Behind the DevGAMM Awards 2025

Our Biggest Edition Yet – Inside DevGAMM Lisbon 2025

BLOW-UP’s creator forgot it was awards day… then won Best Indie Game

Junkineering got 12K downloads after winning on Aptoide at DevGAMM

Sunset Hills received their first international award at DevGAMM

Townseek became the first Best Game from Portugal at DevGAMM Awards

Cairn won Most Anticipated Game just a month before their demo dropped

Cryptmaster’s Spanish version took off after DevGAMM Awards win

Manor Lords won its first-ever award at DevGAMM

Beyond The Board won Developers Choice out of 500+ entries

Sven Ahlgrimm went on stage three times before finally getting a prize

Christoph Minnameier on the impact of winning Best Mobile Game at DevGAMM Awards

Live Service. Designing Beyond The Game - Artem Shein (Strikerz Inc.)

To Stream or Not to Stream, That is the Question - Łukasz Łukasik (Techland)

The Crucial Partnership Between Product Manager and Tech Lead - Boombit

Tomorrow's Game Development and Publishing - Henrique Olifiers (Bossa Games)

How to Throw a Secret Night City Concert with Minimal Budget - Maria Mazur

Two Events, One Gaming Week: DevGAMM Portugal 2025

Can You Make a Game Without an Engine in 45 Minutes? - Sos Sosowski

Silent Hill 2 Remake Level Design Postmortem - Monika Chmura (Bloober Team)

Metaprogramming: Writing Code That Writes Code - Vadzim Varabyou, Team lead, PAPAYA

Indie Devs vs. Game Industry Legends | Game Roast @ DevGAMM Gdańsk 2025

Steam Launch Marketing Handbook 2025 - Alex Nichiporchik & Artem Bochkarev (tinyBuild)

13 Years of Subway Surfers: Developing The World’s Most Downloaded Game - Thomas Frøhlich (SYBO)

Surviving the Storm – The State of The Video Game Industry - Lukasz Hacura, CEO (Anshar Studios)

Crafting resonant death animations in video games - Sho Stilo, Senior Animation Lead (Riot Games)

Public Pitch (Gdańsk 2025 Edition)

Gdańsk 2025 Aftermovie

Digital Vikings Awards 2025

How To Retain Your Teams When the Market Inevitably Improves - Richard Fisher (Skillsearch)

Maintaining quality while bringing efficiencies to development

Making our gaming communities safer, but still fun and engaging - Peter Gerson (Keywords Studios)

The Investment Game

Use Your Words - Lee Williams

How to harness the multidisciplinary power of developing a game? - Simay Dinc (Recontact Games)

Public Pitch (Lisbon 2024 Edition)

Municipal Initiatives for Growth

Balancing Responsibilities: Thriving as a Lead Programmer - João Xavier (Studio Ellipsis)

DUCKSIDE: Making a hit MMO Shooter in under a year - Alex Nichiporchik (tinyBuild)

UX as a strategy for your game and studio - Celia Hodent

Best Monetization and LiveOps Trends 2024 - Stan Minasov (AppMagic)

Hacking gaming BD for developers and publishers in a challenging ecosystem - Mehdi Benkirane

Talking With Programmers 101 - João Eiras Antunes (Studio Ellipsis)

The Difference Between Success and Failure in Game Design - Vincent Frappier (LysTek)

Portuguese Gaming Startups Ecosystem

Entrepreneurship in the video game industry - Odile Limpach (SpielFabrique)

Women in Games Ambassadors driving change

How We Brought Ad Production Internal (And Your Studio Can Too) - Jamie Christensen (Bytro)

Step up your Engineering Game! - Jisan Haider Joy (Kolibri Games GmbH)

Potion Craft: Obsession with detail as a feature - Mikhail Chuprakov (niceplay games)

Unlocking New Paths for Mobile Game Distribution and Revenue Growth - Omar Suby (Aptoide)

Boosters and Blockers. Bridging gaps between code and business - Ahmed Sallam (King)

Mentoring in Game Dev. Is it necessary or not? - Polina Malisheva, Head of Products, Wargaming

Efficiently Organizing UI/UX Design in R&D with Figma - Andrey Ivkin (Belka Games)

Neuromarketing in business development: play the minds to win the game - Herlinda Garcia (TapNation)

Eight Lessons from Eight Years at Iron Galaxy - Adam Boyes (Iron Galaxy)

DevGAMM Awards 2024 Recap

You don't want to be a lead - Guido Schmidt, Director of Design, Rovio

DOOM: The Game That Changed Games - John Romero, Creative Director (Romero Games)

Shepherding the Flock: Community Strategy for ‘Cult of the Lamb' - Lorna Power (Massive Monster)