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Recap: Nordic Game Conference 2025
Gamecity Hamburg's May 27, 2025 recap covers its delegation's presence at the Nordic Game Conference, held May 20 to 23, 2025, in Malmö, Sweden.
- The Nordic Game Conference 2025 in Malmö hosted over 2,500 participants and 150 program sessions between May 20 and 23.
- Gamecity Hamburg led a delegation of more than 20 members, including 2024 Games Lift Incubator teams and four indie studios.
- Four specific indie titles—Card Buster, Light of Atlantis, NeverLight, and REPLICORE—were showcased at a shared booth organized by Gamecity Hamburg and medianet berlinbrandenburg.
Games Lift: Playtests & Pizza
Gamecity Hamburg's Games Lift Incubator reconvened its 2023 teams, mentors, and alumni in mid-February 2024 at the SPACE innovation hub in Hamburg's Speicherstadt, months after the intensive three-month workshop phase ended.
- The Games Lift Incubator in Hamburg supports independent developers by combining iterative product development with business training in marketing, studio management, and administration.
- Program methodology focuses on a continuous feedback loop involving intensive workshops, expert-led pitch training, and ongoing access to a network of industry veterans and alumni.
- Mentors advise that developers can navigate the current challenging economic climate by diversifying revenue streams through freelance or commissioned work.
Road to Hamburg Games Conference: 7 Hamburg Indies Present Their Games
Gamecity Hamburg announces its "Road to HGC" program for the Hamburg Games Conference, a two-day event of talks, panels, roundtables, and networking held March 5 to 6, 2024, at the Altonaer Museum.
- The March 2024 Hamburg Games Conference at the Altonaer Museum served as a dedicated platform to increase the visibility and commercial networking opportunities for local indie developers.
- Gamecity Hamburg organized the event as part of a broader strategy to support regional talent through structured programs, including incubators and direct funding.
- Seven Hamburg-based studios participated in the expo to present their latest projects to an industry audience.
Games Lift: We’ll Keep in Touch
Gamecity Hamburg's December 2023 news post recaps the graduation pitch event that closed the first, workshop-driven phase of the Games Lift Incubator 2023.
- The 2023 Games Lift Incubator concluded its workshop phase on December 5, 2023, at the Design Zentrum Hamburg with a graduation pitch event for five selected game development teams.
- Participating projects included 'We the Valarii' (Bagpack Games), 'Journey Beyond the Edge of the World' (Marcus Koepke), 'Map Map – A Game about Maps' (Pipapo Games), 'Chaos Royale' (Nenad Slavujevic), and 'Dottobeau'.
- The incubator curriculum focuses on refining project core articulation, strategic planning, and technical execution to improve market positioning for early-stage developers.
Games Lift: Bagpack Games keep moving
Bagpack Games, a Hamburg indie studio founded by Thomas Hedden (3D, tech art, animation) and Markus Albert (programming, level design), is profiled as it joins the Gamecity Hamburg Games Lift Incubator in November 2023.
- Hamburg-based Bagpack Games is currently developing a cooperative adventure title titled 'We the Valarii' through the Games Lift Incubator.
- The studio is pivoting its design philosophy from speed-based gameplay to a puzzle-oriented loop featuring a unique thumbstick and mouse-rotation movement mechanic.
- Founders Thomas Hedden and Markus Albert previously achieved industry recognition for their project 'Out of Place,' which secured an Epic Mega Grant and a German Developer Award.
Games Lift: Meet You at the Top (2023)
The 2023 edition of Hamburg's Games Lift Incubator, run by Gamecity Hamburg, opened with a kick-off event on September 18, 2023, at the new SPACE office location in the Speicherstadt.
- The 2023 Games Lift Incubator selected five development teams from a pool of twenty-four applicants to receive structured mentorship and professional support.
- The program provides specialized guidance through industry veterans from companies including NetEase and Jagex.
- Participants receive tailored support through individualized mentorship and marketing workshops designed to transition concepts into market-ready products.
Games Lift Kick-Off 2023 in New SPACE Innovation Rooms: Hamburg
The official kick-off of Gamecity Hamburg's Games Lift Incubator 2023 took place on September 11, 2023, at the newly opened SPACE innovation space run by the Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft.
- The Games Lift Incubator 2023 launched on September 11, 2023, providing five independent developer teams with 15,000 euros in funding each to advance their projects toward market readiness.
- The 2023 cohort consists of Monodot (Chaos Royale), Dottobeau (Dottobeau), Markus Koepke (Journey Beyond the Edge of the World), Pipapo Games (Map Map – A Game about Maps), and Bagpack Games (We the Valarii).
- Participants receive a structured support package that includes dedicated workshops, PR and marketing assistance, and individual coaching sessions with industry mentors.
Games Lift: The Five Teams for the Hamburg Game Developer Incubator 2023
Gamecity Hamburg announced the five teams selected for its 2023 Games Lift Incubator, a program designed to support game developers in Hamburg.
- Gamecity Hamburg selected five teams for its 2023 Games Lift Incubator, a program providing each with 15,000 euros in funding and a one-year mentorship curriculum.
- The 2023 incubator cohort was chosen from a pool of 24 applicants by a committee of industry experts from HAW Hamburg, The Sandbox Hamburg, and Rocket Beans Entertainment.
- Participating teams receive access to over 30 industry experts for workshops covering game design, product development, business strategy, and PR, alongside specialized communication support.
Meet the Road to Hamburg Games Conference Indie Teams: 2023
Gamecity Hamburg announced on February 14, 2023 that five Hamburg-based indie developers would exhibit at the Hamburg Games Conference, held March 1-2, 2023 at the Altonaer Museum.
- The 'Road to Hamburg Games Conference' initiative provides selected local indie studios with free exhibition space at major industry events to facilitate business growth, networking, and investment opportunities.
- Five Hamburg-based studios were selected for the 2023 program: Bagpack Games, DrownTown, Beardshaker Games, Crumbling Games, and Denise Koch.
- The 2023 cohort showcased a diverse portfolio of projects, including We the Valarii (multiplayer), Lights of Atlantis (puzzle-exploration), Soulitaire (card-based narrative), Crumbling (VR roguelike), and Monstersongs VR (musical-adventure).
9 Game Studios and Gamecity Hamburg at the Digital Gamescom 2020
Gamecity Hamburg announces its participation in the first fully digital gamescom, held August 27 to 30, 2020, where nine Hamburg indie studios present at a dedicated booth within the newly created Indie Arena Booth Online.
- The 2020 Gamescom transition to a fully digital format led to the creation of the Indie Arena Booth Online, a 100,000-square-meter virtual platform hosting over 190 game studios from more than 50 countries.
- Gamecity Hamburg utilized the "Road to gamescom" program to provide workshops and a dedicated virtual booth for nine local indie studios: Tiny Roar, The Tribe, Osmotic Studios, VR Nerds, One Man on Mars, tool 1 game, Mooneye Studios, ROCKFISH Games, and Bagpack Games.
- The Indie Arena Booth Online platform, developed by Super Crowd Entertainment and Gamecity Hamburg, replaced the traditional physical exhibition space that previously attracted over 370,000 visitors.
Road to gamescom 2020: Gamecity Hamburg Supports 9 Hamburg-Based Teams
Gamecity Hamburg, the city's games industry support initiative under the Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft, announced on July 23, 2020 that it would back nine Hamburg-based indie studios and teams with digital booths at the Indie Arena Booth Online during gamescom 2020.
- Gamecity Hamburg is supporting nine local independent studios to participate in the 2020 digital edition of gamescom.
- The initiative provides these developers with a presence at the Indie Arena Booth Online to maintain global visibility during the shift to a virtual event format.
- Participating studios include Bagpack Games, Mooneye Studios, OneManOnMars Art & Games e.K., Osmotic Studios GmbH, ROCKFISH Games GmbH, The Tribe, Tiny Roar, tool1game1 GmbH, and VR-Nerds GmbH.
Hamburg Prototype Funding 2020
Gamecity Hamburg announced the first-round results of its new prototype funding initiative on June 23, 2020, awarding a total of 430,000 euros to seven game projects from 35 submissions.
- The 2020 Hamburg prototype funding initiative awarded a total of 430,000 euros to seven selected game development projects.
- Individual grants for the seven winning projects—Wild Woods, Out of Place, Lost Sector, Project MORPH, Soulitaire, Stadtkinder, and Lazor Punx—ranged from approximately 31,000 to 80,000 euros.
- The program is backed by a sustained financial commitment of 400,000 euros in annual funding for prototype development through 2023.