Update: Follow the NGDC’s second season at discovery-contest.nordicgame.com!
On 19 October, five games and their creators took the stage in front of a lively audience at the Konsoll conference in Bergen, Norway to battle it out in the second leg of the Nordic Game Discovery Contest. Five great pitches later, the jury panel of industry experts decided on a winner – and Nordic Game’s Jacob Riis announced Space Krieg the winner, earning developer We Heart Dragons a place in the Discovery Contest Finals at Nordic Game 2017 next May.
We Heart Dragons wins second NGDC at Konsoll 2016 (with Nordic Game’s Jacob Riis, left)
Space Krieg is a tactical team-based space dogfighter, similar to the popular X-Wing board game. A unique control scheme also allows tablet, gamepad and mouse/keyboard users to all play together.
Check out the gameplay video:
Space Krieg was created by We Heart Dragons, an independent game studio based in the UK. Warm congratulations to We Heart Dragons – see you again in May at Nordic Game 2017!
About the Nordic Game Discovery Contest
Building on 14 years of running major successful events in the games industry, including several live-pitching events, selection processes and support systems, Nordic Game has created the Nordic Game Discovery Contest (NGDC) – an exciting, competitive challenge, where selected game projects are showcased at live-pitch events in several countries.
The Nordic Game Discovery Contest debuted at the Day Zero pre-event of the Northern Game Summit (6-7 October 2016) in Kajaani, Finland. The tour continued at Konsoll 2016 in Bergen, Norway and will wrap-up for this year at Sweden Game Conference in Skövde, Sweden.
In 2017, the tour includes the following events:
Reboot, 20-22 April, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Nordic Game Jam, 21 April, Copenhagen, Denmark
Quo Vadis, 24-26 April, Berlin, Germany
Winners from Kajaani, Bergen and Skövde (as well as following stops on the premiere NGDC tour) will earn a place in the Nordic Game Discovery Contest Finals at Nordic Game 2017, 17-19 May in Malmö, Sweden.
NGDC wild cards
Are you not attending our partner events? Fear not. Our online submission for a wild card seat at the NGDC Finals will be announced very soon. Stay tuned!
The Nordic Game Discovery Contest is sponsored by Nordisk Film Games, GamesIndustry.biz and Nordic Game Ventures. NGDC partner events include Northern Game Summit, Konsoll, Sweden Game Conference, Nordic Game Jam, Reboot Develop and Quo Vadis.
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About Nordisk Film
Nordisk Film is a leading Nordic entertainment company, distributor of Sony PlayStation products in the region and part of Egmont. Nordisk Film – Games is a new unit investing in Nordic game studios.
Learn more about Nordisk Film – Games at www.nordiskfilm.com.
About Nordic Game Ventures
Nordic Game Ventures wants to grow great companies and secure future jobs while profiting from the greatest Nordic export industry success in ages, the games industry. Nordic Game Ventures is founded by ten Nordic games entrepreneurs and gamer entrepreneurs from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
Learn more about Nordic Game Ventures at nordicgameventures.com.
For the latest NGDC tour details and sponsorship info, download the PDF here. For the latest NGDC Finals updates, visit the NG17 website here.
