TactiCon 2024 - How to get your strategy game published #3
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If you're an aspiring game developer looking to get your strategy game published or a pretty experienced veteran thinking about reasons to sign with a publisher, this panel is for you! Because every publisher has a different approach to working with developers and promoting their games, this panel will highlight what it takes to get a game signed, what a deal could look like, and how the participating publishers differentiate themselves.
Reus 2: https://store.steampowered.com/app/18...
Manor Lords: https://store.steampowered.com/app/13...
The Wandering Village: https://store.steampowered.com/app/11...
Dungeon Clawler: https://store.steampowered.com/app/23...
New Cycle: https://store.steampowered.com/app/21...
Anders Larsson - Firesquid
Back in the mid-90s, Anders dreamt about making video games but was pulled into other industries. After having started 2 companies and worked in both the US and Europe, Anders started Lightbulb Crew in 2013. In 2024, Firesquid is releasing five strategy games and the third edition of TactiCon. Anders works with game selection and creative support with the teams joining the Firesquid family.
Tim Bender - Hooded Horse
CEO of Hooded Horse, a publisher of deep strategic and tactical games. Prior to founding Hooded Horse, Tim was a business management consultant with McKinsey & Company, and before that, a lawyer practicing commercial litigation. Tim holds a JD from Stanford Law School and two master's degrees from Harvard in ancient Chinese history and East Asian regional studies.
Philomena Schwab - Stray Fawn Studio
Philomena Schwab is a game designer, game marketing expert and community manager from Zurich, Switzerland. She wrote her master's thesis about “Community Building for Indie Developers” and went on to co-found the indie game studio Stray Fawn in 2016. In 2017 Philomena was named a 30 under 30 by Forbes. She currently serves on the selection committee of the WINGS game fund. As the co-founder of the Swiss Game Hub, she helps the local game industry grow.
Tim Lehmann - Daedalic Entertainment
At Daedalic, I take care of classical sales topics, like discounting strategy, pricing, Steam deals, store pages, bundles, events, and a lot of data management and analysis. I also do account management, if there are any problems, I’m usually the one who reaches out to our contacts at Steam, Microsoft... and vice versa. And I handle biz-dev topics, like visiting Conferences and Partners, pitching for bigger Deals, like Gamepass, Epic Free Games, PS+ etc.. During conferences, I also listen to a bunch of game pitches and whenever I like them, I suggest them internally.