On 14 an 15 November, DevGamm is inhabiting the Oitavos Hotel in Cascais near Lisbon for the second time. GamesMarkt is live on site and presents photo impressions of the game area, opening talks, the speakers, organisers and more.
DevGamm Lisbon is the DevGamm's westernmost setting: After Gdansk in late winter and Vilnius in summer, the Portuguese location brings golden autumn vibes to investors, publishers and developers in the golf resort hotel of Oitavos. You can find our report in the opening numbers and the keynote by developer legend John Romero here.
DevGamm CEO Maria Chyrvona opened the event on Thursday with some attendee numbers.id Software co-founder and Romero Games CEO John Romero brought rockstar power to the event, with his keynote and four hour long meet & greet sessions. Here he is in interview with GamesMarkt, showing off his autobiography.Terrance Cohen, Senior Engineer Programmer at Insomniac Games, had the almost impossible task to wow the audience after John Romero's keynote - and nailed it.Organiser of the game developer area full of indie games is Michaela Maggie Polach, who co-organised gamescom congress this year as well, among other things.The game developer area on the showfloor was always well frequented with fellow developers and publishers.There can be no Eastern European game dev party without karaoke, and DevGamm is no different: The main party featured a dancing area as well as a much more frequented Karakoke session.Alvaro Pinto, COO and Co-Founder of Aptoide, leads into the VIP Dinner party that was sponsored by his company.
