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.
Registration for the 2026 event is now closed as it is fully booked. However, if you would like to attend in 2027, please email your contact details.
Here are some tips for your participation
Game designer Stefan Freund and Wolfgang Lüdtke, a game editor at Kosmos, share their recommendations for preparing to join the International Game Inventor Convention. The talk is being moderated by Selina Vollrath, Digital Marketing Manager at Spielwarenmesse eG.
Many thanks to our 2025 editions's sponsors
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.
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 (up to three), it’s entirely up to you.
- Friendliness and the ability to spark conversations with 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 prototype portrait is the core element for the preparation to the event of the game editors. Therefore, registration is only valid with a fully completed 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 7 December 2025.
You will receive your official confirmation of participation by e-mail from November 2025.
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
