Day of the Devs has come a good distance from its debut in 2012 as an indie video games showcase hosted by Double Advantageous Productions and iam8bit. It is now “a completely unbiased 501c3 non-profit,” which organizers say will make its fundraising efforts in assist of indie builders “extra clear and public.”
The announcement of the shift to official non-profit standing was accompanied by the beginning of Day of the Devs’ first fundraising marketing campaign and particulars about its plans for 2024, together with an in-person occasion in March in San Francisco, a web-based Summer season Recreation Fest showcase, after which in winter a “Recreation Awards Version” of Day of the Devs that will probably be each in-person and on-line.
“We’ve got basically all the time run issues as a non-profit, however making it official—by a fiscal sponsorship partnership with Legacy International—opens us as much as higher funding alternatives, makes our fundraising efforts extra clear and public, and helps our sponsors and viewers perceive how crucial their assist really is,” the fundraising web page says. “Moreover, this establishes Day of the Devs as being totally unbiased from different videogame associated organizations, which clarifies our dedication to being 100% platform agnostic.”
There are two reward tiers presently being provided on the Day of the Devs fundraising web page together with recreation keys and bodily swag, though you may pony up any quantity you want as both a one-off or a month-to-month donation. Cash raised will assist cowl the price of venues, tools, staffing, video manufacturing, and different working prices. At this second Day of the Devs has raised simply shy of $28,000 on a $500,000 objective—not dangerous for the primary day.
Day of the Devs has traditionally been an avenue for indie video games to shine in showcases which are sometimes dominated by big-name video games. Following the hype and spectacle of the Summer season Recreation Fest in 2023, as an example, it launched us to a bunch of intriguing indies that in any other case would not have a possibility to face in that type of highlight. The fundraising marketing campaign and assist from sponsors will allow Day of the Devs to proceed “spotlighting distinctive and magical video video games and the builders who make them—all fully free, with no prices to both builders or occasion attendees.”
“It is a complete new day for Day of the Devs,” Day of the Devs co-founder Tim Schafer mentioned. “It is extraordinarily gratifying to see this present turn out to be as totally unbiased because the superb indie video games it has all the time centered round.”
Particulars on the Summer season Recreation Fest and Recreation Awards editions of Day of the Devs will probably be revealed “within the subsequent few months.”
