French Cinema and Moving Image Code

Selective financial assistance is awarded for writing the design bible for a video game project, presenting the artistic and technical characteristics of the game project.

Grants are awarded to an author or to several authors making up a creative team.

To be eligible for support, authors must be French nationals or equivalent.

The author, or at least one of the authors on the creative team, can provide proof of specific training in the field of video games or of involvement in the creation of at least one video game made available to the public, whether for a fee or free of charge.

Grants are only awarded for projects written entirely or mainly in French or in a regional language used in France.

Grants are awarded on the basis of the following criteria:1° The originality of the project and its contribution to creative diversity;2° The quality of the project’s writing, particularly with regard to the game mechanics and the literary and graphic universe;3° The suitability of the project for the distribution media on which the game will be used and the target audience;4° The technical feasibility of the project.