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IndieDev Application Form 2025

Complete this APPLICATION FORM to apply to be selected for IndieDev 2025. 

This form may be filled out by INDIVIDUALS or TEAMS. For TEAMS, the person filling out the form must be the one taking on production/project management responsibilities. Other team members may then be listed further down in the form. The respondent will be the main point of contact for the team at interview/milestone/presentation stages and will be solely responsible for communicating and maintaining relationships with the relevant organisation.
For further information read Ardán's Privacy Policy here: https://ardan.ie/privacy-policy/
An IndieDev information Session was held online on Wednesday May 14th at 3.00pm. This Information Session was recorded and can be found at this link: https://youtu.be/A-8ETm6nuBo Ardán have also put together some IndieDev Applicant Resources that can help in your application, which can be found at this link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tzdXL91i3w3Gs3s1iRhcI759QTs4j4Ow?usp=sharing
This form will automatically close to submissions on May 30th, 2025 at 5.00pm.

Team and Applicant Details

Lead Applicant Full Name

Lead Applicant Email Address

Lead Applicant Pronouns

Studio Name

Project Name

Are you a registered company?

Where is it/will it be registered for IndieDev purposes?

Where is it/will it be registered for IndieDev purposes?
A
B

Please detail your connection to the relevant schemes or organisations, if any. (NI Screen/Pixel Mill in Northern Ireland and/or Ardán/Imirt in the Republic of Ireland.)

Please list what COUNTIES you and your teammates habitually reside in on the island of Ireland. This will determine whether your funding comes from NI or RoI.
(Habitually resident can be defined as 1. have proven close ties with, 2. have been living in for some time, 3. intend to stay in for the foreseeable future.)

Team Experience and History

Please list ALL core team members (up to a maximum of 5) that will work on your proposed project, along with their full names and their role in your team. If applicable, please list roles you wish to fill for this project.
NOTE: Team members may only be included in one application each for IndieDev 2025.

Please list any external contributors that will work on your project, but who will NOT be a part of your core team.

What role would you and your teammates each hope to hold in the games industry long-term? This can be about you as individuals, or as a team.

What impact do you foresee on your career and those of your teammates by participating in IndieDev 2025?

Please list and link to completed projects that you and your teammates have worked on. (This can include solo projects, game jam projects or full releases.)

Please detail how you intend to manage your preexisting time commitments (e.g., work, other creative projects) alongside working on your IndieDev project from June - November 2025.

Project Details

Describe your proposed game project in one sentence.

Please a Pitch Deck (10 slides max - .ppt or .pptx only) that clearly communicates the game concept, mechanics, art direction, and development timeline.

Please upload your detailed budget breakdown for how you intend to use the €15,000/£15,000.

Please upload a CV for each team member.

Please include links to online portfolios, github repos, itch pages, Steam pages, Art Station accounts or other relevant online material for you and your teammates.

If my application is successful, my team and I will commit to attend fortnightly workshops and/or check-in calls between June - November 2025?

If my application is successful, my team and I will commit to attend fortnightly workshops and/or check-in calls between June - November 2025?

I confirm that no member of my team is an undergraduate student.

I confirm that no member of my team is an undergraduate student.

I confirm all team members are over eighteen years of age.

I confirm all team members are over eighteen years of age.

Are you or any members of your team currently in receipt of funding for a games project? If yes, please give detail.

Have you or any members of your team previously received funding for a games project? If yes, please give detail.

Ardán is required to collect data to process your application. Ardán is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy and will therefore ensure that all information that you provide to us is safeguarded. Ardán only requests data that is legitimate and for which we have a valid legal basis to process to facilitate the processing of your application. Ardán requests that you provide professional information only and do NOT send personal data on yourself or third parties, associated with your application, that has not been requested, or that you have not acquired permission to use. The data may be used for statistical purposes. The data collected may be stored, processed and passed in confidence to or shared with third parties, individuals or organisations, who are involved in the assessment of applications or monitor funding. All information will be treated in accordance with the GDPR and associated data protection laws. You have rights under the GDPR including the right to ask for a copy of the information held by Ardán and the right to require Ardán to correct any inaccuracies in your information. For further information read Ardán's Privacy Policy here: https://ardan.ie/privacy-policy/ Please select yes to confirm your consent to processing your personal data in your application.

Ardán is required to collect data to process your application. Ardán is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy and will therefore ensure that all information that you provide to us is safeguarded. Ardán only requests data that is legitimate and for which we have a valid legal basis to process to facilitate the processing of your application. Ardán requests that you provide professional information only and do NOT send personal data on yourself or third parties, associated with your application, that has not been requested, or that you have not acquired permission to use. The data may be used for statistical purposes. The data collected may be stored, processed and passed in confidence to or shared with third parties, individuals or organisations, who are involved in the assessment of applications or monitor funding. All information will be treated in accordance with the GDPR and associated data protection laws. You have rights under the GDPR including the right to ask for a copy of the information held by Ardán and the right to require Ardán to correct any inaccuracies in your information. For further information read Ardán's Privacy Policy here: https://ardan.ie/privacy-policy/ Please select yes to confirm your consent to processing your personal data in your application.

Would you like to be added to Ardán's newsletter?

Would you like to be added to Ardán's newsletter?
A
B

Where did you hear about IndieDev 2025? (e.g. FÍS Games Summit, RFTB, Discord, Ardán LinkedIn, Galway Game Jam, Bluesky, etc.)