Game Business Bootcamp with Jason Della Rocca
Join our groundbreaking bootcamp with the games industry legend Jason Della Rocca at Arctic Game Dev 2025 in Umeå on Wednesday 29th January, 9:00-12:00.
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Inception Publishing: Building Momentum for a Successful Game Launch
This game business bootcamp will cover fundamental topics to better engineer the commercial success of games, and improve the long-term strategy of independent studios and game startups. Game developers are facing the new reality of evidence-based investing, and need to start their market validation and community building from the very beginning of a project to ensure commercial viability and funding attractiveness.
This bootcamp will explore this new funding landscape, cover methods for competitive analysis and concept validation, along with building traction, all leading up to strong launch momentum.
Bio
Jason Della Rocca is a game business consultant, investor, funding advisor, and ecosystem strategist. He currently spends the bulk of his time advising game studio founders on funding and product strategy, and advising governments around the world how to better grow/support the success of their regional game development ecosystem. Jason helped launch GamePlay Space, a non-profit hub to support indies and guide them toward business success, whose alumni have generated over $300m in game sales and funding.
Between 2000-09 he served as the executive director of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA), and was honored for his industry building efforts with the inaugural Ambassador Award at the Game Developers Conference. In 2009, Jason was named to Game Developer Magazine’s “Power50,” a list which profiles 50 of the most important contributors to the state of the game industry. As a sought after expert on the game industry, Jason has lectured at conferences and universities worldwide.
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