Christian Oeing - Startup Weekend Gaming

Factsheet

Release date:
November 15th – 17th, 2013

Platforms:
Bigpoint Hamburg

Website:
communities.techstars.com/germany/hamburg/startup-weekend/1808

Description

After 3 great and successful Startup Weekend events in Hamburg, the Startup Weekend Gaming 2013 took place from 15th – 17th November 2013! It was the first themed Startup Weekend, especially crafted for game developers of all kind!

Video games are no new thing: They existed since the first bits ran through the first computers. Most of you probably heard of Pong from 1972, but there were already earlier attempts to have fun with electronic devices.

However, video games in the early days were mostly a hobby of computer scientists and nerds. This changed dramatically with the rise of smartphones, tablets and Facebook. Games became something nearly everybody tried and many liked. Nowadays, there are many different technologies with mobile and browser games with billions of players all over the world.

Hamburg has one of the biggest game development industries in Germany and probably the biggest browser game industry throughout Europe. There are not only many big players, like Bigpoint, InnoGames and Goodgame Studios, but also a great startup landscape which grew there in the last few years.

This was the perfect area to get together highly motivated, ambitious founders who are willing to find a team for their very own Indie Game Startup.

No Talk, All Action. Launch a Startup in 54 hours!

Features

Special-themed Startup Weekend, a popular international event format
54h startup acceleration event
More than 30 participants
Mentoring for participants during the event
Judges evaluate the finished concepts and prototypes
Food and drinks so nobody stays hungry and can concentrate on their ideas

Tasks

Organization of the event together with other organizers from Hamburg
Communication with the Startup Weekend Organization
Getting mentors on board to give adivce to participants
Handle communication with the event location (Bigpoint) and sponsors (ExitGames, 1337Mate, TaylorWessing,...)
Promoting the event on social media
Taking care on-site to make sure everything works out