DevGAMM

The Chinese team behind Sunset Hills from Cotton Game couldn’t make it to Lisbon for the 2024 DevGAMM Awards – but their game still won Excellence in Visual Art for its stunning artistic style.

When Jorge M. Carvalho heard his game Townseek announced by friends from Portugal’s APVP association, he shouted "WHAT?!" at the top of his lungs – because he wasn’t betting on his own game to win.

Cairn has been getting a lot of love lately with its demo, but it all started back in November 2024 at DevGAMM Lisbon – where the game by The Game Bakers won Most Anticipated Game.

Lee Williams had a blast at DevGAMM Lisbon 2024 – giving a talk, meeting the devs behind his favorite games, and taking home the Excellence in Game Design award for Cryptmaster.

Manor Lords was only nominated in one category at the 2024 DevGAMM Awards – but it was the biggest one. And it won.

In 2024, we introduced a special category at the DevGAMM Awards: Developers Choice. All participating teams (over 500!) had four votes to give to other games in the competition.

In November 2024, Sven Ahlgrimm was kind enough to represent four other teams at the DevGAMM Awards ceremony, in addition to his own game, ODDADA, created with Mathilde Hoffmann and Bastian

At DevGAMM Awards 2024, Dungeons of Dreadrock 2 was named Best Mobile Game.

Live-service gaming is like running an entertainment factory.

In this presentation, the speaker will discuss building the city for Dying Light 2.

What happens when a Product Manager and a Tech Lead truly team up? Magic!

The games industry is facing significant disruption and upheaval from several corners: funding restrictions, noisy discoverability, timeshare against other media, social media videos draining

Go behind the scenes with narrative designer Maria Mazur as she reveals how a custom concert scene featuring Idris Elba in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty was brought to life with almost no budget.

DevGAMM is back in Portugal – and bigger than ever! Catch the highlights from our 2024 B2B conference and get ready for a full week of games industry action in 2025.

Complexity of game productions depends mostly on complexity of the game itself, not the underlying architecture. Nowadasy most developers cannot imagine creating a game without a pre-made engine.

Monika would like to present post mortem of Level Design in Silent Hill 2 based on Woodside Apartments.

In this talk we you go over practical cases of applying code-generating techniques in production environments you will learn general approaches, and some specific techniques.

Brace yourself for the ultimate showdown: game industry veterans tear indie devs apart — live on stage. It’s fast, fun, and brutally honest. Developers defend. Experts roast.

tinyBuild shares the most effective and up-to-date strategies for launching a game on Steam in 2025.

The gaming industry has evolved rapidly over the past decade, but one constant remains: Subway Surfers.

At the start of 2025, the video game industry remains in crisis. Budgets and player expectations keep rising, while sales lag behind.

Ever wondered where video game characters go when they die? How do they die? Why do they die?

This DevGAMM signature show brings five dev teams to the stage to pitch their games to a panel of industry experts. But only one can win! Watch to find out who takes the crown.

The third DevGAMM in Poland turned out to be the biggest one yet!

The Digital Vikings Awards Ceremony – celebrating the best upcoming games in the Baltic Sea region!

A session for anyone running a business or managing a team worried about keeping their team when the market turns (does everyone remember the Great Resignation post Covid) The session is based on

The price of development has been growing faster than the growth of the market for the las 4 years.

In this session, you'll explore innovative strategies to create a secure and inclusive environment for all gamers, while ensuring that the excitement and enjoyment of gaming remain at the forefront.

Join industry-leading experts as they dive into the dynamic world of modern investing.

A discussion of words in games and games in words. How grammar, spelling and natural language can be leveraged to provide interesting gameplay mechanics, with a post-mortem of Cryptmaster.