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Anti Talks Business: What Do YOU Want to Know? This one turns the usual conference talk around. Bring a question or problem you’re struggling with, share it with the room and let the Gamespace hivemind throw ideas, experiences and possible solutions your way.

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Bootcamp Speedrun Philomena Schwab and Thomas Gervraud take the Swiss Game Hub Bootcamp and squeeze its process into one workshop. They’ll walk through the loop we’ve used in our Bootcamps. From finding an idea and promising niche to developing a game loop and put it to the test in a speedrun.

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Quick Wins for Long Projects Jonas Tyroller shares a collection of things he wishes he had known sooner, practical ideas for getting more out of big projects when you’re working with a small team.

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I Don’t Know If This Game Is Good Even after years of making games, knowing whether something is actually good while you’re building it isn’t easy. René Habermann from Bippinbits shares how they deal with that uncertainty, with examples from both successful games and projects they decided to cancel.

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BIG! RED ROOSTER EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW Aleksandar Gavrilović, Argo Tuulik and Dora Klindžić from Summer Eternal join us to talk about their alternative approach to running a studio and give us an exclusive look at Red Rooster.

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Herdling – The Making of a Game Soundtrack Joel Schoch and Cyril Boehler take us behind the music of Herdling, exploring interactive soundtracks, collaboration and how music makes its way into the game.

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Wear the Game – Designing Narratives for Digital Fashion Alexia Mathieu explores how virtual clothing can become more than customization – and turn into a tool for storytelling, interaction and play.

This time, we’re jumping from narrative design and digital fashion to interactive music. With a little exclusive preview thrown in. From Page to Game – Setting up Narrative Pipelines Arden Osthof takes a look at how to set up narrative pipelines and bring writing from the page into the game.

Swiss Game Hub @swissgamehub.com · 17/09/2026

Making a great game is one thing. Figuring out funding, crowdfunding, publishers and everything around actually getting it out into the world is another. At the Gamespace Conference, we’ll have plenty of space for exactly those conversations.

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Don’t Make Your Game Trailer Look Like a Trailer @derek-lieu.com takes a look at what makes a great game trailer – and why thinking too much about what a trailer “should” look like might be holding you back.

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The “No Steam” Strategy for Steam Wishlists Baldvin Albertsson shares why Vitar Games waited to launch the Steam page for Dig In – and how building a community first helped them reach 100,000 wishlists in less than two weeks.

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Horses & Beyond Niche Communities @malicedafirenze.bsky.social shares what she learned from building The Mane Quest and how embracing a niche can help you find and grow a passionate community around your game.

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Swiss Game Hub @swissgamehub.com · 09/09/2026

Three more talks from the Gamespace Conference program! This time: niche communities, Steam wishlists and game trailers. Let’s have a look 👇

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Gamespace Night is tomorrow! 🦠 Matt from Aberrant Labs joins us for a postmortem of Pathogenic, the recently released roguelike shooter where you play as the disease. What went right? What went wrong? And what did they learn? 📍 Swiss Game Hub

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Swiss Game Hub @swissgamehub.com · 03/09/2026

@zarkonnen.bsky.social will show how mockups can help when choosing your next game project, while Jasmin Oestreicher & Melvin Frank from @sidekickpublishing.bsky.social dive into game marketing, streamability and creating games that resonate and sell.

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Swiss Game Hub @swissgamehub.com · 03/09/2026

Explore whether players really understand your game with @sriedi.bsky.social, build a minimal game using Common Lisp with @shinmera.bsky.social, or learn with Ashe Foltin how energy efficiency can help improve the player experience.

Swiss Game Hub @swissgamehub.com · 03/09/2026

At the Gamespace Conference, we’ve got five workshops waiting for you. Five chances to get hands-on, try something new and take a few ideas back to your own projects.

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Swiss Game Hub @swissgamehub.com · 01/09/2026

September is looking pretty busy at the Hub! Come by to draw, talk games, test what people are working on, join the Pub Quiz or simply hang out with the community. Have a look at what’s coming up and see you at the Hub! ❤️

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Open Editor: TOEM 2 Niklas Mikkelsen opens up Unity and takes us inside TOEM 2 for an interactive look at the game from within the editor.

Beach Slap Postmortem – Fast Online Multiplayer the Hard-Won Way Elias Farhan takes us behind the technical challenges of building fast online multiplayer for Beach Slap.

Oddsparks Postmortem – Making a Hardcore Genre Cosy for All Brenden Gibbons looks back at Oddsparks and shares what they learned while bringing automation and RTS gameplay into a cosy setting.