Author: Admin

Call for Participation 2022

Geposted am | 1 Comment on Call for Participation 2022

Networking and exposure are essential for indie developers, which is why we focus on exactly these two aspects at the Indie Game Fest.

What we offer you during the 2 days

grill

June 23rd

Opening & Network BBQ

coffee (1)

June 24th

Cologne Network Brunch

computer-game (1)

June 24th

Indie Game Exhibition

diet (1)

June 24th

During the exhibition free food and drinks!

alcohol

June 24th

Networking After-Show Party

live-streaming

June 23rd + 24th

Event Stream by LetsPlay4Charity

The exhibitor fee is for two persons and amounts to 200€, excluding VAT.
The fee will not be charged until your participation has been approved by our Advisory Board.

Submit your Game!

What you will also get:

Digital Showcase

Starting from June until September

The goal of the Indie Game Fest is to create visibility for indie games. That’s why we will offer a virtual exhibition again this year for all interested people who can’t travel to Cologne.

On the platform provided by Petricore, it will be possible to wander around the digital Indie Game Fest and explore the projects on display. In digital spaces, you will have the chance to showcase your projects and exchange ideas. Visitors can move through the location, give feedback and have conversations.

Each space can be customized:

  • Choice of over 500 different assets to individualize your own appearance
  • Create rooms for video chats (e.g. for Q&A or community events)
  • Playback of videos
  • Linking to websites

You want to have a look at the digital showcase to get a better idea? Then visit the Indie Game Fest 2021 here!

AWS Special

This year the Indie Game Fest is supported by our partner AWS, so we can offer you the following:

  • $5,000 in AWS Activate Credits valid for 2 years
  • 1 year of AWS Business Support (up to $1,500).
Submit your Game!

Information about the Location

BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT

You can take lines 3, 4, 16 and 18 to the Poststrasse subway stop. From there, walk another 200 meters to the Hotel im Wasserturm

BY CAR

Please enter the following address into your navigation system:

Kaygasse 2
D-50676 Cologne

The underground car park has 80 parking spaces and reserved spaces for event visitors.

 

Trade Visitor Tickets

Geposted am

Early Bird

Business-Ticket
€ 100 Sales end on August 31, 2021
  • Matchmaking Tool
  • Business Lounge
  • Free Food and Drinks
  • After Show Party
  • Networking Breakfast ​
  • Discounted Room Rates
Book Now

SUPER EARLY BIRD

Business-Ticket
€ 75 Sales end on May 31, 2021
  • Matchmaking Tool
  • Business Lounge
  • Free Food and Drinks
  • After Show Party
  • Networking Breakfast
  • Discounted Room Rates
Book Now

Business-Ticket

€ 125
  • Matchmaking Tool
  • Business Lounge
  • Free Food and Drinks
  • After Show Party
  • Networking Breakfast
  • Discounted Room Rates
Book Now

November 2021

We offer our exhibitors, trade visitors and sponsors the possibility to arrange meetings via a matchmaking tool.

 

November 2021

Benefit from discounted room rates

 
 
 
 

November 27th 2021

 

Exhibition of 30 creative and unique indie games <-> 1 – 11 p.m

November 27th 2021

On the day of the exhibition, we offer you a Business Lounge, where you can talk in a quiet atmosphere with our trade visitors.

 

November 27th 2021

During the exhibition free food and drinks!

 

November 27th 2021

Cologne Welcome Drink <-> 6:30 – 9:00 p.m

The Indie Game Fest team and the city of Cologne would like to welcome you and
We invite our exhibitors, partners, sponsors and invited VIPs, to this exclusive networking event.
Get to know each other and see the event location first hand.

Thanks to our partner KölnBusiness, drinks are completely free for 2 hours!

 
 
 

November 28th 2021

Networking Brunch by AdaQuest <-> 11 a.m to 1 p.m

Together with our partner Ada Quest we would like to invite you to a brunch on Sunday morning.
This brunch will give you once more the opportunity to network with our partner, exhibitors, business ticket holders and sponsors.

 
 
 

COVID-19

Your safety and health are very important to us! For this reason, we have once again increased our efforts in the fight against Covid 19.

# The 2g-plus rule applies to all program items that take place during Indie Game Fest. (Vaccinated / recovered plus additional Covid rapid test). People who cannot be vaccinated for health reasons, please bring their proof. Then they can also be tested at the testing station.

# A Covid testing station is located on the grounds of the Wasserturm Hotel.
The tests are free of charge for people with main residence in Germany. The cost of testing for all other participants will be covered by us.

#For tracking purposes, we ask you to fill out the registration form. The data will be deleted four weeks after the event.

# We are obliged to check digital vaccination certificates using the CovPassCheck app from the Robert Koch Institute and to compare the certificates with an official identification document. We ask that you have the documents ready.
All information about the CovPassCheck app can be found at https://digitaler-impfnachweis-app.de/en/covpasscheck-app

# Only persons who follow these rules will be admitted to the site. Violation may lead to exclusion from the event.

We apologize for the expected waiting time and ask for your understanding.

We are located in the center of Cologne!

BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT

You can take lines 3, 4, 16 and 18 to the Poststrasse subway stop. From there, walk another 200 meters to the Hotel im Wasserturm

BY CAR

Please enter the following address into your navigation system:

Kaygasse 2
D-50676 Cologne

The underground car park has 80 parking spaces and reserved spaces for event visitors.

 

Visitor Tickets

Geposted am

Early Bird

€ 8 Sales end on August 31, 2021
  • Entrance Indie Game Fest
  • exhibition starting from 18 years.
Book Now

SUPER EARLY BIRD

€ 5 Sales end on May 31, 2021
  • Entrance Indie Game Fest
  • exhibition starting from 18 years.
Book Now

Regular

€ 12
  • Entrance Indie Game Fest
  • exhibition starting from 18 years.
Book Now

As a visitor to the exhibition, you can view and play thirty individual games! Your opinion is always welcome – the developers are looking forward to your feedback!

 

Do you have your own ideas for games or would you like to express yourself creatively in this area? Come by and find out about the educational programs in the games industry at the exhibition!

 

Already have your first project(s) to show? In that case, you will appreciate that we are offering a free portfolio review! Nadine Steiner, Art Director at Rivers and Wine Studios (Upside Drown), will give you tips and advice on your next steps.

Enjoy the lounge where you can share ideas with other gamers, buy drinks and snacks, or just listen and relax to the stream of NerdStar.TV.

COVID-19

Your safety and health are very important to us! For this reason, we have once again increased our efforts in the fight against Covid 19.

# The 2g-plus rule applies to all program items that take place during Indie Game Fest. (Vaccinated / recovered plus additional Covid rapid test). People who cannot be vaccinated for health reasons, please bring their proof. Then they can also be tested at the testing station.

# A Covid testing station is located on the grounds of the Wasserturm Hotel.
The tests are free of charge for people with main residence in Germany. The cost of testing for all other participants will be covered by us.

#For tracking purposes, we ask you to fill out the registration form. The data will be deleted four weeks after the event.

# We are obliged to check digital vaccination certificates using the CovPassCheck app from the Robert Koch Institute and to compare the certificates with an official identification document. We ask that you have the documents ready.
All information about the CovPassCheck app can be found at https://digitaler-impfnachweis-app.de/en/covpasscheck-app

# Only persons who follow these rules will be admitted to the site. Violation may lead to exclusion from the event.

We apologize for the expected waiting time and ask for your understanding.

We are located in the center of Cologne!

BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT

You can take lines 3, 4, 16 and 18 to the Poststrasse subway stop. From there, walk another 200 meters to the Hotel im Wasserturm

BY CAR

Please enter the following address into your navigation system:

Kaygasse 2
D-50676 Cologne

The underground car park has 80 parking spaces and reserved spaces for event visitors.

 

Call for Participation

Geposted am | 2 Comments on Call for Participation

This year’s Indie Game Fest focuses on the topic of “Networking”.

The Indie Game Fest offers you the opportunity to network with each other over 3 days, to present your games in front of trade visitors, other developers, freelancers, publishers and Indie Games enthusiastic audience.

 
 

What we offer you during the 3 days

November 2021

We offer our exhibitors, trade visitors and sponsors the possibility to arrange meetings via a matchmaking tool.

 

November 26th 2021

Cologne Welcome Drink <-> 6:30 – 9:00 p.m

The Indie Game Fest team and the city of Cologne would like to welcome you and
We invite you our exhibitors, partners, sponsors and invited VIPs, to this exclusive networking event.
Get to know each other and see the event location first hand.

Thanks to our partner KölnBusiness, drinks are completely free for 2 hours!

 
 
 

November 27th 2021

 

Exhibition in the center of Cologne <-> 1 – 11 p.m

November 27th 2021

The AdaQuest Business Lounge opens its doors on exhibition day
This is a place where you can talk in a quiet atmosphere with our trade visitors.

 

November 27th 2021

During the exhibition free food and drinks!

 

November 27th 2021

For all interested gamers who cannot come to the exhibition, we offer an event live stream.

As a developer you have the opportunity to present your game at the Live Stream.

 
 
 

November 28th 2021

Networking Brunch by AdaQuest <-> 11 a.m to 1 p.m

Together with our partner Ada Quest we would like to invite you to a brunch on Sunday morning.
This brunch will give you once more the opportunity to network with our partner, exhibitors, business ticket holders and sponsors.

 
 
 

COVID-19

Your safety and health are very important to us! For this reason, we have once again increased our efforts in the fight against Covid 19.

# The 2g-plus rule applies to all program items that take place during Indie Game Fest. (Vaccinated / recovered plus additional Covid rapid test). People who cannot be vaccinated for health reasons, please bring their proof. Then they can also be tested at the testing station.

# A Covid testing station is located on the grounds of the Wasserturm Hotel.
The tests are free of charge for people with main residence in Germany. The cost of testing for all other participants will be covered by us.

#For tracking purposes, we ask you to fill out the registration form. The data will be deleted four weeks after the event.

# We are obliged to check digital vaccination certificates using the CovPassCheck app from the Robert Koch Institute and to compare the certificates with an official identification document. We ask that you have the documents ready.
All information about the CovPassCheck app can be found at https://digitaler-impfnachweis-app.de/en/covpasscheck-app

# Only persons who follow these rules will be admitted to the site. Violation may lead to exclusion from the event.

We apologize for the expected waiting time and ask for your understanding.

New Date! November 26-28.2021

Geposted am | 1 Comment on New Date! November 26-28.2021

We have been intensively dealing with the pandemic situation for months. We are observing the developments with concern in relation to our chosen date. Maybe moving it to June was not far enough – we were being hopeful and optimistic – but who can estimate a pandemic?

In the summer of 2020, there were still many unknowns in the equation: no high-impact second wave at the time, no highly infectious viral mutant at the time, and even the vaccination start date was more of a hope than real knowledge – we could not have estimated it better for the life of us.
Health is our most valued asset. We are aware of our responsibility towards our visitors, exhibitors, sponsors, and partners – Thus, we decided against an onsite event in June.

The Indie Game Fest lives on interactions between developers and visitors. The personal and direct interaction creates a flair that is difficult to reproduce digitally. For this reason, we have agreed with our partners as well as the event location, on another date shift to the end of November.

New schedule:

• Friday: Nov. 26.2021 – Cologne Welcome Drink <-> 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.

The Indie Game Fest team and the city of Cologne would like to welcome you and
We invite our exhibitors, partners, sponsors and invited VIPs, to this exclusive networking event.
Get to know each other and see the event location first hand. Thanks to our partner KölnBusiness, drinks are completely free for 2 hours!

 

• Saturday: Nov. 27.2021 – Exhibition at the Wasserturm Hotel 1 p.m. to 11 p.m.

 

• Sunday: Nov. 28.2021 – Networking Brunch by AdaQuest <-> 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Together with our partner Ada Quest we would like to invite you to a brunch on Sunday morning.
This brunch will give you once more the opportunity to network with our partner, exhibitors, business ticket holders and sponsors.

New submission is closed

 

The entire Indie Game Fest team will use the extra time to continue working on Indie Game Fest to bring you an outstanding Event.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

COVID-19

Your safety and health are very important to us! For this reason, we have once again increased our efforts in the fight against Covid 19.

# The 2g-plus rule applies to all events taking place during the Indie Game Fest. (Vaccinated / Recovered plus additional Covid rapid test). People who cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons, please bring along your verification. If so, they can also be tested at the testing station
.
# A Covid testing station is located on the premises of the @Wasserturm Hotel.
The tests are free for people with primary residence in Germany. The costs of the tests for all other participants will be covered by us.

# Access to the premises is only granted to persons who follow these rules. Violation may lead to exclusion from the event.

We apologize for the expected waiting time and ask for your understanding