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News

Game Designers Convention in Goettingen 2024

The 42nd Game Designers Convention will take place in Goettingen on June 1st and 2nd, 2024. Detailed information about the event and the online registration form can be found under this direct link or under EVENTS on this website.

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License fees for game authors: Fairness and transparency instead of a black box!

The Game Designers Association (SAZ) presents a position paper that analyses the non-transparent and questionable practice of a whole range of game publishers when calculating royalties and outlines alternatives. Of course, we are pleased to discuss alternative, fair and transparent calculation bases.

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Game authors/designers

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Michael Rott

Marburg

Klaus Miltenberger

München

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Ivan Gariboldi

Lecco

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Aaron Haag

München

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Frank Pukrop

Herne

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Matthias Schmitt

Köln

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Martin Student

Göttingen

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Marc Rohroff

Medemblik

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Jens Frölich

Roggenburg

Markus Haberbosch

München

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Arpad Fritsche

München

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Harald Mücke

Mönchengladbach

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Jens Merkl

Walldorf

Daniel Bernsen

Quito

Paul Bamberger

Düsseldorf

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Stefano Bonati

Bonate Sotto

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Reiner Knizia

München

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Dean Morris

London

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Andreas Molter

Borken

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Flo de Haan

Amsterdam

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Dietmar Bockelmann

München

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Emanuele Sassi Zanichelli

Seveso

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Francesco Testini

Monza

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Simon Heiner

Landolfshausen

Lisa Höhn

Worms

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Tom Werneck

Haar

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Tobias Tesar

München

Mathias Schwarz

Wendlingen

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Thomas Weber

München

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Simon Kösters

Dortmund

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Jendrik Odenwäller

Leipzig

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Björn Müller-Mätzig

Hamburg

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Gabriel Pardave

Zapopan

Max Philipp

Berlin

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Jimmy Maas

Melchingen

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Martyn F

Nuenen

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Justin Müller

Mainz

Domenico (Nick) Gandolfi

Milano

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Torsten Marold

Bremen

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Stefan Waldner

Kröning

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Sven Groh

Oldenburg

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Luca Maragno

Milano

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Paul Schulz

Greifswald

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Philipp Mölsig

Hamburg

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Michael Palm

Tengen

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Citie Lo

Berlin

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Christos Giannakoulas

Triadi

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin