At today’s Summer Game Fest presentation, Victoria Tran and Forrest Willard of Among Us publisher Innersloth announced a new indie funding initiative called Externally lazy—and showcased a sizzling tape of projects planned for the new label. They noted that the bleak funding environment in the current industry was the impetus for Outersloth, offering “the kind of deals we would have liked in our less popular ‘Amongy’ days,” Willard said.
“This is our way of saying thank you to our teammates, players, [and] peers, helping some games and devs [get] the funding and freedom needed to release their games,” Tran said. “And then we can all play them, which was the real plan!”
Indie developers are encouraged to pitch to Outersloth
The Outersloth website there are a few more details, including the size of the projects most likely to be funded ($50K-$2M, but the encouraging word “feel free to take your shot” is included). There are notes for potential partner studios with elements they want to see in the presentation, and a few “niceties”.
Several partnership projects were revealed in the story, including Greedy suitors the latest colorful mech-based title from creator Outer Loop Games Project Dosaa vivid space physics simulator Mars First Logisticscard RPG Ace battle suitand the untitled new project Strange Scaffold.