GAME CONNECTION EUROPE 2023
Porte de Versailles, Paris – France | November 2-3, 2023
Submit your project(s) for Game Connection Europe 2024
Submission deadline: August 16th 2024
Please read the following statements carefully before submitting your project(s).
When submitting a project, developers agree with the following:
- Companies submitting their project must be looking for funding, publishing, distribution (worldwide, regional or domestic), investment or promotion for that specific project.
- The presence at the show in Paris or online to showcase the project is mandatory, the nominees will benefit from 2 complimentary business or online passes.
Complete terms and conditions can be found below.
Categories are:
You can nominate yourself for 1 of the following platform categories:
- Best console game
- Best PC game
- Best mobile / tablet game
You can nominate yourself for 1 of the following genre categories
- Best casual game
- Best hardcore game
Your game can also be nominated for the following categories (based on the votes of the jury on those specific criteria):
- Best visual art and design
- Best story / storytelling
- Best upcoming game
All nominated projects will be running for:
- Grand Award
- People’s Choice Award
Nomination Process
Submissions will be reviewed by experts from some of the most well-known & recognized publishers, distributors, and media outlets in the world. The jury votes on the following criteria:
- Originality/game design
- Business model & viability of the project
- Gameplay
- Story & Story Telling
- Art / Graphism
- Personal Feeling
Nominees will be invited to attend Game Connection Europe 2024, set to take place in Paris on November 2-3. They will benefit from two complementary business passes.
Nominees will be responsible for their own travel costs, meals, accommodation, and any other associated costs.
Winners will be announced at Game Connection during the Indie Development Awards ceremony.
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Rules and regulation
1. A maximum of 3 projects per company can be submitted – 1 in each platform category.
2. A same project cannot be submitted in multiple platform categories.
3. Companies submitting their project must be looking for funding, publishing, distribution (worldwide, regional, or domestic), or investment for that specific project.
4. Submissions are to be made in English.
5. Applicants retain all rights & licensing authorization for any game or project submitted.
6. All data submitted in the application form will be shared with the Judging Committee.
7. Incomplete submissions will not be reviewed by the Judging Committee.
8. Nominees are required to attend Game Connection to present their projects. They can, however, be represented by a third party. If neither is able to attend, their nomination will no longer be valid. If a nominee is not present at the show, their nomination will be canceled
9. Game Connection will advertise the project nominated. Therefore, confidential projects shall not be submitted.
10. A video is REQUIRED upon submission. It may contain elements of the concept, gameplay, trailer, the team, and/or the studio.
11. Nominees must provide a 30-second video for the Awards Ceremony. The video provided at the submission may be used and adapted if no other is provided by the nominee.
12. Previously nominated projects cannot be resubmitted.
13. Nominees will have free access to Game Connection Europe 2024 as well as selected Game Connection offers.
14. A project cannot be submitted more than three times (once to Game Connection America, once to Game Connection x ChinaJoy & once to Game Connection Europe) would be the max.
15. Each project nominated will automatically be nominated for the People’s Choice Award. A dedicated Facebook Page will be created, and the project post receiving the most like by the beginning of the Development Award Ceremony will receive the Award for this category. All projects will also be nominated for the Grand Award and the Jury’s Honorable Mention Award.
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