On May 30th, The Great Journey arranged The Great Summer Pitch for the fifth time. The event was held at Elite Stadshotellet in Karlstad and there was a record big interest to attend it.
Nine studios and teams had the chance to pitch their projects to the jury and the live audience and here are all the lucky winners: 🥇 (100 000 SEK) - Find or be Found by Studio Downstairs
🥈 (40 000 SEK) - Sandara; City of a Thousand Eclipses by Studio Malosi
🥉 (25 000 SEK) - Aria; Rhythm of Resistance by NetherMoon Game Studio
From left to right: Joel Fjällsby (NetherMoon Game Studio), Nora Mattsson (Studio Downstairs), Niki Chalusi (Studio Malosi). Photo by Iselin Sundberg.
🎮 Best game prototype / demo (10 000 SEK)- Seagulls; Crappy situation by Nine Lives.
From left to right: Anna Larsson, Marcus Rosengren, Axel Almerén, Ludwig Dahlberg, Victor Åhs Blomberg, Viktoriia Rudkovska. Photo by Iselin Sundberg.
Big congrats and thank you to everyone who pitched, you are all awesome!
Thank you also to our epic jury consisting of Elisabeth Bergqvist from Raw Fury, Adriian De Ruijter from TTK Games, Johan Hermerén from Three Friends, Bibbi Wikman from Aurora Punks and the industry panel who picked the best demo / prototype with Viktor Israelsson from Hazelight Studios, Simon Röjder from Mirage Game Studios, Henrik Jonsson from Radgivery, Lars Håhus from Llama Lane and Anton Skog from E Games Invest.
The pitch jury, from left to right: Elisabeth Bergqvist from Raw Fury, Adriian De Ruijter from TTK Games, Johan Hermerén from Three Friends, Bibbi Wikman from Aurora Punks. Photo by Iselin Sundberg.
The industry panel / playtest panel, from left to right: Simon Röjder from Mirage Game Studios, Anton Skog from E Games Invest, Viktor Israelsson from Hazelight Studios, Lars Håhus from Llama Lane. Photo by Iselin Sundberg.
Photos by Iselin Sundberg.
See you again next time!