Tickets for Portside Game Assembly

Tickets

Available only to established indie studios after registration.

Conference Ticket | 349 euros (incl. VAT, + fees)

The conference ticket grants access to all elements of Portside Game Assembly:

Opening Mixer
Networking Brunch
Conference program on the ship
Games Industry Party

To enable a curated selection of participants, there is no open ticket sale. Our curation strives to create a diverse attendee group with the shared background of running an established indie studio.

Please fill out the registration form if you're running an established indie studio and are interested in a conference ticket.

Available only to established indie studios after registration.

Supporter Ticket | 600 euros (incl. VAT, + fees)

Portside's main perk is the confidential space for indie developers without distractions from sales pitches or service provider's offers. This however means that ticket prices cannot be subsidized with sponsorings to a large extent. By buying the supporter ticket, you help us a great deal in keeping the event affordable to smaller and struggling studios, while also maintaining its confidential and intimate character.

The Supporter Ticket grants access to all elements of Portside Game Assembly. In addition, your studio will be prominently featured as a supporter on our communication channels and on-site print materials.

Please fill out the registration form if you're running an established indie studio and are interested in a supporter ticket.

Networking Brunch at Alte Liebe HafenCity

Networking Brunch | 59,50 euros (incl. VAT, + fees)

This ticket grants access to the official Networking Brunch. The brunch invites games industry professionals, developers, publishers, platform holders and indie game start-ups to connect with each other - and with participants of the Portside Game Assembly. Meet over breakfast, coffee or a cup of tea, make new, relevant contacts and exchange on topics that are on the minds of indie game makers worldwide.

Games Industry Party

Games Industry Party | 5,95 euros (incl. VAT, + fees)

Join us for the final highlight of Portside Game Assembly: the Games Industry Party, where members of Hamburg’s games industry come together with guests from the international indie game scene. The event is open to everyone who is interested in having a cool drink and a chat with visionaries from the indie games scene, employees of local developers and publishers, and everyone else who is involved in making great games.

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FAQ - Tickets and Registration

Why are Full Conference Tickets not available to everyone?
Portside Game Assembly creates a space where established indie developers exchange at eye level and completely focused on peer exchange among developers. This requires a level of common ground and experiences among the participants.

That's why we carefully check all registrations and create a curated attendee list. Our curation strives to create a diverse and balanced group with larger & smaller, veteran & newcomer, highly successful & up-and-coming studios from different countries – but with the shared background of running an established indie studio.

There are way more people who fit this description in the games industry than fit on our ship – our main conference location. Therefore, we will need to turn away registrations even though they might fit the profile we are looking for.
Who can register for a Full Conference Ticket?
- Decision makers at independent game development studios
  (e.g. Co-Founder, Studio Head, CXO, Creative Director)
  who make relevant business & creative decisions for their studio themselves, while external partners - with the exception of publishers for individual titles - do not have a major say in the studio’s concerns.
  
  Why is this important?
  The conference program discusses studio, development and team strategy. To take part in the discussions, you need to be in a position to make such decisions.
- …who have released at least one title in that position, and have reached an audience of significant size with that title(s).
  This might be visible in sales/review numbers, but also in award recognitions or a strong presence in games media.
  
  Why is this important?
  Studios who have yet to release their first successful title face different challenges. With the conference program, we are focusing on those who have already made that step.
Please note:
- At the Networking Brunch and Games Industry Party, which are also part of Portside Game Assembly, all members of the industry are warmly invited and we offer specific program components specifically for indie start-ups.
- You're not sure if you fit the profile (or even suffer from imposter syndrome)? Please contact us! You might just be the perfect fit for our conference.
How does the registration and curation process work?
If you're interested in attending the conference, please fill out the registration form. We will then get back to you with more information as soon as possible.

Please note: There are way more people in the games industry who'd be a fit for Portside than actually fit on our ship – our main conference location. Therefore, we will need to turn away some registrations even though they might match the profile we are looking for.

If you don’t receive a reply from us within two business weeks after your registration, please understand that we may currently have an overlap of studios of your shape and size and have to see how registrations develop first before we can give you a final reply. We will check and evaluate each registration with great care.
My studio is currently developing its first title. How can I attend?
Due to the conference's very specific target group and to ensure that all participants benefit as much as possible from the program, participating studios at the conference must have successfully released at least one game.

However, Portside Game Assembly offers more than just the conference program, and we’d love to see you at the Networking Brunch and/or the Games Industry Party. We offer specific programs for studios like yours during those events. Please find more information on the schedule pages.
How can I attend as a publisher?
Publishers and other industry professionals dedicated to the indie game scene are warmly invited to attend the Networking Brunch and the Games Industry Party.

The main conference program however is exclusive to indie developers. The conference ship is a space where they can be completely focused on peer exchange among developers, not having to switch to business development.