We strive to create a community of indie developers and support them in connecting and collaborating with each other. To achieve this, we created a variety of opportunities.
Indie Hub helps developers improve their projects through events, workshops and feedback. In addition, we offer the chance to present to publishers, investors, business professionals and end users at our own game fair and other events organized by Indie Hub.
The INDIE Hub addresses this issue and creates a reliable and cost-effective alternative. So indie developers can participate in gamescom and fully concentrate on their exhibition.
Together with the Youth hostel Cologne Riehl, we are excited that in our first year, almost 50 international indie developers took advantage of our offer.
We look forward to welcoming developers from the Netherlands, Japan, Sweden, England, Australia, and Germany to INDIE House 2023.
Indie Game Fest is a curated, annual exhibition of Indie games in Cologne. The event is aimed at Indie developers, representatives of the gaming industry, and private users. Our goal is to connect Indie studios in Germany and Europe and generate more visibility and attention for their creative and innovative products.
The Game Executives Dinner was launched in 2017. Due to the unique challenges and problems that executives and founders have to face, we offer them the opportunity to exchange and network with each other.
The next Game Executives Dinner will take place in Spring 2024 (Invitation Only)
Out of a local Meetup in Cologne, we have created an international community on Discord in only 2 years. We’ve built an amazing community with over 900+ engaged intelligent, creative, and innovative game devs who listen to us and trust us when we recommend a product or service.
We are proud to have gained national and international partners for our community. Companies like
AWS Game Tech, GRound, IGT-Solution, Velevo, and Anchorpoint are among them.
With this program, we have created a way for our Discord community to ask questions to experts both inside and outside the gaming industry. This offers a great opportunity to accompany indie developers not only in the development processes but also to holistically address questions that arise with starting a studio, financing, and funding.
Together with our partner games.nrw, we could win numerous experts for this program. Among others, Dieter Schoeller (Thunderful), Timothy Thee (BXDXO), Renate Schmid (WBS Legal) Christiane Gehrke (FACTORY-C) and many more have already participated.
Elevate your events with INDIE Event Crew – connecting talented volunteers to enhance your Event with experienced and passionate newcomers!
With our team’s years of experience, we are providing top-notch volunteer management solutions to enhance the success of various events. We believe this service could be of great value to your Event.
Unlock endless possibilities from guest relations to event coordination.
More information will follow very soon!
The first edition focused on the topic of retention & monetization.
The second edition addressed the topics of tools and PR.
we plan to revive this event in 2024
Managing Director Kristin Janulik
Kristin is the founder and CEO of the development studio Cubidoo Entertainment and The Art of Games, an online store for high-quality gaming art prints.
She has over 15 years of experience in the gaming industry. Her skills range from producing and event management to game design and much more. She holds a Master’s degree in Game Design and is an expert in gamification, game psychology and game-based learning. She developed the Game Design curriculum for the Design University Schwerin.
As a serial entrepreneur she has a deep understanding of the foundation and development of businesses. Therefore she has been advising young and experienced teams for several years. Kristin is Deputy Chairman of the Board of games.nrw (a regional industry association in Germany) since its inception. She’s also an active jury member and speaker at different events.
She likes sharing her knowledge and experience and is interested in connecting people. Feel free to reach out to her.
Managing Director Stefan Schmidt
After working for the Private Health Insurance Association and for one of the largest social media platforms in the world, Stefan decided to dedicate himself to his passion for computer games. Supporting young talent was and is particularly important to him and since he has always loved indie games, he founded the Indie Developer Stammtisch in November 2018.
After visiting an industry event, the idea to create a trade show only for indies was born. In November 2019 he successfully organized the first Indie Game Fest.
His goal is to help create a community within the indie game world that focuses on networking, learning and supporting each other to grow personally and professionally.
Your brand and your product are our heart’s desire. We showcase them and make them an individual experience. With your messages, we create stories and stage experiences that are immersive, individual and sustainable.
Whether you are looking for an online, hybrid or onsite event, we are your reliable and competent partner.
Contact us and let us make your ideas possible.
INDIE Hub UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Luxemburger Straße 79-83, 50354 Hürth
