The not-for-profit community-driven co-living incubator
The vision of Spelkollektivet is to build creative spaces for indie game developers which transcends borders. Places where a person can spend a weekend or an entire lifetime, with the intent of fulfilling their dreams of making games, memories and friends.
The rent is low and everything is included - breakfast, lunch, dinner, bedroom, office space, internet, electricity, furniture, and consumables such as laundry detergent. You're sharing the experience with other awesome game developers from all over the world. Even though we might work alone on own projects, we're still a big team that always has each other's backs by sharing experiences and knowledge.
Spelkollektivet is located in a small village in Sweden with a population of ~950. There's a grocery store available within 5 minutes of walking, and plenty of forest to explore. Communiting to a bigger city is easy by bus, and the buses pass through the town frequently. The adress to the house is Gamla Vägen 12, 362 51 Väckelsång, SWEDEN.
I first visited Spelkollektivet back in February 2020 for one month - I met a lot of cool game developers and made some good friends in that short time. I was also able focus on my freelance work as well, thanks to all costs being included in my rent (breakfast, lunch, dinner, internet, electricity, laundry) and not having to cook too. I was sad to leave after one month but was eager to return for longer in May 2020 - the world had other plans though as the global pandemic kept me away for much longer than expected. But in September 2021 after a long year and half wait - I was very eager to return - and so I booked a 3 month stay - nd now 1.5 years late I'm still here; and I still love it. I am now working on 2 projects as an audio designer and have a great work life balance, with regular movies, arts and crafts, board gaming and other activities that give us plenty to do outside of our work hours. If that seems too busy for you - when you need your own space; you can also just chill in your room, find a nook to read a book in, or go for a walk in the beautiful forests nearby. I can't recommend Spelkollektivet enough, consider visiting for a month to get a feel for the place, and that will be enough to tell you if this is the place for you.
- Brian Diamond