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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

Sophia Wagner

Potsdam

Gebrüder Frei

Bern

Michiel de Wit

Nijmegen

Markus Haberbosch

München

Geoffrey Engelstein

Bridgewater

Max Philipp

Berlin

Stefan Kloß

Mannheim

Jochen Scherer

St.Wendel

Christoph Cantzler

Hamburg

Hilko Drude

Göttingen

Kirsten Hiese

Porta Westfalica

Martin Schlegel

Hagen

Michael Kallauch

Koblenz

Klaus Miltenberger

München

Carlo Camarotto

Padova

Peter Jürgensen

Berlin

Lukas Setzke

Göttingen

Alan Paull

HUNTINGDON

Bruce Whitehill

Eickeloh

Peter Rustemeyer

Köln

Johannes Lorenzen

Hamburg

Luca Borsa

Busto Arsizio

Matthias Greßinger

Tübingen

Nestore Mangone

trebisacce

Daniel Bernsen

Quito

APEX Ideenschmiede

Untermeitingen

Regine und Thomas Fabian

Hördt

Matteo Sassi

Legnano

Dirk Andreas Taube

Hückelhoven

Michael Modler

Ritterhude

Edith Grein-Böttcher

Neuss

Matthias Cramer

Essen

Hartwig Jakubik

Düsseldorf

Volker Nebel

Heidelberg

Stefano Bonati

Bonate Sotto

Betty Baindl

Geretsried

Mathias Spaan

Hamburg

Markus Falkenau

Stuttgart

Silvano Sorrentino

Bari

Florian Ortlepp

Hagen

Thomas Weber

München

Kalle Klimkewitz

München

Simon Heiner

Landolfshausen

Matthias Goebel

Unna

Gabriel Pardave

Zapopan

Lucien Geelhoed

Leiden

Alessandro Cuneo

Montalenghe

Fred Horn

Den Haag

Kenanja Nuding

Berlin

Michael Feldkötter

Kiel

Jeroen Geenen

Capelle aan den IJssel

Björn Müller-Mätzig

Hamburg

Maj-Britt Jönsson

Hamburg

Jan Meyberg

Andernach

Tanja Malinowski

Landstuhl

Andrea Mezzotero

Bologna

Jürgen Adams

Haar/Ottendichl

Sven M. Kübler

Haan

Patrick Katona

Eggenstein Leopoldshafen

Martin Student

Göttingen

Guido Hoffmann

Wien

Dietmar Bockelmann

München

Matteo Casali

Reggio Emilia

Alan R Moon

Syracuse

Thomas Schneider-Axmann

Bremen

Jerome Rank

Braunschweig

Flaminia Brasini

Roma

Paul Schulz

Greifswald

Rocky Bogdanski

Dortmund

Domenico (Nick) Gandolfi

Milano

Clark Rodeffer

Ann Arbor

Stefan Malz

Vechelde

Andreas Zimmermann

Offenburg

Robert Brouwer

Groningen

Giacomo Sottocasa

Sanremo

Nicole Zeller

Dettingen

Andrea Boennen

Herzhorn

Enrico Gandolfo

Bologna

Jeffrey Allers

Kandern

Citie Lo

Berlin

Martin Ebel

Kassel

Carsten Jansen

Neukirchen-Vluyn

Emanuele Briano

SAVONA

Justin Müller

Mainz

Arve D. Fühler

Büdingen

Lars Wagner Hansen

Sorø

Jens-Peter Schliemann

Bonn

Lucas Stark

Tübingen

Sven Groh

Oldenburg

Ivan Gariboldi

Lecco

Martin Berger

Leonberg

Thomas Odenhoven

Meerbusch

Marc Rohroff

Medemblik

Thomas Daum

Taufkirchen

Daniel Danzer

Stuttgart

Helmut Ortlepp

Hagen

Alex Taube

Oberursel

Wolfgang Lehmann

Rechberghausen

Harvey Johnston

Geseke

Matthias Schmitt

Köln

David-Lennart Sturz

Düsseldorf

Gerd Fenchel

Böblingen

Anna Oppolzer

Heidelberg

Michael Diechtierow

Heidelberg

Hans-Peter Stoll

Lampertheim

Hartmut Kommerell

Teltow

Matt Leacock

Sunnyvale

Stefania Niccolini

Fucecchio

Eric Marks

Einhausen

Markus Hagenauer

Surheim

Jürgen Then

Röthlein

Wolfgang Pabst

Zwickau

Paco Yanez

Madrid

Bernd Müller

Mönchengladbach

Jendrik Odenwäller

Leipzig

David Betzing

Sankt Augustin

Jan Stronkman

Zevenaar

Michael Palm

Tengen

Arjan van Houwelingen

Eext

Fabian Zimmermann

Kaiserslautern

Peter Kuhn

Berlin

Sjaak Griffioen

Aerdenhout

Timm Hermann-Böttcher

Berlin

Norbert Proena

Niddatal (Assenheim)

Violetta Leitner

Moosach

Andrea Sbragia

monsummano terme

Jesus Casasola Boyero

Amsterdam

Máren Kruse

Berlin

Heiko Korntheuer

Thun

Bettina Katzenberger

Brackenheim

Bernhard Weber

Bonn

Anja Dreier-Brückner

Heiligenhaus

Nicolas Straccia

Offenbach am Main

Jonas Gabriel Trodler

Berlin

Michele Piccolini

Groningen

Jimmy Maas

Melchingen

Martino Chiacchiera

Griesheim

Alessandro Schiavetti

Rome

Richard Lenherr

Bülach

Luís Dinis

Benavente

Tobias Thulke

Köln

Christos Giannakoulas

Triadi

Philipp Mölsig

Hamburg

Sven Steinebach

Frankfurt

Jens Merkl

Walldorf

Richi Haarhoff

Bad Oldesloe

Florian Racky

Kelkheim

Detlef Dewitz

Alfter

Carlo A. Rossi

Carpi

Pasquale Facchini

MOLFETTA

Paul Bamberger

Düsseldorf

Manfred Reindl

Tragwein

Liesbeth Bos

Bunde

Reiner Knizia

München

Dean Morris

London

Christian Giove

Alpignano (TO)

Matthias Prinz

St.Wendel

Denis Christopher Görz

Quickborn

Thomas Dettbarn

Fuerth

Christian Beiersdorf

Freiburg

Anja Wrede

Berlin

Aske Severin Juul Christiansen

Copenhagen

Torben Ratzlaff

Hamburg

Paolo Mori

Sala Baganza

Marcus Meigel

Landstuhl

Martin Pflieger

Gera

Mark Stefens

Rheine

Johnny Ebsen

Pfinztal

Carlo Emanuele Lanzavecchia

Torino

Dennis Matthias

Flensburg

Arpad Fritsche

München

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Berlin

Giorgio Galbusera

Milano

Marco Canetta

Fucecchio

Emanuele Sassi Zanichelli

Seveso

Erik Andersson Sundén

Uppsala

Moritz Schuster

Herne

Simona Greco

Campomorone (Genova)

Klemens Luger

Salzburg

Verena Wiechens

Göttingen

Mathias Schwarz

Wendlingen

Werner Schmitt

Kaiserslautern

Michael Rott

Marburg

Andrea Mainini

Piossasco (TO)

Jens Frölich

Roggenburg

Remo Conzadori

Montichiari (BS)

Giovanni Franceschelli

Firenze

Nils Carstensen

Wangen

Peer Thies

Wolfratshausen

Frank Pukrop

Herne

Martyn F

Nuenen

Jürgen Aden

Hannover

Barbara Schröders

Bad Endorf

Torsten Landsvogt

Hildesheim

Flo de Haan

Amsterdam

Simon Kösters

Dortmund

Peter-Paul Joopen

Zülpich

Ellen Schulze

Krefeld

Andreas Kuhnekath-Häbler

Schwalmtal

Jürgen Elias

Bochum

Hamlet Abedian

Steinfurt

Stefan Waldner

Kröning

Leo Colovini

Mestre Venezia

Colin Dömer

Duisburg

Athanasios Gakis

Essen

Lena Flottow

Mannheim

Dominik Schönleben

Hamburg

Aaron Haag

München

Francesco Testini

Monza

Peter Ratschiller

Bozen

Marco Rava

Campomorone (Genova)

Jochen Knittel

Sindelfingen

Ivo Fagundes David de Oliveira

Markkleeberg

Andrea Angiolino

Rome

Luca Maragno

Milano

Axel Heill

Korneuburg

Christine Gnan

Heiligenhafen

Walter Obert

Piossasco

Tobias Roeser

Langen

Torsten Marold

Bremen

Ulrich Blum

Köln

Emmanouil Zachariadis-Sourvos

Thessaloniki

Lisa Höhn

Worms

Enrico Vicario

Venice

Markus von der Heyde

Weimar

Patrick Pohlmann

Lähden

Thilo Hutzler

Kaisheim

Stefan Bauer

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Michael Freyer

Paderborn

Thomas Franken

Berlin

Stefan Dorra

Algermissen (Hannover)

Simon Thomas

Mainz-Kastel

Fabio Lopiano

Milano

Daniel Bahr

Köln

Rainer Schlichtholz

Verden

Thomas Sing

Konstanz

Veronika Graf

Bad Waldsee

Bernhard Lach

Erdmannhausen

Katrin Abfalter

Berlin

Florian Kattner

WÖLFERSHEIM

Tom Werneck

Haar

Gerhard Junker

Urbach

Gerhard Piaskowy

Mainz

Stefano Negro

Frankfurt am Main

Jörg von Rüden

Dortmund

Andreas Steding

Göttingen

Andreas Molter

Borken

Simone Löhrke

Bad Pyrmont

Tobias Tesar

München

Gerhard Hecht

Egling an der Paar

Malte Schlorf

Offenbach am Main

Harald Mücke

Mönchengladbach

Jonathan Linke

Konstanz

Dirk Hanneforth

Bielefeld

Andreas Faul

Bietigheim-Bissingen