More initiatives of the Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft
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More initiatives of the Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft

Games Lift Insights 2023: Workshop with Cassia Curran on May 16

At this Games Lift Insights workshop, indie devs will get an impression of what awaits in the incubator with a talk on "Basic Market Analysis for Indies" by Business Development and Strategic Advisor Cassia Curran. The Gamecity Hamburg Team will share insights into the Games Lift Incubator and application process as well.

The Games Lift Incubator program by Gamecity Hamburg is here to support Hamburg-based gamedevs and teams in tackling the first important milestones on the way to successfully producing and marketing their first games.

In this Games Lift Insights workshop, we want to give an impression of what awaits the teams in the incubator with an insightful talk on "Basic Market Analysis for Indies" by Business Development and Strategic Advisor Cassia Curran. The Gamecity Team will walk you through the program with a short presentation as well as a Q&A session to answer all questions about the Games Lift program and the application process. 

About the workshop

In this workshop, Cassia Curran will break down in easy-to-understand steps the basics of how to calculate, analyze and evaluate the dynamics of the market that indie dev plan to develop for. Indies who learn this skill-set will find that the insights it leads to can help them develop robust game design and business decisions.

In addition, this event provides insights into the Incubator program: the Gamecity team will give an overview of what Games Lift offers. We strongly recommend this event to all applicants for the Games Lift Incubator 2023.

Register now for the workshop.

The application phase for Games Lift 2023 runs from May 2 to June 20. Find out more here.

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