You can do everything with video games in Poland
summary
8874 is a one-person, photogrammetry-driven side‑scroller built in Unreal Engine using drone-captured assets and authored entirely in Blueprints, later optimized from ~20 FPS to 60+. The project secures municipal micro‑funding (~1,000 BGN), embeds real GPS coordinates and local legends as gameplay beats, wins Poland’s 2018 Rookie of the Year and reaches the 2019 Digital Dragons finals out of ~200 entries, and shows that place‑specific realism can drive national attention.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:24Breaking into mainstream
- 7:30Hobby to local sensation
- 10:51Funding and development
- 13:23Local history in gameplay
- 16:23Awards and recognition
- 18:08Final thoughts
- 19:44Q&A
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