This is the press release for the announcement of a grant offer from the Knowledge Exploitation Fund (KEF) to Floating Point Studios Limited.
10th November 2008
Today Floating Point Studios Limited is proud to announce that we have been presented with a conditional grant offer from KEF (the Knowledge Exploitation Fund). KEF is currently undergoing several large changes and as a result of this a significant amount of recent applications for grants have been refused, making this conditional offer to Floating Point Studios even more important. However because this offer is conditional the studio has to satisfy several criteria specified by KEF within three months of the offer in order to receive the grant. We at Floating Point Studios are going to need your help, the help of the gaming community and the games industry to aid us in satisfying the specified criteria.
One of the specified criteria is to show that the games that Floating Point Studios (FPS) is developing have a market and that FPS is appealing to the correct area of the market and this is where we really need the help of the gaming community and industry. In order to gather data to present to KEF for this criteria and to help assess whether FPS is matching these conditions the studio has prepared a questionnaire. Floating Point Studios would really appreciate any help that the community and industry can give us, whether it's one person answering the questions or an entire website running the questionnaire for us, we will be hugely grateful.
If you decide to help us and we at FPS really hope you will, and you are a singular person answering the questionnaire we would greatly appreciate it if you could email your answers to us, additionally if you are website administrator, media company or are kind enough to post the questionnaire on your website we would be grateful if you could ask your users to email their answers to us. The Studio's email address is "[email protected]".
Floating Point Studios greatly respects the privacy of any person who chooses to answer the questionnaire and we do not require nor ask for a person's name, age or location. The questionnaire will run until the 17th of November and after which the results will be tallied and handed over to KEF. We here at Floating Point Studios want to thank anyone who answers the questionnaire or who helps us gather answers and further data on the market; after the questionnaire has finished a huge thank you will be placed on the company's website (www.floatingpointstudios.co.uk) and will also be placed in the credits of FPS's first game "Flight" which will be released in the coming months. Additionally any persons or companies that wish to make themselves known to us will also be thanked by name.
Floating Point Studios looks forward to working with the community and the rest of the industry in securing this grant. We look forward to hearing from you.
Many Thanks.
Julian Hainsworth - Director
Floating Point Studios Questionnaire
We here at Floating Point Studios would greatly appreciate it if you would be kind enough to take a few moments to answer this questionnaire on our behalf.
1. Do you play PC games?
Yes No
2. Does your computer have access to a broadband connection?
Yes No
3. Do you purchase downloadable PC games?
Yes No
4. Do you play console games?
Yes No
If yes which console(s) do you own?
Dreamcast PS2 Xbox GameCube Wii PS3 Xbox360
PSP DS GameBoy Megadrive SNES Commodore 64
5. Do you download console games (i.e. from: Xbox Live, PSN, or Wii Shop Channel)?
Yes No
6. Are you interested in games that are shorter or smaller and are released more often?
Yes No
7. Are you interested in game genres beyond the common set of genres (i.e. first person shooters, real time strategy, fighting game/beat 'em up etc...)?
Yes No
8. Do you play in independent (indie) games?
Yes No
9. Would you like to see more innovative and original games and gameplay designs?
Yes No
10. Would you be interested in a game where you play as a bird?
Yes No
11. Would you be interested in a game where you have to clear the sky of clouds?
Yes No
12. Would you be interested in a game designed to be a calming and relaxing experience for you?
Yes No
13. Would you be interested in a game that combines points 10, 11 and 12?
Yes No
14. Do you think that £6.42 ($9.99) is a reasonable price for an indie game?
Yes No
Thank you very much for your time, it is greatly appreciated.
If would be most helpful if you could return this questionnaire to the address at the top of the page, to the person would gave you this questionnaire or to email us your answers.
Thanks again.
Julian Hainsworth - Director
10th November 2008
Today Floating Point Studios Limited is proud to announce that we have been presented with a conditional grant offer from KEF (the Knowledge Exploitation Fund). KEF is currently undergoing several large changes and as a result of this a significant amount of recent applications for grants have been refused, making this conditional offer to Floating Point Studios even more important. However because this offer is conditional the studio has to satisfy several criteria specified by KEF within three months of the offer in order to receive the grant. We at Floating Point Studios are going to need your help, the help of the gaming community and the games industry to aid us in satisfying the specified criteria.
One of the specified criteria is to show that the games that Floating Point Studios (FPS) is developing have a market and that FPS is appealing to the correct area of the market and this is where we really need the help of the gaming community and industry. In order to gather data to present to KEF for this criteria and to help assess whether FPS is matching these conditions the studio has prepared a questionnaire. Floating Point Studios would really appreciate any help that the community and industry can give us, whether it's one person answering the questions or an entire website running the questionnaire for us, we will be hugely grateful.
If you decide to help us and we at FPS really hope you will, and you are a singular person answering the questionnaire we would greatly appreciate it if you could email your answers to us, additionally if you are website administrator, media company or are kind enough to post the questionnaire on your website we would be grateful if you could ask your users to email their answers to us. The Studio's email address is "[email protected]".
Floating Point Studios greatly respects the privacy of any person who chooses to answer the questionnaire and we do not require nor ask for a person's name, age or location. The questionnaire will run until the 17th of November and after which the results will be tallied and handed over to KEF. We here at Floating Point Studios want to thank anyone who answers the questionnaire or who helps us gather answers and further data on the market; after the questionnaire has finished a huge thank you will be placed on the company's website (www.floatingpointstudios.co.uk) and will also be placed in the credits of FPS's first game "Flight" which will be released in the coming months. Additionally any persons or companies that wish to make themselves known to us will also be thanked by name.
Floating Point Studios looks forward to working with the community and the rest of the industry in securing this grant. We look forward to hearing from you.
Many Thanks.
Julian Hainsworth - Director
Floating Point Studios Questionnaire
We here at Floating Point Studios would greatly appreciate it if you would be kind enough to take a few moments to answer this questionnaire on our behalf.
1. Do you play PC games?
Yes No
2. Does your computer have access to a broadband connection?
Yes No
3. Do you purchase downloadable PC games?
Yes No
4. Do you play console games?
Yes No
If yes which console(s) do you own?
Dreamcast PS2 Xbox GameCube Wii PS3 Xbox360
PSP DS GameBoy Megadrive SNES Commodore 64
5. Do you download console games (i.e. from: Xbox Live, PSN, or Wii Shop Channel)?
Yes No
6. Are you interested in games that are shorter or smaller and are released more often?
Yes No
7. Are you interested in game genres beyond the common set of genres (i.e. first person shooters, real time strategy, fighting game/beat 'em up etc...)?
Yes No
8. Do you play in independent (indie) games?
Yes No
9. Would you like to see more innovative and original games and gameplay designs?
Yes No
10. Would you be interested in a game where you play as a bird?
Yes No
11. Would you be interested in a game where you have to clear the sky of clouds?
Yes No
12. Would you be interested in a game designed to be a calming and relaxing experience for you?
Yes No
13. Would you be interested in a game that combines points 10, 11 and 12?
Yes No
14. Do you think that £6.42 ($9.99) is a reasonable price for an indie game?
Yes No
Thank you very much for your time, it is greatly appreciated.
If would be most helpful if you could return this questionnaire to the address at the top of the page, to the person would gave you this questionnaire or to email us your answers.
Thanks again.
Julian Hainsworth - Director
