What is The Sandbox Publishing Program?
The Sandbox Publishing Program it’s a mentoring program with the objective of incorporating new experiences to Sandbox through a new generation of devs.
Students and new developers of all ibero-america would be able to join the program in order to have a first gamedev experience, enhancing the community growth and the player base of The Sandbox.
Why?
In Ibero-america, there is a a large number of developers aiming to enter the video game industry, with an estimate of +100k students looking to have their first development experience.
This large and vacant workforce, added to an expanding market, a thriving gig economy and a large, young population with a high engagement in digital activities, consolidates the region as an opportunity for expanding business.
Through the program, The Sandbox will have a constant flow of new content, raise awareness for the platform, reach-out to the next generation of gaming devs and generate new players and creators.
It constitutes not only a way to enhance the reach and awareness of the platform in terms of publicity but also in terms of content: the plan includes the creation of 50 newly launched experiences.
How
We are Widow Games, a videogame company with more than 12 years of experience in the market. We have already launched a similar project for other platforms like Fortnite, with more than 20 experiences already published and +20 Universities & NGOs that joined the program.
The Sandbox Publishing Program SIP proposes allocating up to 100000 USD to cover the development costs, divided by 5 milestones in which new students will join to develop new experiences for The Sandbox.
Our team will be in charge of reaching out to universities of all the region to scout new students to join the program. We will also provide a dedicated team to mentor and follow up on the development of the projects, ensuring a professional and industry-standard result for the experiences.
SIP Details
It’s an online educational and mentoring program where Game Developers Students will have the chance to enter the gaming industry, using THE SANDBOX ecosystem as base.
With the mentorship of the Widow Games team, students will have the chance to develop their first published game within The Sandbox, adding verifiable work experiences to their CVs.
Every 3 months, a new group of students will join the program. With the Widow Game team support and mentoring, they will develop experiences within The Sandbox, with an estimated development time of up to 3 months. The mentoring team will work alongside the students in all stages related to video game development, from ideation and pre-production to game development and publication.
Benefits to The Sandbox Ecosystem
- A constant flow of new content
- Raise awareness for the platform
- Community Growth in the Ibero-american region
- Reach out to the next generation of gaming devs
- Increment The Sandbox Creators and Players!
Implementation Plan
Milestone 1: Setup
- Scouting
- Marketing Campaign
What do we want to achieve?
By the end of the campaign, we have an amount of students ready to join the program and begging the Milestone 2
Expected duration: 2 months
Milestone 2: 1st Cycle of Projects
- 10 projects on development
What do we want to achieve?
We expect to have 10 full new experiences develop within the first 2 to 3 months, depending on the scope of every project
Expected duration: 2 to 3 months
Milestone 3: 2nd Cycle of Projects
- 10 projects on development
What do we want to achieve?
We expect to have 10 full new experiences develop within 2 to 3 months, depending on the scope of every project
Expected duration: 2 to 3 months
Milestone 4: 3rd Cycle of Projects
- 15 projects on development
What do we want to achieve?
We expect to have 15 full new experiences develop within 2 to 3 months, depending on the scope of every project
Expected duration: 2 to 3 months
Milestone 5: Final Cycle of Projects
- 15 projects on development
What do we want to achieve?
We expect to have 15 full new experiences develop within 2 to 3 months, depending on the scope of every project
Expected duration: 2 to 3 months
Budget Breakdown
Marketing 30000 USD
Promotional Campaigns 15000 USD
Team 30000 USD
SANDBOX DEV Specialist
GAME DESIGNER Consultant
PRODUCER for Hispanic LATAM + Spain
PRODUCER for Brazil + Portugal
MARKETING Lead
SCOUTING Partnership
GENERAL ARTIST
Production 15000 USD
Team Background
We are Widow Games, a video game studio with more than 12 years of experience in the market. We have an extensive catalog of mobile games and we have also developed our own IP’s like Geopoly, a mobile geolocation economic simulator that combines web2 and web3 technology.
We are confident in the proposal since we have already developed a similar program to publish games created by students in UEFN Fortnite, which has been a great success, with more than 20 maps published including some works made for brands such as MTV.
Our website: https://www.widowgames.com/
Fortnite Publishing Program: https://www.publicatumapaenfortnite.com/