Campus – Cologne
RETENTION & MONETIZATION SUMMIT
POWERED BY
September 14th - 15th
Online Event
Pay what you wish
Developing a game demands a lot from any developer, and even more from fresh and mostly inexperienced teams working on their first indie project. With this in mind, it is not surprising that usually their focus purely on game engines, gameplay and their creative ideas. Important factors such as user retention, community building and even finances are quickly pushed into the background.
The Indie Campus – Cologne | Retention and Monetization Summit – powered by 4Players will provide assistance and suggestions on how to keep the focus on the game, while still creating the right environment as well as mindset to prepare and release a fully functional game for an eagerly waiting audience.
INDIE HUB and 4Players are happy to invite (indie) teams from around the world to join informative lectures, workshops and discussions on September 14th and 15th.
0
DAYS
0
SPEAKERS
0
%
FUN
Summit Schedule
TUESDAY - SEPTEMBER 14TH
WEDNESDAY - SEPTEMBER 15TH
TUESDAY - SEPTEMBER 14TH
| TIME (CEST) | TYPE | SPEAKERS | TOPIC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Indie Hub & 4Players | Welcome to Indie Campus – Cologne! | |
| 10:30 – 11:30 | Talk | Phillip Schuster, CEO 4Players | How to make your game more social, interactive and immersive |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Talk | Dominik Lauf – Program Lead & CPO Magenta Gaming | Cloud Gaming for Business Development and Game Design. |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Roundtable Discussion | Tobias Edl – Head of New Business Relations, Whow Games GmbH Marvin Eschenauer –Head Of Business & Growth, Bytro Marcin Kugla – Founder, Ada-Quest / Ruhrpott Blockchain Technologies | How to sell your game. |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Talk | Thomas Gueridon – CEO Playthora | Retention with ingame store |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Break & Networking | ||
| 13:00- 14:00 | Talk | René Otto – Attorney at law, Van Iersel Luchtman | Recognizing a good publisher deal |
| 13:00 – 15:00 | Workshops | 4Players Team | 4Players SCILL & 4Players ODIN |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Talk | Martyna Neumann-Baranowska – Senior Marketing Manager, sheepyard | Mobile games marketing |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Talk | Seren Besorak – Co-Founder & CEO, TriTri Games | Post Mortem “Jessika”. |
| 15:30 – 16:30 | Roundtable Discussion | Christopher Wulf – Business Development Consultant David Jimenez – Co-Founder & Lead Designer, 2Awesome Studio Martine Spaans – Founder, Tamalaki | Ask me anything: Publishers |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Talk | Marie Mejerwall – Game Director META Games | |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Break & Networking | ||
| 17:00 – 17:30 | Talk | Ahmed Hisham Hendy – Game Designer | How to build a satisfying game. |
| 17:30 – 18:00 | Talk | Astrid Gooding – Head of Events, devcom | How to approach a publisher. |
| 18:00 – 19:00 | Talk | Don Daglow – Game Designer | Exec Producer | Emmy® Award winner | Best-Selling Author & Narrative Designer | Setting up your Indie Business. |
WEDNESDAY - SEPTEMBER 15TH
| TIME (CEST) | TYPE | SPEAKERS | TOPIC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Talk | JP van Seventer – Managing Director, Dutch Game Garden | Don’t design an apple, create an apple tree. |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Talk | Pavel Barák – Chairman, Czech Game Developers Association | Czech Games Market and its opportunities. |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Talk | Anette Dahlstrøm Ståløy – Chief Marketing Officer, Dirtybit & Co-founder, Women in Games Norway | Success Story Dirtybit. |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Break & Networking | ||
| 13:30- 14:00 | Talk | Fabian Boulegue – Producer, Aerosoft GmbH | The benefit of DLCs to excite publishers and monetize users. |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Talk | Marcin Kugla – Founder, Ada-Quest / Ruhrpott Blockchain Technologies | Using Blockchain in a Game Environment. |
| 14:00 – 15:00 (UPDATED) | Roundtable Discussion | Mathias Richter – (Associate Director) Digital & Strategy StoryMachine GmbH Sven Siemen – CEO, WASD Media GmbH & Founder, Brettballett Kai Schober – Senior Community Manager Bethesda Alexander Cimpeanu – Game Designer, TrieTrie Games | Community Building & Management. |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Talk | Richard Rampas – Community Manager Volcanoids | 4 Principles That Got Us From 0 to 900,000 Followers. |
| 15:30 – 16:30 | Roundtable Discussion | Matthijs Van De Laar – Creative Director, Twirlbound Tomas Sala – Solo Game Developer, The Falconeer Seren Besorak – Co-Founder & CEO, TriTri Games Jay Shin – Director Arrogant Pixel Ltd | Indie Business – Lessons Learned. |
| 15:30 – 16:30 | Talk | Sven Paulsen – Head of Voice & Streaming Technologies, 4Players GmbH | Voice Chat for Multiplayer Games. |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Break & Networking | ||
| 17:00 – 18:00 | Talk | Gregor Ebert – PR Manager, Headup GmbH | Why you need a publisher. |
| 18:00 – 18:30 | Indie Hub & 4Players | Thanks and see you soon! |
Meet our Speakers
Phillip Schuster
CEO and Co-Founder at 4Players GmbH
Don Daglow
Game Designer | Exec Producer | Emmy® Award winner | Best-Selling Author & Narrative Designer
Astrid Gooding
Head of Events
Dominik Lauf
Program Lead & CPO Magenta Gaming
(Deutsche Telekom)
Michael Schade
CEO & Co-Founder
Gregor Ebert
PR Manager
Thomas Gueridon
Co-Founder & CEO
Fabian Boulegue
Producer
Martine Spaans
Founder Tamalaki
Angel Investor
Midgame Fund
Seren Besorak
Co-Founder & CEO
Mathias Richter
(Associate Director) Digital & Strategy
StoryMachine GmbH
Sven Paulsen
Head of Voice & Streaming Technologies
JP van Seventer
Managing Director
Tobias Edl
Head of New Business Relations
Ahmed Hisham Hendy
Game Designer
Matthijs Van De Laar
Creative Director
Tomas Sala
Solo Game Developer working on
The Falconeer
Martyna Neumann-Baranowska
Senior Marketing Manager
sheepyard
René Otto
Attorney at law
Christopher Wulf
Business Development Consultant
David Jimenez
Co-Founder & Lead Designer
2Awesome Studio
Jay Shin
Director
Marvin Eschenauer
Head Of Business & Growth
Sven Siemen
CEO, WASD Media GmbH
Founder, Brettballett
Richard Rampas
Community Manager Volcanoids
Marcin Kugla
Founder
Ada-Quest /
Ruhrpott Blockchain Technologies
Pavel Barák
Chairman
Czech Game Developers Association
Alexander Cimpeanu
Game Designer
TriTrie Games
Kai Schober
Senior Community Manager
Bethesda
Giacomo Sala
Business Developer
Red Koi Box S.R.L.
Marie Mejerwall
Game Director
META Games
Meet our Partners
Join us as a Volunteer
We are looking for a few volunteers, who want to join the event team and support us. Explicitly it’s about moderating the session chats and collecting the questions in the chat for the Q&A afterwards, so it’s quite a cool role as you can really follow the individual talks/panels/workshops and dive deep into content. The program goes over two days and includes about 5-6 hours of content per day. Depending on the number of moderators, that would be 2 to 3 session “work shifts” per day. Each session lasts between 30 to 60 minutes (excluding the keynote opening on both days), the Q&A afterwards is moderated by the respective stream/stage host, so there are no activities for the session moderators here.
In return we offer you a Ticket Indie Game Fest, the possibility to get in touch with our speakers and as always, our eternal gratitude and love.
Registration
Don’t miss one of the most exciting game developer summits in 2021! We are super excited to meet with you and discuss game design, retention and monetization in a chilled and informative way.
Indie Campus Team
Stefan Schmidt
INDIE Hub UG
Marc Berekoven
4Players GmbH
Melina Birkner
4Players GMBH
Kristin Janulik
INDIE Hub UG
Anna Scheck
INDIE Hub UG
Lisa Bieker
INDIE Hub UG
Phillipp Meesters
INDIE Hub UG