachments in email or will it mess around the mail?

Cheers!

Ivey · March 1, 2015, 2:13pm

Brevity is definitely something that helps - It’s sometimes difficult to parse through a long set of text (and it breaks some of our triage processes )

But links! Links are always encouraged - the more we can see and understand your product, the better

anonymous_user_d829b65b · March 1, 2015, 4:26pm

So excited to see who’s making it in the the first round of getting a by Epic Games!

Cannot wait to apply end of March with our prototype. Even if we won’t make it, it’s pretty awesome that Epic Games is even taking time to look at your project

KITATUS · March 1, 2015, 4:41pm

I too am super-excited! I wonder when we’ll hear? :>

PerpetualChange · March 2, 2015, 7:15am

This is really great! Hoping to get something out in the middle of Q3…Hopefully the pool isn’t dry by then

anonymous_user_206c3bb8 · March 2, 2015, 6:01pm

Hey! This is very exciting. I do have a question though!

I have a project that I’ve been working on for almost 2 years, and a lot of it is heavily developed in UDK with thousands of lines of UnrealScript code. These past months I have been porting the game over to UE4. If I submit a video of my project, will it still be considered if I show off some of the more advanced features from the UDK version, that haven’t been ported to UE4 yet? I plan to have both the UE4 and UDK builds featured in the video. Rest assured, eventually I will have the whole thing in UE4, but showing the UDK build is the best way for me to show the more advanced features to be added in the future.

Also, a second question: if and when Epic notifies me about the , will I be able to coordinate the transaction details with them before the is actually sent to me? I would not want them to send it directly to the card I had set up for paying my UE4 subscription, I would want a custom (perhaps deferred) transaction to be set up with them, so the money goes to a more secure location. I’d imagine other developers might share this concern as well.

Please let me know! Thanks for your time,

Ivey · March 2, 2015, 6:12pm

.Reese;233696:

Hey! This is very exciting. I do have a question though!

I have a project that I’ve been working on for almost 2 years, and a lot of it is heavily developed in UDK with thousands of lines of UnrealScript code. These past months I have been porting the game over to UE4. If I submit a video of my project, will it still be considered if I show off some of the more advanced features from the UDK version, that haven’t been ported to UE4 yet? I plan to have both the UE4 and UDK builds featured in the video. Rest assured, eventually I will have the whole thing in UE4, but showing the UDK build is the best way for me to show the more advanced features to be added in the future.

Also, a second question: if and when Epic notifies me about the , will I be able to coordinate the transaction details with them before the is actually sent to me? I would not want them to send it directly to the card I had set up for paying my UE4 subscription, I would want a custom (perhaps deferred) transaction to be set up with them, so the money goes to a more secure location. I’d imagine other developers might share this concern as well.

Please let me know! Thanks for your time,

If your game can be well communicated and you’ve got a working prototype, then submit away

Re: notifications and transfers - Sill working out the details there, but will get a more comprehensive FAQs together once we’ve got some of these things sorted out

KITATUS · March 2, 2015, 6:14pm

, You said on the stream that the first batch are being announced at GDC; Is this still happening?

Ivey · March 2, 2015, 6:21pm

Yep! Stay tuned!

Detocroix · March 2, 2015, 7:35pm

Regarding that; Is there still time to have a on getting to GDC batch or are they carved in stone at this point?

Edit: Realized that GDC started today, not end of the week. I’m guessing not then