(Central News Agency reporter Wang Baoer, Taipei, 22nd) Taiwanese independent games such as “Back to School” and “Taipei Air Raid” have performed well. In order to support Taiwan’s game industry, the Cultural Content Strategy Institute has joined hands with the Digital Industry Agency to integrate investment and subsidies to provide industry Create a “green channel” for funding, including production, marketing and other expenses.
This time, the Institute of Cultural Studies has opened a “green channel” mechanism for investment. Teams that receive subsidies from the “Independent Game Development Incentives and Productization Value-added Plan” of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology can be directly referred to the Institute, allowing the Institute to cross-border game production, marketing, and IP. Financial assistance will be provided in specific areas such as areas. The funds come from the “Cultural Content Investment Plan” implemented by the National Development Fund of the Academy of Cultural Affairs.
Hu Tingli, deputy director of the Academy of Cultural Studies, explained at a press conference today that the investment mechanism of the Academy of Cultural Studies is flexibly designed in response to industry development needs, such as phased capital injection, amount, etc. The biggest principle is that the applied investment amount cannot exceed 49% of the total budget. “If the applied amount is If the amount is less than NT$3 million, we can also conduct a simple written review.” The applicant must prepare an operation plan.
In a joint interview with the media, Cai Jiajun, chairman of the Institute of Cultural Studies, pointed out that the independent games subsidized by the Digital Industry Administration have been certified and substantively reviewed to some extent. The Institute of Cultural Studies uses the National Development Fund to invest and develop in parallel with the subsidies from the Digital Ministry. The biggest advantage is that it can accelerate The process allows operators to have funds in place without any time lag.
Cai Jiajun once worked in the game industry. He said that games are the field with the highest output value in the world’s entertainment market. Taiwan’s game consumer market is very large, but nine out of ten “tax dollars” are spent on foreign games. The cost of developing games is high, and large-scale games Companies are mostly agents, and there are fewer and fewer game development teams.
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Li Huairen, deputy director of the Digital Ministry, said in his speech that the current government system divides A (Anime) and C (Comics) of the ACG industry into the Ministry of Culture, and G (Games) into the Digital Ministry. The important concept of this cooperation is that the Digital Development Department finds a suitable Game companies can focus on making games and obtain resources for marketing and promotion to form a complete industry chain.
Wang Shisi, deputy minister of the Ministry of Culture, said that Taiwan’s science and technology has attracted global attention, and it also hopes to carry Taiwan’s cultural content to the world. Thanks to the development subsidy from the Digital Department, the game team can first complete the work “from 0 to 1”. After the Ministry of Culture and the Academy of Cultural Affairs joined in, the subsidy and investment will be integrated, allowing the industry to “from 1 to 1.5” and “from 1.5″ To 2”, I hope more good works will be born. (Editor: Li Hengshan) 1130422
