Pitch Level Up 2025

Bring your pitch to the next level: Get feedback on your game pitch deck from different perspectives in 1:1 sessions with games experts and learn more publishing your game in talks by industry professionals – all in just one day at the Pitch Level Up!

You can choose a number of experts that will be available to you in 30-minute timeslots. You'll have 10 minutes to present your pitch, after which the expert will give you individual feedback for 20 minutes. Get valuable, honest and constructive feedback from people who have seen hundreds of pitches – all in a “safe space”, without possibly spoiling any future chances.

If you’re not at the right point to optimize your pitch deck yet or want to put the waiting time between 1:1 feedback appointments to good use, you can profit from the additional talk program during the event: Expert speakers will explain all about topics like financing and publishing your game.

We're happy to invite you to this unique event on February 20! This event will take place at the beautiful SPACE, right in the "Speicherstadt".

Want to know more about what to expect? Read our recap of our Pitch Level Up 2024 here on our website.

How to participate:

The ticket titled "Expert Session & Talks" includes the 1:1 feedback appointments, please buy your ticket accordingly if you want to participate in these sessions. Both tickets grant access to the talks, networking and snacks.

After signing up, you will receive a link to a separate form where you can tell us more about the project you want to get feedback on and tell us your preferences regarding the experts you want to talk to and at what times you would prefer the appointments.

Please get your ticket by February 13 and complete the subsequent form, if you want to participate in the 1:1 sessions, so we can match you to your experts.

If you're attending as a team, please make sure to buy a ticket for each team member and tell us in the signup form which team / project you are working on together, so we can group you up accordingly.

The event will be held in English, feedback sessions can be requested in German or English.

The game / project you want to receive feedback on has to be commercially oriented (i.e. you plan to release it and make money with it). This event is open to developers, teams and founders from Hamburg and beyond, you don't need to be from Hamburg / work on your game in Hamburg to participate.

Meet some of our experts:

• Valentina Birke (Director Indie Arena Booth, Project Director Super Crowd Entertainment)
• Steffen Rühl (Business Development Consultant, specialized in the Games Industry)
• Margarete Schneider (Project Manager at Gamecity Hamburg and Games Lift Incubator)
• Kristin von der Wense (Publishing Producer Daedalic Entertainment)
• Dennis Schoubye (Head of Gamecity Hamburg, member of the selecting committee for Gamecity Hamburg prototype funding)
• Michael Schade (CEO & Co-Founder at ROCKFISH Games GmbH)
• Christopher Kellner (Head of Business Development at astragon Entertainment)
• Nina Müller (VP Publishing & Development Services at Goodgame Studios)
• Søren Lass (Business Development Consultant)

For the 1:1 sessions, participants get an individual schedule based on the availability of experts they want to talk to. More experts will be announced as the event approaches.

Confirmed Expert Talks:

• "THE Sample Pitchdeck - How we pitched Everspace 2" by Michael Schade (CEO & Co-Founder at ROCKFISH Games GmbH)
• more talks tba