Innovation Program 2024
La Guilde launches its new Innovation Path, in partnership with Loto-Québec, CAE, CDRIN and Eidos Montréal. The aim of this refocusing of La Guilde’s traditional Innovation Program is to ultimately have a greater impact on both technological and commercial innovation in the video game sector. The program, divided into two distinct cohorts, will offer studios selected for their innovative projects individual coaching by an expert, mentoring, training workshops and master classes.
Cohorts
2 cohorts of 4 studios have been selected.
Congratulations to the member studios of both cohorts!
Technological innovation cohort:
Crow’s Cabin Games, CrossPlanet Team, Foretold Entertainment and Mojatoon
Marketing innovation cohort :
Metric Empire, Vertex Zero, LORE NINE and Goose Byte
Program objectives
- Foster innovation in all its forms in the video-game industry.
- Guide and challenge studios in their research and development;
- Help bring innovative products and services to market;
- Provide leverage for the most promising projects.
The program in brief
- 8 companies are mentored by experts in technological and commercial innovation.
- A year-long program with numerous workshops and meetings dedicated to the cohorts.
- Public meetings to discuss innovation with leaders from industry and related sectors.
How does the Innovation Support Program work?
Two cohorts of up to 4 companies will be created in winter 2024. Selected by a jury of experts, these two cohorts will be partnered with mentors in the fields of technology and commercialization.
Studios will first have to submit their applications.
Selected studios will be invited to participate in workshops throughout the year.
Mentors are drawn from the following fields
- Technical expertise (sound, rendering, AI, etc.)
- Gameplay expertise (game design, narrative design, etc.)
- Strategic expertise (marketing, business plan, vision, etc.)
Cohort members will :
- discuss and exchange research ideas and innovation possibilities within their projects;
- take their project to the next level of innovation.
The jury will reconvene and select the winners of the two prizes on the basis of the final reports submitted by the studios taking part in the program, and the project’s realization potential.
Selected studios will benefit from the following services
- Personalized support from an innovation expert
- They will have access to a bank of hours with their mentors, in addition to taking part in several group workshops in a master class format.
