SAG-AFTRA UNION creates a student and game jam deal to work with acting talent

Case-NaftraThe Union of Actors, arrangements To allow students and participants in the game to work with union contractors, despite the continuing video game strike.

The Union has established the Agreement on Interactive Students and the Game Jam refusal agreement, and both provide video game developers at every stage of their career the opportunity to work with Union contractors.

“With these new agreements, SAG-AFTRA can help support game developers at all levels who want to work with the Union’s talent and who want to learn more about the production of video games under a trade union contract. Plus, our members are passionate about this industry and they want to be able to participate in these types of projects where the future of video is the video. Duncan negotiating.

Created for students currently conducting video game courses at an accredited educational institution, the student’s interactive refusal agreement gives students a chance to work with SAG-AFTRA contractors to meet the course requirements during the development of the game. The project must be enrolled entirely in the United States and must be owned by a student acting as a producer or signed and also meet some other requirements. To start registering your project, Please click hereS

The Game Jam refusal agreement is intended for developers creating Game Jam events, where designers and programmers work together as a team to create thematic video games from the beginning. The project cannot include materials recorded before the start of the event.

According to this agreement, participants are able to work with SAG-AFTRA contractors and session fees and secondary payments are postponed, provided that the project does not generate revenue. In the event that the project generates revenue, SAG-AFTRA will work with the participants to sign the project in the relevant agreement.

These two new agreements are joining the arranged budget, intermediate and interactive localization agreements such as contracts that can be safely processed during the strike. To date, over 180 games have been signed in the temporary and multi -stage Union video game agreements.

“With Their Restless Creativity and Freedom to Experiment, Student Projects and Game Jams Are Especially Playful and Rewarding Opportunities for Devs and Actata Acone. on a union contract just for them, so Performers Get the Protections They Need and Developers Can Become Accustomed to Union Talent and Negota CHAREER, ”Said Sag-Aftra Interactive Media Elmaleh, in a statement.