The startups will be counseled by a network of mentors – experts in design, production, monetization and business development, according to the project’s initiators.
During the financing period, developers will remain 100% independent.
“Romania is an important regional hub for games development, where we can find many talented and well-prepared people. (…) Our mission is to develop the local entrepreneurship in the gaming zone, supporting projects with potential to grow and make a name on a market which is still scarcely friendly with startups in this industry,” said Catalin Butnariu, Carbon co-founder and the president of Romanian Game Developers Association (RGDA).
The first project that Carbon will invest in is Gray Dawn game, produced by Interactive Stone Studios, which is a first person horror adventure/puzzle game already listed on Steam Greenlight.