Games Lift Kick-Off 2023 in new SPACE innovation rooms

September 12, 2023

Games Lift Kick-Off 2023 in New SPACE Innovation Rooms

On Monday, September 11, 2023, the official kick-off of the Games Lift Incubator 2023 took place in the new SPACE innovation space of the Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft.

The five developer teams who qualified for the Gamecity Hamburg funding program will not only receive financial support worth 15,000 euros but will also be supported in realization of their projects in form of dedicated workshops, individual mentor coaching, contacts to an extensive industry network, marketing support from a PR agency, and access to the SPACE rooms, where they can work collaboratively on their games.

The kick-off of the Games Lift Incubator started for the participating teams with a first introduction to the mentors, networking partners, the Gamecity team and each other in a relaxed atmosphere.

Games Lift Incubator 2023 - These are the five teams:

Chaos Royale by Monodot
Dottobeau by Dottobeau   
Journey Beyond the Edge of the World by Markus Koepke  
Map Map – A Game about Maps by Pipapo Games  
We the Valarii by Bagpack Games

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Maggie Schneider of Gamecity hamburg introducing the program

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Following the teams' presentations, they had the opportunity to meet their five mentors in short sessions. These mentors contribute many years of individual experience in the games industry to support the developers in various disciplines during their development process.

The five mentors of Games Lift Incubator 2023:

Björn Bergstein – Coach & Consultant for Management and Leadership at Bergstein Consulting
Daniel Marx – CEO & Game Director at Osmotic Studios
Manny Hachey – COO and Business Development Manager at THREAKS
Søren Lass – Business Development Consultant

Steffen Rühl – Managing Director at ruehl:gameconsult

Further information about the Games Lift Incubator is available on the Gamecity Hamburg website. The Games Lift Log, a series of articles and interviews that offers exciting insights behind the scenes of the funding program, is also published there at regular intervals.

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