You build the game. We back it with completion grants and up to $20K in studio investment.
Indonesia has the talent, but three structural gaps keep hit games from shipping: no end-to-end mobile-dev education, no capital, and a lingering PC-first mindset. Nest closes all three, investing in early-stage Indonesian studios and taking them from prototype to market, milestone by milestone, across production, monetization, live-ops, and pitch craft.
An end-to-end curriculum and a real community, so nobody learns mobile development alone.
Grants, monthly guarantees, and direct funding, so money never stalls a good team.
Courses built on how the mobile market really works, so you build for the platform that pays.
Grants, a monthly Minimum Guarantee, and direct funding for top studios.*
A 6-week bootcamp and 1-on-1 guidance from operators who have shipped.
Premium dev kits, live market data, analytics & MMP, and ops support.
A guaranteed route to market through our publisher partner network.
* Grants up to Rp 15 Million, a monthly Minimum Guarantee (MG) that pays your team while you build, and up to $20K direct investment for top-performing studios.
A clear path with no upfront fee, and commitment scales only as you advance. Click any step on the left to see the full detail.
No commitment, no fee, any genre. Show us you can execute and you are in the running.
Indonesian devs and studios aged 18+, with a playable portfolio. Any genre, any team size.
Submit a portfolio, team profile, or a mobile pitch deck. No prototype, fee, or contract required at this stage.
Apply on your own, no team required. Or opt in to be matched with other developers into a team.
Ten workshops over six weeks, two a week, plus mentorship, market data and dev kits. Ship prototypes and earn a completion grant.
Direct sessions with Nest's operators, developers and designers.
Production, monetization and liveops, taught by Nest pros and studio partners.
Live analytics and market data across the full Nest game roster.
Curated Unity Asset Store toolkits, provided free to the cohort.
Base grant, just for finishing the 6-week cohort.
Up to this much for a high-potential prototype.
Top-performing teams sign with Nest. We fund the build and take the game to market, in three steps from contract to global release.
Top cohort teams earn a publishing contract with Nest.
We back the team financially so you can focus entirely on the game.
We pitch global publishers first. If none land, Nest publishes it.
Direct capital for the studios with the strongest potential.
From finding a hit idea to shipping an optimized, analytics-ready mobile MVP.
MVP Part I: Stop Wasting Time in Game Development
What Mobile Game Publishers Are Looking For
MVP Part II: Building a Mobile Game MVP
Ideation Pt. I: The Easiest Way to Find Inspiration for Hit Games
Ideation Pt. II: Ideation Methodology and Tools
Methodology and Tools for Rapid Prototyping
Level Design Principles
Game Optimization 101
Game Analytics 101: Measuring Your Game Metrics
Learn from Mistakes: Case Studies on Why Good Games Failed
Not theorists. The people who ship and publish hit mobile titles.
Developer behind Hamster Jump, Cat Escape, more than 50M installs.
Leads Nest's games publishing across the full roster. 25M+ installs, 200K DAU.
Ex-CEO of Play Castle Studio and F2P expert. 7M+ installs, 13M Roblox visits, 100K DAU.
Simply submit your portfolio to get started. No upfront prototype, fees, or contracts required. You'll create your game later, during the program.
Submit your portfolio, team profile, or mobile pitch deck via our online form.
Games must be built in Unity.
Developers of any platform or genre can apply. But the game you build in the program must be mobile: Casual, Puzzle, Idle/Incremental, Simulation, Arcade, and more.
No minimum or maximum. Solo developers are welcome.
The road through 2026. Six milestones from community outreach to funded studios.
Open submissions
First cohort incubator
First prototypes built
Sign high-performance teams
Investment
Our Publishing Partners
Supported By
Media & Community Partners
Help us build the next global mobile hits, made in Indonesia.
Apply Now →No. A polished concept or a vertical slice is enough for your portfolio at this stage.
You can still redeem your completion grant, as long as you finish all mentorship sessions and graduate the cohort.
No, there's no fee at any stage.
We believe plenty of solo developers can deliver hit games on their own. Keep building solo, or connect with other developers in our community later if you want to team up.
Your studio keeps 100% of the IP.
We'll discuss and agree on whichever structure works best for both sides.
For Batch 1, the program is open to Indonesian developers and studios only.
Yes, as long as you've grown and learned from the feedback since your last attempt.
