You can choose from our team of experts that will be available to you in 30-minute timeslots, listen to your pitch presentation for 10 minutes and give you individual feedback for 20 minutes. Get valuable, honest and constructive feedback from people who have seen hundreds of pitches – all in a “safe space”, without possibly spoiling any future chances.

If you’re not at the right point to optimize your pitch deck yet or want to put the waiting time between 1:1 feedback appointments to good use, you can profit from the additional talk program during the event: Expert speakers will all about financing and publishing your game. 

We're happy to invite you to this unique event on February 16! Our location partner for this event is the innovation space by the Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft, SPACE.

Want to know more about what to expect? Read our recap of the last Pitch Level Up event in 2023 here on our website.

How to participate:

Sign up for the Pitch Level Up on Eventbrite!All tickets include access to the event, talks, and snacks and drinks.

The ticket titled "Expert Session & Talks" also includes 1:1 feedback appointments on top, please buy your ticket accordingly if you want to participate in these sessions. After signing up, you will receive a link to a separate form where you can tell us more about the project you want to get feedback on and tell us your preferences regarding the experts you want to talk to and at what times you would prefer the appointments.

Please get your ticket via Eventbrite by Feburary 11 and complete the subsequent form, if you want to participate in the 1:1 sessions, so we can match you to your experts.

If you're attending as a team, please make sure to buy a ticket for each team member and tell us in the signup form which team / project you are working on together, so we can group you up accordingly.

The event will be held in English, feedback sessions can be requested in German or English.

The game / project you want to receive feedback on has to be commercially oriented (i.e. you plan to release it and make money with it). This event is open to developers, teams and founders from Hamburg and beyond, you don't need to be from Hamburg / work on your game in Hamburg to participate.

Already confirmed as experts giving feedback are:

• Steffen Rühl (Business Development Consultant specialized in the games industry)
• Valentina Birke (Director Indie Arena Booth at Super Crowd Entertainment)
• Timm Geyer (Independent consultant, specialized in the games industry)
• Kristin von der Wense (Publishing Producer at Daedalic Entertainment)
• Margarete Schneider (Project Manager at Gamecity Hamburg and Games Lift Incubator)
• Dennis Schoubye (Head of Gamecity Hamburg and member of the Prototype Funding Committee)
• Jerome Zenker (Business Development Manager at Assemble Entertainment)
• André Bernhardt (Consultant specialized in the games industry) 
• Søren Lass (Business Development Consultant) 
• More experts tba

Confirmed Expert Talks:

• "Press 'Start' to Connect: Navigating Indie Networking" by Manny Hachey (Senior Project Manager)
• "Example of a good pitch - A case study" by Moritz Klein (Game Producer, Kalypso Media Group GmbH)
• "Bulletproof Your Game Pitch: De-risking Strategies" by Volha Kapitonava (Game Producer)
• "The Subtle Art of Not Getting A Deal” by André Bernhardt (Indie Advisor)
• more talks tba