- More than 3,500 participants in events organized by devcom
- Over 120 lectures held by 180+ speakers on 8 stages reached participants on site and digitally all over the world
- New side events are very popular and have enriched the #ddc2022 program
Cologne, August 26, 2022 – The devcom Developer Conference 2022 has set a new record of attendees at its first fully hybrid event, with more than 3,500 participants up to and including August 26. On site alone, the number of participants increased by 10 percent compared to the previous record year of 2019. Digital access to the conference and thus to more than 120 sessions from over 180 speakers took place via the new gamescom Biz Community platform. Here, all devcom participants had the opportunity not only to follow the full program and visit the digital exhibitions, but also trade visitors of gamescom used the app for their matchmaking between and with the devcom community. Over 11,200 contacts were made and over 31,400 messages exchanged via the event app.
In addition, #ddc2022 was accompanied by a 5-day live program on the official Twitch channel http://www.twitch.tv/devcom_global and with 765,000 viewers more tripled the number of viewers compared to 2021. Let's Plays, interviews and industry content were freely available and thus also reaches many other interested people far beyond the devcom participants.
Stephan Reichart, Managing Director of devcom GmbH:
“We are overwhelmed by the high number of participants in our first fully hybrid devcom Developer Conference. Our decision to also stream all sessions online and to offer our online participants a unique event experience was absolutely right and confirmed what we had learned over the past few years. The talks & panels were well received by viewers all over the world and on site - and therefore our very special thanks go to all the wonderful people who shared their knowledge for us and with us. Kudos to the whole team for the outstanding work of the last two years, the result of which we could now see at the really great ddc2022 in Cologne this week. Now it's time for us to take a deep breath and then we'll continue in November with our two summits - Tech & Tool and Art & Animation - in the year-round devcom concept."
The conference kicked off on Monday with the keynote speech by Joe Brammer, co-founder and CEO of Bulkhead. The industry veteran spoke about "The Truth About the 4-Day Workweek" in his keynote address. Dana Nightingale, Campaign Director of Arkane Lyon, opened the second day of the conference. She reported in "Deathloop's User Research - User Experience Death Loop" about the influence of user surveys on the first hours of gameplay in "Deathloop".
Several new formats took place during the course of the conference. These included the exclusive networking dinner on the evening before devcom, the three-hour FLINTA* Meetup, the devcom Executive Summit and the big Indie Dev Night at Bootshaus in Cologne.
The events not only encouraged attendees to networking, but also to professional and cultural exchange. These aspects should also remain an integral part of the devcom Developer Conference in the future.
An overview of the entire conference program is available via this link: https://www.devcom.global/ddc-2022/program/
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About devcom
devcom is the official gamescom developer conference of gamescom and Europe’s largest community-based industry conference for game developers.
With additional content and events throughout the year, devcom constantly emphasises its core values of diversity, inclusion and sustainability.
The #ddc2022 took place from Monday August 22nd to Tuesday August 23rd at Koelnmesse’s Congress Centre East, followed by a presence at gamescom from Wednesday August 24th to Friday August 26th.
devcom is organized by
devcom GmbH, a subsidiary of the official German Videogame Association game – Verband der deutschen Games-Branche e.V., co-organizers of gamescom
Luxemburger Straße 79-83
50354 Hürth
www.devcom.global
Press contact and media partnerships:
Robin Hartmann | robin@devcom.global
Sales:
Roufina Guenkova (Global) | roufina@devcom.global
Astrid Gooding (DACH/GAS) | astrid@devcom.global
Program:
Nico Balletta | nico@devcom.global
About gamescom
gamescom is the world's largest event for computer and video games and Europe's largest business platform for the games industry. 2022 gamescom will take place in Cologne and online from Wednesday August 24 to Sunday August 28. gamescom is jointly organized by Koelnmesse and game - Verband der deutschen Games-Branche e.V.
www.gamescom.global
About game – Verband der deutschen Games-Branche e.V.
We are the association of the German games industry. Our members include developers, publishers and many other games industry members such as esports event organisers, educational institutions and service providers. As a joint organiser of gamescom, we are responsible for the world’s biggest event for computer and video games. We are an expert partner for media and for political and social institutions on matters relating to market development, games culture and media literacy. Our mission is to make Germany the best games location.
www.game.de
About Koelnmesse
Koelnmesse – Global Competence in Digital Media, Entertainment and Mobility: Koelnmesse is an international leader in organising trade fairs in the digital media, entertainment and mobility segments. Trade fairs such as photokina, dmexco, gamescom, INTERMOT and THE TIRE COLOGNE are established as leading international trade fairs. Koelnmesse not only organises trade fairs in these areas in Cologne, but worldwide in other growth markets such as China, Singapore and Thailand, which have different areas of focus and content. These global activities offer customers of Koelnmesse tailor-made events in different markets, which guarantee sustainable and international business.
www.koelnmesse.com