Prototopia is a testing ground where startups from the northern part of the Netherlands can test games and make use of virtual reality headsets, 3D printers and servers. It’s a meeting point for the maker industry and digital industry. This will help create new jobs for game developers. Prototopia is part of a stimulation program for startups in the game industry. This program will teach them entrepreneurial skills and how to get seed money to grow their businesses. Organisations looking to develop a (serious) game that tackles a societal issue, such as energy transition, healthcare or environmental issues, can also visit us.
Welcome to Prototopia
Powered by Fablab
To run the testing ground, we’ve teamed up with Fablab Groningen. Their team has many years of experience in creating prototypes using various techniques. Their machine room houses a 3D-printer, transfer press, sublimation printer, cutting plotter, 3D scanner, resin printer and more! Visit their open walk-ins to look around, ask their volunteers for advice and work on your project. The picture shows a cabinet with a wide range of projects that were made at Fablab. Other additions to the Indietopia testing ground include a green room, meeting room, flex spaces and a recording studio.
Fepshop
We also collaborate with Fepshop, a local 3D-printer expert that offers FEP film, resin, filament, equipment, accessories, software and parts. To showcase what their machines can do, we asked students of NHL Stenden Leeuwarden to make several instruction videos. On the right you can watch the first video about setting up and calibrating a resin printer. Check out the other two videos on our YouTube channel: Phrozen Sonic 4K: safety measures and cleaning Phrozen Sonic 4K: printing and aftercare
How to: setup and calibration
Subsidies
To set up Prototopia, our foundation received subsidies from the Provincie Groningen and from SNN (partly through the Europees Fonds voor Regionale Ontwikkeling and partly through Rijkscofinanciering). This news item by RTVOOG (in Dutch) was shot at the press conference for our provincial subsidy.