The Great Summer Pitch 2026 was our biggest edition yet, bringing together more than 230 attendees and representatives from 56 companies for a full day of pitches, networking, game demos, and celebrations in Karlstad. To make this year's event even more special, we also celebrated 10 years of The Great Journey and a decade of supporting game developers and studios. We also saw an inspiring game design talk by Felix af Ekenstam, Creator of the hit game Battle of Polytopia. Fro

Hi Tobias Karlsson, you are the CEO of the studio. ▪️ Who are you and what game are you releasing? Krufs Productions is a small indie studio in Karlstad founded in 2025 and making retro-inspired horror games with alternative themes. This first one is called Heavy Metal Death Can. ▪️ What inspired the idea behind the game? We wanted to make a classic survival horror game in a small confined space. My colleague Fredrik came up with the submarine idea and we went from there! ▪️

A lot has happened for the Karlstad-based game studio Noodleloop. Just a year ago, the four co-founders Mira, Mukund, Moa and Martin were studying game design and programming at Futuregames in Stockholm. Today they live together in Karlstad, have secured an investment, and are working full speed to complete their debut game. – Getting funding in the current climate isn’t easy, especially when you’re trying to do something a little different. We feel very lucky to have found p