Hodr Engine Secures Innovate UK Funding: A New Era of Accessible Game Creation Begins

It’s been a busy couple of months in the Hodr Engine workshop, all for a very exciting secret we have been eager to share with you.

We are proud to announce that Immersion Sound Studio has won Innovate UK’s Create Growth grant to scale Hodr Engine from a bootstrapped labour of love into an industry standard tool. Our aim is to build a game engine that lets storytellers of any sight condition and technical skill level breathe life into their worlds with a simple, no code user interface. Screen reader accessibility is the beating heart of the engine and the games it creates, so people with any sight condition can craft and play extraordinary audiovisual experiences.

With this support, we are working with outstanding artists, software developers, composers, accessibility consultants, 3D modellers, and a registered blind founder and developer to add AAA, hyper realistic assets you can drop straight into your Hodr Engine projects, all through an accessible and simple to use interface. Look out for updates over the next six months on our social channels and website blog.

If you would like to learn more, or if you have an idea you are excited to create and think Hodr could be the tool to bring it to fruition, we would love to hear from you. You can reach us through our social media or via the contact page at hodrengine.com.

There is a lot to build, and six months to build it. Time to roll up our sleeves.

Best wishes,

The Hodr Engine team