How do you break into the Asian market?

The Chinese games market alone is already the biggest in the World, and it’s showing no signs of slowing down. The latest numbers project it to reach $42bn in revenue by 2022. And with the recent uptake of pc games, China is as important as ever, for both mobile and pc/console developers.

At this Growing Games, we will be looking at the current situation in China and Southeast Asia, what to expect in the coming years, and how you go about getting into and doing business in the Chinese market.

Helping us is Lisa Cosmas Hanson and Daniel Ahmad from Niko Partners – specialists in market research and market-entry strategies for video game industry companies looking to expand or initiate market share in China and Southeast Asia. They will give an update on the latest numbers, as well as share their predictions for the market in the next 1-2 years. I addition to this, we will also have Christine Thaarup with us, to talk about the practicalities of doing business in China, and what cultural differences one should be aware of.

Programme:
12.30 – Doors open
13:00 – Welcome & Intro to the progam
13:15 – Warm up discussion
13:30 – Lisa Cosmas Hanson & Daniel Ahmad, Niko Partners: Understanding the World’s Most Important Games Market
14:30 – Break
14.45 – Christine Thaarup
15.30 – Break
15.45 – Case discussions
16.15 – Plenary sum up of the day

Participation is free, but signup is required. Use this link to register.

Use this link, to share the event: http://interactivedenmark.dk/events/growing-games-go_east/

GROWING DIGITAL WORLDS

GROWING DIGITAL WORLDS er målrettet ledere i etablerede virksomheder, der arbejder med digitale universer, med ambitioner om at udvikle og styrke deres forretning. Forløbet henvender sig både til virksomheder som deltog sidste år forløb og nye som ikke tidligere har været med. Med Growing Digital Worlds får du inspiration og et stærkt netværk blandt virksomheder, der arbejder på tværs af film, serier, animation, spil og andre digitale universer. Samtidig får du lejlighed til at møde skarpe profiler i og uden for  den digitale indholdsproducerende branche og udbygge dit professionelle netværk.

Digitale universer er en industri i rivende udvikling. Virksomheder inden for spil, film, serier, animation og funktionelle sammenhænge udfordrer hele tiden rammerne for, hvad deres universer kan – både kreativt og kommercielt. Fordi platforme, fans og medier er i nærmest konstant udvikling, er spillereglerne også i forandring.

GROWING DIGITAL WORLDS blev gennemført for første gang i efteråret 2017 og udbydes nu for anden gang. Forløbet har til formål at udforske de forretningsmæssige spilleregler for virksomheder, der lever af at udvikle digitale universer, og klæde dig, som deltager, bedre på til at udvikle din virksomhed og dit univers. Gennem forløbet vil du derfor blive både inspireret og bedt om at udforske, udfordre og udfolde de spilleregler, der gælder.

GROWING DIGITAL WORLDS bliver gennemført i efteråret 2018. Forløbet består af tre sessioner, hvor den første vil ligge i oktober og det samlede forløb strække over to måneder. Alle sessioner foregår i tidsrummet kl. 12.30 -17.30 og vil blive afholdt i Aarhus.

20. november: Kunder og opbygning af community

På den sidste session vender vi blikket mod kunderne og kunderelationen. Vi skal udforske hvordan din virksomhed kan navigere i krydsfeltet mellem kreativ udvikling og markedsmæssigt fit mellem dit univers og dine fans. En ting er, hvordan man selv forestiller sig at ens univers/produkt bliver modtaget og skaber værdi for brugeren. Noget andet er, hvordan det rent faktisk bliver modtaget og opfattet. Hvordan bruger man den indsigt til at skabe en tættere relation til brugerne og opbygger et community omkring sit digitale univers.

På sidste session kan du møde Niels Wetterberg, CEO i Investigate North som bl.a. står bag Cloud Chamber og Aporia: Beyond the Valley.

Sparring med vækstkonsulent fra Væksthus Midtjylland
Som en del af forløbet tilbydes alle virksomheder individuel sparring af en vækstkonsulent fra Væksthus Midtjylland. Den individuelle sparring sker som en integreret del af sessionerne.

Tilmelding
GROWING DIGITAL WORLDS er målrettet ledere af virksomheder, som udvikler digitale universer,  med ambitioner for deres forretning. Hver virksomhed kan deltage med 1-2 personer på ledelsesniveau. Forløbet er gratis for din virksomhed. Tilmeldingsfristen er fredag d. 14. september.

GROWING DIGITAL WORLDS udbydes af Interactive Denmark i samarbejde med More Creative og Region Midt. Forløbet faciliteres af Seismonaut, der har speciale i forretningsudvikling inden for de kreative erhverv.

Tilmelding og spørgsmål om forløbet kan rettes til Regitze Mai Møller fra Interactive Denmark på remm@interactivedenmark.dk.

Der er maksimalt er 15 pladser på forløbet. Deltagerne screenes og udvælges af Interactive Denmark og Seismonaut.

Link til denne begivenhed, benyt venligst: http://interactivedenmark.dk/?post_type=ajde_events&p=1354&preview=true

SpilBar 39: Just a game, eh?

How do games challenge our morals just by mouse clicks and gameplay choices? SpilBar has invited Tomasz Kisilewicz from 11 bit studios known for This War of Mine and latest Frostpunk to a talk about how video games tackle moral dilemmas and question our ethics. After that games journalist and author, Jordan Erica Webber, will talk about 10 things games can teach us about life, philosophy and everything.
Associate professor at the IT University Miguel Sicart will bring his perspectives on games though the lens of ethics.

Open Call for games
As always it’s possible to showcase your new shiny game – just punch in your details in this Open Call: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfOcbf0a-D29SFx_Y5DFg-GqRHhJYOpT3fA76TupnG-Zt8Vxg/viewform

PROGRAMME:
16:30: Tomasz Kisilewicz: Creating Meaningful Entertainment. How do Art and Design come together to question your morality
17:15 Break
17:30: Jordan Erica Webber: Ten things video games can teach us about life, philosophy and everything
17:50: Miguel Sicart: Choices That Matter: Games Through the Lens of Ethics
18:10: Beer and mingling

Tomasz Kisilewicz: Creating Meaningful Entertainment: How do Art and Design come together to question your morality
How do we tackle moral dilemmas in video games? How do we leave our players both disturbed and satisfied at the same time? And how do Art and Design departments can learn and benefit from each other to deliver unique experiences? By looking at the curious cases of ‘This War of Mine’ and ‘Frostpunk’ we’ll dive into the world of hard choices, dark moods and moral dilemmas in a pursuit of the light of hope for our industry.

About Tomasz Kisilewicz (PL)
Lead Artist at 11 bit studios. Graphic designer, architect and lecturer. Worked on This War of Mine and Frostpunk, trying to find new ways of visual narrative in video games. Thomas is Interested in everything that happens at the point of contact between Art and Design departments.

Jordan Erica Webber: Ten things video games can teach us about life, philosophy and everything
Jordan presents a number of video games and discusses how they are suitable to teach about a variety of philosophical concepts. What does the choice of faction in Fallout 4 say about you? And what does Soma have to say about identity?

About Jordan Erica Webber (UK)
Jordan Erica Webber is a writer and presenter. Host of the Guardian’s digital culture podcast Chips With Everything, video game critic for the Guardian, and resident games expert for both The Gadget Show (Channel 5) and RATED (Forces TV). Currently featured in the V&A exhibition Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt and author of Ten Things videogames can teach us.

Miguel Sicart: Choices That Matter: Games Through the Lens of Ethics
Games live in a weird limbo between entertainment and art, between the serious and the frivolous. What does it mean then to look at games from the perspective of ethics? Is it all ‘just a game’? An ethical approach to games allows us to understand the role they play in society and culture, and the duties that developers, educators, and players have.

About Miguel Sicart (DK)
Miguel Sicart is an associate professor at the IT University. He is the author of The Ethics of Computer Games, Beyond Choices: The Design of Ethical Gameplay, and Play Matters.

SpilBar 39 is sponsored by Interactive Denmark and The Danish Film Institute.

To link to this event, please use: http://interactivedenmark.dk/events/spilbar-39/

SpilBar: DIY – Markedting for people who’d rather be making games 

SpilBar invites you to come join us for a session on how to tackle the big, overwhelming task of marketing your game.
We’ll start by looking at your Game Studio – your DNA and the values you hold dear, and how to transfer that into a strategy.

Speaker of the day is Emil Stidsholt who knows a thing or two about different platforms, tendencies and how to get most bang for buck.
He’s been working with studios as Funday Factory, Kiloo and is now with Flashbulb Games.

Sign up here, it’s free to attend: https://goo.gl/forms/7m2lSc3yKYTBk8Cs2

Program:
14.00 – Welcome to Spilbar w Maria Garde
14.15 – Emil Stidsholt – Do-It-Yourself: Marketing for people who’d rather be making games
15.00 – Q/A + Glögg

To link to this event, please use: http://interactivedenmark.dk/events/spilbar-diy-marketing/ 

SpilBar 40: Stories

The Danish games industry is sprawling with new games. At SpilBar 40 we want to take a look at some of the games, and have the developers tell us their stories and dissect the development process live on stage. Each developer will get 10 minutes and 10 slides to talk about what surprised them, what screwed them, what went well, and what went wrong? And of course, why, oh why?

Program:

16:30:
Welcome

16:35:
Wartile – Michael Rud (Playwood Games)
A Hat in Time – Jonas Kærlev (Gears for Breakfast)
Shrug Island – Michael Rose (Tiny Red Camel)

17:10 
Coffee break

17:30
Youropa – Mikkel Fredborg (Frecle)
Forgotton Anne – Alfred Nyguen (Throughline Games)
Fimbul – Søren Jepsen (Zaxis)
#dkgame book release – Mikkel Lodahl (Institute for Danish Game Development)

18:15
Beers, games and mingling

When: Thursday, March 14th, 16:30 – 20:00
Where: Cinemateket, Gothersgade 55, 1123 Copenhagen

Open Call for games at SpilBar 40
Sign up here if you are up for showcasing your digital and/or board game at SpilBar 40

To link to this event, please use: http://interactivedenmark.dk/events/spilbar-40/

Interactive Denmark is offering a pro-level pitching workshop

In preparation for Copenhagen MatchUp, Interactive Denmark has teamed up with with Finnish game pitching specialist and executive training expert Walid O. El Cheikh for an intensive 1-day pitching- and messaging master workshop for CEOs and executives, looking to get their communication about their company and projects to the next level.

The workshop will teach participant, how to be razor sharp in both their pitching and general communication about their company and project, based on a number of methods and practical exercises. In the end, you should be able to communicate the essence of your product or company in a singe sentence!

The workshop offered lasts a full day, and will require preparatory work. The workshop is open to Danish developers, but Interactive Denmark retains the right to screen and select applicants. Priority will also be given to CPH MatchUp participants. The workshop is free

Deadline for signup is APRIL 3rd.

Click here to register or contact Jesper Krogh Kristiansen at jkk@interactivedenmark.dk if you have any questions

Use this link, to share the event: http://interactivedenmark.dk/events/master_pitching/

Funday Factory, Filmby Aarhus and Create Converge are happy to announce the conference Digital Kids Today.

Digital Kids Today is a full day conference that focuses on kids as digital media consumers. The purpose of the conference is to share knowledge and insights while creating a foundation for networking and business development across creative industries – national as well as international.

This year’s conference sheds light on bridging digital and physical play & IP’s and how to monetise brands.

More info and sign up check out https://digitalkidstoday.com/

It’s time for the annual Game Dev Date Night in Ideas Lab!

In need of artists, devs, sound designers, producers or the like to accelerate your production? Then here is your chance!

At Date Night you’ll pitch your project and be able to find the resources you need.

The concept:
Bring your own 4-minute slideshow to present.
It must include the following three questions:
– Who are you?
– What are you working on right now?
– Which skills are you looking for?
We are timing you, so make it 4 minutes or less 😉

Afterwards, beer and pizza are on us – remember to sign up, so we know how much food to order.

Sign up here if you want to participate: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1GDC_93K_c3iXasgRStErwRD7Uhhf0lfNup8-bVtt1c0/edit

Remember to e-mail us your slides the day before: sdib@aarhus.dk

We hope to see you there!

Please use this link to share the event: http://interactivedenmark.dk/events/cph-matchup-2019-studio-meetings/

CPH MatchUp is a 2-day event during Games Week Denmark 2019, May 6-7. We aim to do the best match-up’s possible between investors, publishers and Danish Game Studios.

DAY 1 – May 6: Private Studio Meeting in between international publishers/investors and Copenhagen based Game Studios.

DAY 2 – May 7: One-on-One meetings at Børsen (Old Stock Exchange) with MeetToMatch booking system.

Participating investors and publishers:

1C Publishing, 505 Games, 5th Planet Games, Catalis Group, Coffee Stain Publishing, Crunching Koalas, Danfoss, Dazzle Interactive – China Telecom, Dino Patti, Deck13 Interactive, DR, EA, European Games Group, Game Seer Venture Partners, Green Man Gaming, Goodbye Kansas, JoyPac, Level-Up, Lvp, Makers Fund, Modern Times Group (MTG), NetEase, Nordic Game Ventures, Nordisk Film Games, Nordic Makers, Oizumi Amuzio Inc., PlayStack, Raw Fury, Rovio Entertainment, SEGA, Six Foot, Super!, SYBO, Tactile Games, Tencent GWB, THQ Nordic, and ThumbAge.

Participating game studios:

Partners:

Please use the following link to share the event: http://interactivedenmark.dk/events/cph-matchup-2019-11-meetings/

CPH MatchUp is a 2-day event during Games Week Denmark 2019, May 6-7. We aim to do the best match-up’s possible between investors, publishers and Danish Game Studios.

DAY 1 – May 6: Private Studio Meeting in between international publishers/investors and Copenhagen based Game Studios.

DAY 2 – May 7: One-on-One meetings at Børsen (Old Stock Exchange) with MeetToMatch booking system.

Tentative program for May 7th:

• 8:30 – 9:00: Registration and breakfast
• 9:00 – 12:15: Meetings, Round 1
• 12:15 – 13:15: Lunch
• 13:00 – 17:00: Meetings, Round 2
  

Participating investors and publishers:

1C Publishing, 505 Games, 5th Planet Games, Catalis Group, Coffee Stain Publishing, Crunching Koalas, Danfoss, Dazzle Interactive – China Telecom, Dino Patti, Deck13 Interactive, DR, EA, European Games Group, Game Seer Venture Partners, Green Man Gaming, Goodbye Kansas, JoyPac, Level-Up, Lvp, Makers Fund, Modern Times Group (MTG), NetEase, Nordic Game Ventures, Nordisk Film Games, Nordic Makers, Oizumi Amuzio Inc., PlayStack, Raw Fury, Rovio Entertainment, SEGA, Six Foot, Super!, SYBO, Tactile Games, Tencent GWB, THQ Nordic, and ThumbAge.

Participating game studios:

Sign-up for Danish game developers/studios here

Partners and sponsors:

To link to this event, please use: http://interactivedenmark.dk/events/spilbar-41-sounds-good/

Use this link, to share the event: http://interactivedenmark.dk/events/growing-games-starting-a-games-company/

PLEASE NOTE. VENUE CHANGED DUE TO SCHEDULING CONFLICTS.

*** Sign-up closed, as venue is full ***

Considering establishing your own game company? Or maybe you’ve already taken the first step, but are looking for advice on what to do next?

At the upcoming Growing Games: Starting a games company, you will get the basic tools and knowledge to get the best possible start for your new company. Meet experts from the Danish games industry, as they lend us their expertise, and network with other people in the same position as you – looking to get started in the games industry.

The workshop will cover the following themes

– The basics of establishing and running a business: Company types, registration, taxation, company rules, ownership
– Financing and funding: How and where to find funding for your projects
– Business models: What are the possible ways to make money on your game, and how do you build your game to match it?
– Production Planning: How do you set up a realistic production plan for your game?
– Budgeting: How to build a realistic budget for your company.
– To be a CEO: What is expected for a CEO, and what is your role and responsibilities towards your employees

Program:
11:45 – 12:00: Get-in & registration
12:00 – 12:15: Introduction & Welcome
12:15 – 13:00: Business Basics, Kaspar Ganer
13:00 – 13:15: Financing, Jesper Krogh Kristiansen
13:15 – 13:25: Pause
13:25 – 14:05: Business Models, Kristian Bang Nørgaard
14:05 – 14:45: Production Planning, Manuel Somonte
14:45 – 15:00: Pause
15:00 – 15:20: Budgeting, Astrid Refstrup
15:20 – 15:50: The role as CEO and founder, Astrid Refstrup & Simon Staalhandske
15:50 – 16:00: Sum-up & goodbye

Join the workshop, and make sure your company gets the best possible start in the games industry.

Participation is free, but registration is required.

This event is organized in cooperation with Game Syndicate Denmark

To link to this event, please use: https://interactivedenmark.dk/events/spilbar-42-boss/