Earlier this week, Studio Wildcard teased its new paid modding program for ARK: Survival Evolved, and now it’s released more details as part of its GDC push, including a video.
The goal of the “sponsored mods program,” says the studio, “is to give a boost to the vibrant ARK modding community by selecting 15 projects each month to each receive $4,000 towards the modders’ ongoing development costs,” with the idea that finished mods might “be considered for integration into the final retail release on PC and Consoles of ARK: Survival Evolved.”
Because yes, the game is still technically in early access.
Still, it’s pretty decent money, though anyone this talented can probably land a job in the industry anyway.
You can take a peek at the first 15 on the official site already; the promo video is below.