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: https://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: https://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: https://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: https://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: https://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: https://interactivedenmark.dk/events/spilbar-41-sounds-good/

Use this link, to share the event: https://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/

Learn about funding opportunities from Vækstfonden & Innovationsfonden

UPDATE: Here are the presentations from Vækstfonden and Innovationsfonden, if you wish to downloads them:

Innovationsfonden presentation

Vækstfonden presentation

Want to know more about the funding opportunities from Vækstfonden and Innovationsfonden. On October 23rd, 15:30 – 17:00, Vækstfonden and Innovationsfonden will present the different funding and investment opportunities they represent, with a specific focus on the games industry.

Get in insight into the different options, learn about the application process, how cases are evaluated, and get your questions answered.

Program:
15:40 – 16:00: Steen M. Asgreen, Network Manager at Vækstfonden
16:00 – 16:20: Q&A, Steen M. Asgreen
16:20 – 16:40: Johan Lervang, Specialist Consultant at Innovation Fund Denmark
16:40 – 17:00: Q&A, Johan Lervang

About Vækstfonden:
Vækstfonden is the Danish state’s investment fund. We strive to improve access to risk capital to enable Danish businesses to innovate, and to generate growth and new jobs. In close collaboration with banks and domestic and international private investors, we finance companies from all sectors nation-wide. We can accompany you for the entire journey – from your company’s infancy through growth phases to expansion abroad and even to an initial public offering.

About Innovationsfonden:
We invest in entrepreneurs, researchers and businesses that create value for Denmark and new solutions to society’s challenge. We invest in sustainable solutions Innovation Fund Denmark creates a framework for entrepreneurs, researchers and businesses so they can develop innovative and viable solutions to society’s challenges.

The event takes place at IO-Interactive’s Copenhagen Office. Participation is free – no signup required.

Please use following link to share the event: https://interactivedenmark.dk/events/financing-information-meeting/

Please use this link for sharing the event: https://interactivedenmark.dk/events/spilbar-43-whos-responsible/

Games occupy an ever growing part of our lives. The latest research from the Danish Broadcasting Corporation shows, that the average Danish citizen today spends more time on digital games, than on printed media, and The Global Games Market is expected to grow to $152.1 Billion in 2019.

But games are also the subject to increasing criticism over loot boxes, Free2Play business models and even addiction to games. In this edition of SpilBar we take a closer look at the responsibilities of the games industry. How is our games affecting the people who play them? Should we feel responsible for the effects they have? And what can be done to protect both our players and the planet we all live on?

Program:

16:30: Mathias Gredahl Nørvig, CEO at SYBO Games (awaiting final confirmation)
A few weeks ago, SYBO Games launched the Playing for the Planet initiative, together with some of the biggest game companies in the World. In this talk, Mathias Nørvig will talk about, how SYBO Games are working to make sure, that making and playing their games isn’t affecting the planet in a negative way, and what you can do to participate as well.

16:55: Vernon Jones, Head of Safety at MovieStarPlanet
Working with kids and minors entails some special responsibilities. In this talk Vernon Jones from MovieStarPlanet will talk about some of the special things you have to look out for, when working with kids & minors, and why now might be a good idea to think about, if you are doing enough.

17:20: Break

17:35: Johan Eklund, psychologist at Center for Ludomani
What kind of psychological responses does gambling and gambling-like game mechanics provoke? What does skin betting, loot boxes, gacha-mechanics, and FUT-packs have in common? Based on his work at Center for Ludomani, psychologist Johan Eklund will talk about, how gambling and gambling-like game mechanics work.

18:00: Anne-Mette Thorhauge, Associate Professor at University of Copenhagen
Unpacking the notion of game addiction. Is ‘addiction’ a correct label for the problems and conflicts that arise in relation to excessive gaming or do alternative explanations yield more insight and better problem solving strategies? The presentation will focus on the emergent and somewhat intransparent business models in online gaming as an alternative approach.

18:30: Drinks, mingling & Goodbye