Welcome to Kiwi Game Starter 2024!

1 March 2024

27 June 2024

2 September 2024

Entries open

Entries close

Finalists announced

Some things you need to know:

Each entrant must be

The game cannot be available for sale or pre-sale at the time of submission.  However, it is acceptable for it to have been provided as a reward as part of a crowd-funding or charitable campaign.

A game that has received external funding or has been developed by a previous winner of the Kiwi Game Starter competition is not eligible to enter.

As other eligibility criteria applies, as well as some exclusions, please read the Terms & Conditions before submitting your entry.

What are we looking for in entries?

KGS is a business-development competition to help new and upcoming New Zealand game development.  As such, its focus is on commercial viability in the international market. For any given application, we require:

  1. A playable demo that gives the judges an understanding of the core of the game. This does not need to be feature complete, but it should provide confidence in the concept and ability of the team to execute.
  2. A business and marketing plan based on the provided template that explains what the game is, a prospective timeline for the project, and where funding is going to be allocated.

Further prizes or funding may be announced while the competition is running, so get to work on your entries!

ENTRIES ARE NOW CLOSED

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