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A Crash Course Into Artistic and Indie Game Success
Workshop
A Crash Course Into Artistic and Indie Game Success

Culture Factory, Studio 2A

When you're building a rocket (which is your game), think first about the launchpad. In other words, there's some foundation under each game. How to start? How to pitch it? Foremost, what "marketable" means for your idea and how to forge "marketable" into the further process. Come, listen, but most importantly - join the conversation by bringing in burning questions and get some cool wisdom in response".

Pawel Miechowski

Pawel Miechowski

Poland

Game developer, screenwriter, dialogue writer, and communications, PR, and marketing expert. He began his career in the gaming industry in 1997 working on the game "The Prince and the Coward," and has been with 11 bit studios since 2010. He was nominated for a Polityka Passport for the game "This War of Mine" and won the prestigious Special Recognition Award at Digital Dragons 2019. He has worked on numerous bestselling titles, including Gorky 17, the Anomaly series, This War of Mine, Frostpunk, Moonlighter, Children of Morta, and most recently, Frostpunk 2 and The Alters. He is a member of the Program Council of the Indie Games Poland Foundation and co-founder of the Kultura Interaktywna Foundation, organizer of the first international Student Games Festival.
Ewa Maria Szczepanowska

Ewa Maria Szczepanowska

Poland

Cultural manager and expert in audiovisual education.
Active in the AV sector since 2000, affiliated with the Warsaw Film School since 2015. As Vice-Rector for Communication and New Media, she managed the Video Game Development Department and the Video Game Creation High School. Producer of the game Best Month Ever. In 2022, she received a special award at the PIXEL AWARDS EUROPE for her contribution to the development of the Polish game industry.
Ambassador of Women in Games, member of the New Narratives Section at the Polish Chamber of Audiovisual Producers, spokesperson of the FILMFORUM Association. Speaker and panelist at numerous film and game industry events and conferences. Originator and organizer of the Student Games Festival, and many other cultural and educational initiatives in the film and video games industry. Co- founder of the Kultura Interaktywna Foundation.