Today marks the official launch of GGMods: a platform to ease the transition of a hobby into a creative financial venture. While the well-established companies like Nexus Mods have worked as the central hubs for community-driven content, GGMods seeks to carve a niche for itself by providing a direct source of funding for the development of far-reaching mods for ambitious projects on titles like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
Indeed, this new entry arrives at a critical time for the mod community, which has been surviving for years in the grey waters of “paid mods” and voluntary donations. GGMods is not just another housing site for mods; it forms a specialized ecosystem allowing creators to apply for grants and financial backing needed for their project sustenance. By providing a much-needed structured revenue model, the platform aims to see elite modders treat their passion as a career instead of a time-consuming side project.
Well beyond hosting, addressing the funding has always been an integral part of the industry: bringing burnout to all gifted creators who are unable to sustain vast overhauls for several years. Nowadays, with more complex engines, the labor society needed for the creation of quality content has increased. The foresight of GGMods suggests a future when the boundaries between community content and professional DLC will continue to fade out, provided it maintains equilibrium in monetization without compromising the spirit of the scene, which is open source.
In its early days, GGMods appears to present itself as a premium alternative for the one doing total conversion mods who haven’t found the money thus far. GGMods promise funding outlasts the competition in completion of total conversion mods or technical fixes that have been considered expensive or simply too demanding. Considering if the wider community embraces changes to this funded way is still some time away, but in the here and now, GGMods has officially provided a new route for creators to earn for the thousands of hours spent on our favorite games.
