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Headup X Sonorode X GG Bavaria

How Headup Signed Warding Witches at GG Bavaria

At GG Bavaria 2025, Paul Nguyen, a solo developer and game music composer, presented his current hobby project in an impromptu performance. Headup discovered the project there and signed it up. It's a local Munich indie success story.

Marcel Kleffmann10.10.2025 14:30
How Headup Signed Warding Witches at GG Bavaria
Paul Nguyen - Warding Witches (Solo-dev) & Sonorode (EDM and video game music composer/producer) / Alexandra Batty - Headup (Senior Communications Manager) / Dieter Schoeller - Headup (CEO) / Robin Rottmann - Games/Bavaria (Teamlead) Alexander Hartung for Games/Bavaria / Schoeller Headup

Paul Nguyen is the sole developer of Warding Witches, which was originally a hobby project. He also works under the name Sonorode as an EDM and video game music composer and producer. And this is where things come full circle, because his game is a classic shoot 'em up with an electrifying fantasy soundtrack, a genre that has always resonated with him. "I've been a huge fan of those games since childhood already (my first game on the PSX was Raystorm). One of my dreams as a composer for video games is to one day get to score a shmup game - and instead of waiting for that to miraculously fall into my lap, one day I decided to take matters into my own hands. As for the game itself, it of course features nuanced design decisions to make it relevant and sensible for modern gamers while preserving its core appeal - it's not just 'yet another shmup'," said Nguyen.

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