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Beyond Reality Initiative
Game Developer Application

At Niantic, our mission is to help players explore, exercise, and embrace more real-world social interactions (at a safe distance, of course) through a diverse portfolio of games and experiences.

To help us achieve this goal, we're always looking for talented game development companies to join our mobile publishing pipeline and access the full capabilities of Niantic Lightship - the same Platform used to power games such as Ingress, Pokémon GO, Pikmin Bloom, and many more that are currently in development.

If you’re a developer with an idea or a game in progress that aligns with our mission to better the world through AR Geolocation play, we want to hear from you! If we end up working together, you'll have access to our platform as well as our talented team to help you produce, fund, and publish your game.

This initial application gathers basic information about your team's experience and skills. If your team seems like a great fit for Niantic Publishing, we'll invite you to submit a game pitch. Either way, we'll be in touch within a few weeks. Until then, if you have any questions, you can reach us at publishing@nianticlabs.com.

We look forward to seeing what amazing projects you have underway, and how we can empower you and your team!

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If you are a developer outside of commercial gaming that is interested in accessing our platform for purposes outside of game publishing, please apply to our Niantic Creator Program.

If you are a Black game development team that is interested in being funded and mentored by Niantic to publish a real-world AR game, please apply to our Beyond Reality: Black Developers Initiative.

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Before you get started

The following application will require detailed information about your team and previous experience. We suggest that you use a separate document to capture your responses prior to submitting your final response. The categories of information requested include:

  • Basic contact information
  • Company and team details (bios, links, skills, ability to scale, experience with Unity, mobile apps, and geolocation apps)
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First, tell us who you are and how to best contact you

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We’d like to know a bit about your team

City, State/Province

Describe what your company/studio does.

If available, provide links or handles for each platform.

If available, please also provide a link to each key team member's professional social media profiles (ex. LinkedIn) in each bio.

Size, skill breakdown, etc.

Network, relationships with vendors, etc.

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You’re almost done! Please confirm your details and submit.

If your team seems like a great fit for Niantic Publishing, we'll invite you to submit a game pitch. Either way, we'll be in touch within a few weeks. Until then, if you have any questions, you can reach us at publishing@nianticlabs.com.

A note from our Legal team: You acknowledge that Niantic may now or in the future independently develop or purchase products or services related to or similar to the projects you describe in this RFI. You recognize that Niantic's employees or contractors may retain in their unaided memories information in your RFI ("Residuals"). Niantic may use Residuals for any purpose, including use in Niantic products and services.

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Submission successful!

Thank you for your interest! We’ll be reaching out soon with next steps.