You build the game. We back it with mentorship, tools, publishing service and up to $20K in Funding.
Stack Ball
Airport BillionAir Idle Tycoon
Hamster Jump
Plane Emergency Landing
Tap Gallery
Crazy Plane Landing
Hide and Seek: Cat Escape!
Worms Zone .io
Idle Pet Shelter
Hit games from Nest's Publisher Partner
Nest empowers Indonesian studios to turn local talent into global mobile hits. By closing key gaps in capital, Game Direction, and business strategy, we provide them with funding, tools, and end to end publishing support. Taking your game from prototype to market success alongside our global publishing partners.
Mentor & Publisher Partners
Grants, a monthly Minimum Guarantee, and direct funding for top studios.*
A 6 week bootcamp and 1 on 1 guidance from Key Mobile Game Publisher.
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 or solo developer aged 18+, with a playable portfolio. Any genre, any team size.
Submit any playable game portfolio through nestlabs.games
Ten workshops over six weeks plus 1 on 1 mentorship, market data and dev kits. Ship prototypes and earn a completion grant.
Direct sessions with Nest's Publisher Partner.
10 townhall session. from market learning, game direction until monetization
live market data from Nest publisher partner
Unity packages or modular tools to fasten up your game production.
Base grant, just for finishing the the full Incubation process.
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 signed as Developer in Residence with Nest.
We back the team financially so you can focus entirely on the game.
We will help all your game created in this DIR phase to be published by our publisher partner
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
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 for maximum compatibility.
Developers of any platform or genre can apply. But the game you build in the program must be mobile: HyperCasual, 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
Supported By
Media & Community Partners
Help us build the next global mobile hits, made in Indonesia.
Apply Now →Yes, any game from any platform is welcome as portfolio to apply. But the output of the incubator has to be a new mobile game prototype.
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 the IP.
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.
