SwissGames at the Games Developers Conference 2023

GDC 2023

The annual Game Developers Conference (GDC) takes place from March 20–24, 2023, and SwissGames presents the most promising game developers and technologies from Switzerland.

The Game Developers Conference (GDC), the world’s largest game industry showcase, takes place this March at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. SwissGames, an initiative of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia promoting the Swiss games cluster at home and abroad, has selected the most promising Swiss game developers and technologies to participate in the SwissGames delegation to GDC 2023, and at the European Game Showcase.

To support Swiss game studios to build relationships with the international game industry and to access the global market, Pro Helvetia and Swissnex in San Francisco co-organize the SwissGames delegation and targeted activities for the selected Swiss game studios looking to advance their skills and career.

Ahead of GDC, the US Game Industry Days consist of virtual 1:1 coaching sessions with the goal to prepare and equip the Swiss game studios with valuable insights and potential connections. Once in San Francisco, the delegation will benefit from industry-relevant events hosted by Swissnex @ Pier 17 and at the SwissGames booth (N2903) at GDC Play.

Related Events

US Game Industry Days (for SwissGames delegation only)
February 14–16, 2023
Online

#SwissGames Pitch (for SwissGames delegation only)
March 18, 2023
Swissnex in San Francisco
Pier 17, Suite 800, San Francisco

European Game Showcase
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Swissnex in San Francisco
Pier 17, Suite 800, San Francisco

#SwissGamesBooth @ GDC
March 22–24, 2023 at GDC Play
Moscone Center, North Hall Booth N2903, San Francisco

Business Breakfast @ SwissGames Booth | GDC 2023
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Moscone Center, North Hall Booth N2903, San Francisco

Game Studios

Stray Fawn Studio

The Wandering Village

The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?

Zeitglas

Sanatorium – A Mental Asylum Simulator

The year is 1923. The lines between modern psychiatric treatments and pseudoscience are still vague. Enter the Sanatorium to diagnose and treat your patients. Struggle with moral decisions and society’s expectations – but tread carefully, as your supervisors may discover… that you are an impostor.

Naraven Games

Don’t Be Estranger

Jade is a student who can’t wait to finish high school and dive into adulthood. But as the graduation ceremony approaches, her high school seems to be closing in on her and not wanting to let her go. This familiar place then turns into a macabre playground for this strange silhouette which seems to be stalking her.

PatchXR

PatchWorld

Patchworld is a music Metaverse creator tool to make musical worlds, produce and attend virtual concerts, build custom instruments and jam together with friends from around the world.

SIRO GAMES

Wéko The Mask Gatherer

The game takes place into a world that becomes gradually open for the player to explore at his will. The access to certain regions being closed at the beginning of the game will require the completion of multiple quests.

natsha

Psychotic Bathtub – The Story of an Escalating Mind. And Ducks.

You find yourself as Ophelia in your bathtub and interact with the environment: Argue with your rubber duck, drink wine, add more bathwater. Each of your interactions threatens to escalate and has consequences: You drown your duck, the wine turns into poison, the bathroom is flooded. And so you move through the disorder towards different endings.

knit’n’purl game studio LLC

Pocket Oasis

Pocket Oasis is a gardening simulator that is completely hand-drawn with watercolor. It is a relaxing Tamagotchi-style game where the player has 5-10 minutes a couple of times a day to relax and check out.

Mac n Cheese Games Gmbh

Munch

In a medieval time, an alchemical accident now causes mutations to outpace evolution in the animal kingdom. Control a small innocent creature in a new fight for dominance, eating your way up the food chain to mutate new abilities and grow into the ultimate apex predator. A 3D 3rd-person action roguelite with a unique evolution mechanic.

Ninoko

Ultimate Godspeed

Place unique objects on the racetrack and bring chaos to the race! Use different objects like ramps, platforms, holes or mischievous traps. Then race each other, with one goal in mind: creating the shortest path for yourself or the most pain for your opponents.

Surprised Turtle Studios

Seven Dwarfs: Legends Untold

“Seven Dwarfs: Legends Untold” is a co-op action roguelike game for up to four players with seven unique characters and a wide range of upgrades that build the characters as the players face hordes of enemies in fast-paced combat.

Lakeview Games

Pool Party

Pool Party is a fast-paced chaotic physics-based party game for up to 4 players where you’ll rediscover the satisfying physics of pool! Channel your inner pool ball and battle against your friends across various game modes using an exciting blend of strategy and skill to become the king of the party.

Team Kerzoven

Circle of Kerzoven

In Circle of Kerzoven you take the role of a leader, delegated to build new settlements in remote corners of the empire. In places where nature is wild and legends are more alive than we may think. Experience the challenges of different seasons and climates in a world, where every animal and every plant tries to survive, while you lead your villagers.

LaufLauf

Castle Come

Assemble a walking fortress and scout through a strange land full of bandits and other walking fortresses, to the edge of the world and beyond. Scavenge the enemy fortresses you defeat for new parts, and build your way from an agile little fortling into a deadly, hulking monster machine.

Twisted BrainZ

Turtles!

Turtles is an action-puzzle inspired by the old famous arcade game frogger. Help Bonnie and the other cute turtles to get to the sea.

Studio SETSAMA

Somnos

Somnos, the daughter of the fallen goddess Nox, is trying to escape the tragic fate that awaits her in the world of the dead. To survive, she will have to outwit the traps of the gods in the mortal world and confront her worst enemy in order to unravel the mystery of her past.

Partners

The SwissGames delegation to GDC 2023 is organized in partnership with Pro Helvetia and supported by Presence Switzerland.