Press kit
The Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant is a grant opportunity for game developers from traditionally underrepresented groups and backgrounds who are interested in designing and developing puzzle games.
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About Draknek & Friends
Founded in 2013, Draknek & Friends is a developer and publisher of lovingly crafted puzzle games including award-winning and beloved titles such as A Monster’s Expedition, Bonfire Peaks, Sokobond, A Good Snowman is Hard to Build, and Cosmic Express.
Committed to creating games that elevate the puzzle genre to new, unexplored heights, Draknek & Friends creates and publishes high quality, rewarding, and elegant puzzle games. For over a decade, they’ve been crafting bespoke, lovingly designed puzzle experiences that take a theme, mechanic, or ludicrous idea and push it to its natural conclusion.
Website: www.draknek.org
Email: grants@draknek.org
Sponsors
- ISOMETRICORP Games (TUNIC)
- Patrick Traynor (Patrick's Parabox)
- No More Robots (Hypnospace Outlaw)
- Clever Endeavour Games (Ultimate Chicken Horse)
- 3909 (Return of the Obra Dinn)
- Terry Cavanagh (Dicey Dungeons)
- Hempuli (Baba Is You)
- Evil Trout Inc. (The Roottrees are Dead)
- Happy Broccoli Games (Duck Detective)
- Doot Tiny Games (Minami Lane)
2024/25 Selections
- Compress(space) by Fahim Daysal (Bangladesh)
- The Detective's Apprentice by Stuti Verma (India)
- Map Map - A Game About Maps by Pipapo Games (Germany)
- Kiko’s Apple Adventure by PawPaw Games (China, Finland)
- Shape Sender Deluxe by Dead Teapot (New Zealand)
- Backtrace by Petallix Games (USA, Canada)
2022 Selections
- Paquerette Down the Bunburrows by Bunstack (France)
- Lost Twins II by Playdew (Pakistan)
- Shards Between Us by Queensguard Games (distributed team)
- On the Peril of Parrots by Spritewrench (Jamaica)
- ISLAND_NAME_HERE by Spicy Rice Cake Studio (USA)
- Konkan Coast Pirate Solutions by Samarth Hattangady (India)
- Hackshot by Mohammed Al Najjar (Middle East)
- AiliA by Icetoad Studio (USA)
- DokiToki: Time Slows Down When You’re In Love by Youssef Tobah (USA)
- Catacomb Creeper: Re-Vined Edition by Breogán Hackett (Ireland)
- Timeclone by Rowan Wood (USA)
- Cutting Edge by Ryo Kurama (Japan)