Information for Game designers
For you as an author, there will be a compact meeting place in NCC Mitte, Level 1 to exchange ideas about your games to come. Present your game prototypes to editors and publishers and set the course for your next game publication.
What can you expect as a game designer?
- Embedded in the international Spielwarenmesse network, this will be a place for game designers, publishers, editors and journalists to exchange ideas and information.
- At the Game Inventors Convention, you’ll get to present your game ideas to specialists.
- On site, you will be supported by:
- the long-standing experts of the International Game Inventors' Fair Haar, Christian Fürst-Brunner and Tom Werneck, of the Bayerisches Spielearchiv Haar e. V., for questions about game publishing.
- the Spielwarenmesse eG team for questions about the event or if you need organisational help.
We will announce the prices for 2025 when the online application starts in summer
These participation packages were available in 2024:
- Participation package 1 / 125 Euro: 1 person, 1 presentation table
This includes: access to the trade fair for one person, 1 presentation table (45x150cm) with chairs, Wi-Fi, listing on the Spielwarenmesse website and in the Game Inventor Guide (PDF) and participation in the GamingHour games party.
- Participation package 2 / 140 Euro: 2 persons, 1 presentation table
This includes: access to the trade fair for two persons, 1 presentation table (45x150cm) with chairs, Wi-Fi, listing on the Spielwarenmesse website and in the Game Inventor Guide (PDF) and participation in the GamingHour games party.
NEW - More offers for 2024 with more presentation space:
- Participation package 3 / 150 Euro: 1 person, double table
This includes: access to the fair for one person, 2 presentation tables (total: 90x150cm) with chairs, WLAN, entry on website and Game Inventor Guide of the Spielwarenmesse (PDF), participation in the GamingHour - the networking party. - Participation package 4 / 165 Euro: 2 persons, double table
This includes: access to the fair for two persons, 2 presentation tables (90x150cm) with chairs, WLAN, entry on website and Game Inventor Guide of the Spielwarenmesse (PDF), participation in the GamingHour - the networking party.
Order of events for planning your stay
8:15 – 9 am Presentation table assembly
9 am – 6 pm Game Inventors Convention
6 – 10 pm GamingHour games party
What you should bring
- Playable prototypes – one or more, it’s entirely up to you.
- Sociability and sayings to engage in conversation with passing visitors
- Plenty of business cards
- Good humour
The Game Designer Portrait is your joker to attract game editors
- Arouse curiosity with a short and crisp description of you game.
- Approx. 5 sentences per prototype
- Your Game Designer Portrait is the lynchpin for the game editors' preparations for the fair. Therefore, registration is only possible with an author portrait.
Present your game ideas to international game publishing houses
Register as a game designer author for the International Game Inventor Convention.
Your registration is binding. Reservations and conditions are not permitted when registering.
The closing date for receipt of registrations is in December 2024
You will receive your official confirmation of participation by e-mail from November 2024.
Other forms of participation
Is one day at the trade fair not long enough? There are also other ways for you to participate in the Spielwarenmesse.
- For first-time exhibitors: New Exhibitor Package
- For those interested in a trade fair stand: Stand space from 9 m²
- For those interested in a digital trade fair presence: Digital participation
