Meet the Road to Hamburg Games Conference Indie Teams

February 14, 2023

Meet the Road to Hamburg Games Conference Indie Teams

With our "Road to program", we will bring five Hamburg-based indie developers and teams to the Hamburg Games Conference 2023 to showcase their games to the participants and meet new people from the industry. You can play their games at the Hamburg Games Conference expo from March 1 to 2 at the Altonaer Museum.

Only a few weeks are left until we can finally meet again at the Hamburg Games Conference on March 1-2. The program is fully packed and we cannot wait to engage in discussions with you and talk about the many topics around "Invest in Games".

For indie studios from Hamburg, we provided the program "Road to Hamburg Games Conference", which will give them a spot for showcasing their game in the Gamecity Hamburg expo area.

These five studios/teams will join us at our booth:

Bagpack Games - We the Valarii

Help the rural tribe of Mithem to complete their whirling pilgrimage and restore the once flourishing world of the Valarii kin. Unleash the abilities of four unique tribe members or combine them in splitscreen multiplayer with up to 3 friends in We The Valarii by Bagpack Games.

DrownTown - Lights of Atlantis

Explore the wondrous depths of the sea to find your way through Atlantis. Control the water level in various rooms and solve puzzles to discover the mysteries of an ancient society in Light of Atlantis by DrownTown.

Beardshaker Games - Soulitaire

Soulitaire by Beardshaker Games is a cozy Choose Your Own Adventure mixed with fortune-telling and Solitaire. Catch a glimpse of the future and interpret the cards’ meaning. Do you see which future they foretell? Decide your customers’ fate, and become a part of their life.

Crumbling Games - Crumbling

Who says you’re too old to play with toys? Crumbling by Crumbling Games is a VR roguelike where you control your character with one hand, just like playing with an action figure! Battle against an onslaught of plastic monsters in thrilling hack’n’slash combat, in a romping adventure that’ll take you right back to your childhood.

Denise Koch - Monstersongs VR

Explore an abandoned theatre that has been taken over by monsters who are hungry for love. Escape the monster lurking within yourself in this part rock musical part adventure game, Monstersongs VR by Denise Koch.

With our "Road to" programs, we offer free-of-charge delegation packages for different industry events for independent game businesses and game developers from Hamburg. They access national and international events to present their projects, get in contact with new business contacts, and close deals. Find out more here.

Hamburg Games Conference 2023

You can still get your ticket for the Hamburg Games Conference 2023: 30+ speakers, panels, networking and more. Check out the program on the conference website with the main track "Invest in Games" and the second track on development, funding and marketing topics. You can read a short program summary in our news article.

Get your tickets on eventbrite.

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