Companies Netherlands Lounge
GDC San Francisco 2024
Netherlands Lounge @GDC 2024
During GDC 2024 we will be hosting The Netherlands Lounge: a private meeting area for the Dutch Games Industry. Feel free to drop by to have a chat with one of the many great Dutch game developers.
Just around the corner from the Moscone Center, the Dutch Games Association (DGA) is hosting The Netherlands Lounge at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco! The annual conference for video game developers will take place from Monday, March 18th through Friday, March 22th. To represent the Dutch gaming industry, the DGA is bringing along developers like Abstraction Games as well as parties such as Utomik!
The Dutch Games Association will be showing off a portion of the Dutch gaming industry at this year’s GDC with the Netherlands Lounge. Some of the parties who will be present are Abstraction Games (partner of publishers and studios like Gearbox, Funcom, Larian Studios and BioWare), GalaxyGrove (developer of Station to Station), social impact game designer Super Menno Monster and Utomik (a worldwide gaming subscription). The Netherlands Lounge will be open from March 20-22.
A full list of Dutch parties currently registered to participate can be found below:
- Abstraction Games https://abstraction.games/
- CoolGames https://www.coolgames.com/
- Galaxy Grove https://www.joostvandongen.com/GalaxyGrove/
- Local Heroes https://local-heroes.com/
- MeetToMatch https://www.meettomatch.com/
- MY.GAMES https://my.games/
- Mystic Forge http://www.mysticforge.com
- One Store International https://www.onestore.net/
- Super Menno Monster https://www.studiolapp.nl/
- Games for Health https://games4diversity.com/
- Utomik https://www.utomik.com/
For more details on the DGA and the parties coming along to this year’s GDC, please visit the DGA website: https://dutchgamesassociation.nl/companies-nl-lounge-gdc-san-francisco-2024/. Or sign up for the annual San Francisco Edition of MeetToMatch to schedule a meeting with the participants: https://www.meettomatch.com/event/the-san-francisco-edition-2024/.
The Netherlands Lounge is made possible by RVO (Netherlands Enterprise Agency).
Meet the Dutch delegation
Participating Companies
Abstraction Games
Abstraction is a game development studio on a mission to be best of class in work for hire and co-development. We go beyond boundaries to deliver innovative solutions with a AAA service and will treat your game as if it were our own.
Renowned for taking on technically challenging projects, we are a trusted partner of many respected game publishers and studios such as Gearbox, Funcom, Larian, 343 Industries and Bioware. We lead the way in offering complete end to end development, or can help you take over an area of a game. Whether you need UX refinements, technical muscle, innovative design solutions or everything in-between, Abstraction is the studio for you. Let’s talk!
Website: https://abstraction.games
CoolGames
CoolGames develops high-quality HTML5 casual games for the post app-store era and is part Keesing.com, the world’s leading braintainment company. We distribute our games via Facebook Play, Microsoft Start, Google GameSnacks and dozens of media brands and gaming websites.
Website:
www.coolgames.com
Galaxy Grove
Galaxy Grove is fresh game studio in Utrecht, Netherlands, specialising in high quality 3D management and building games (entertainment games, not applied/serious games). Our games have a strong atmosphere, striking art and unique, intuitive gameplay. We are currently a team of 12 people, have released our first game in October 2023 and are working on several exciting new things! Galaxy Grove is founded and led by award winning game industry veteran Joost van Dongen (Awesomenauts, Swords & Soldiers, Blightbound, Robo Maestro, Proun, Cello Fortress, De Blob).
Website: www.galaxy-grove.com
Local Heroes
We are Local Heroes, an independent localization company for world class local game translation and dubbing services.
We offer perfect boutique quality localization with one single point of contact, representing a network of dozens of award-winning specialized partners, translators, and studios all over the world.
Combining our kick-ass project management skills with a bit of fun, our goal is to make your projects worry-free and put a smile on your face.
Local Heroes offers its services exclusively for the games industry since 1997.
The Local Heroes team has worked on thousands of games, ranging from indie and mobile games to triple A console and PC games.
Website: https://local-heroes.com
MeetToMatch
MeetToMatch is world’s most active network of b2b professionals in the games industry. Working with 60 b2b game events annually, the superfast growing media magazine PreMortem.Games, and successfull agency Representing Games, they are the one-stop-show for game developers, publishers, investors and suppliers for anything pre-launch of a game.
Website: www.meettomatch.com
MY.GAMES
MY.GAMES is a leading European publisher and developer headquartered in Amsterdam, with over one billion registered users worldwide. The company develops for mobile, PС, and consoles, with many notable games such as War Robots, Hustle Castle, Rush Royale, Left to Survive, and others. MY.GAMES unites over a dozen development studios with a strong team of specialists operating from across the globe.
Website: my.games/
Mystic Forge
Mystic Forge is a new boutique indie game publisher specializing in strategy, simulation, and RPG games for PC. Inspired by the legendary blacksmiths of lore, we, at Mystic Forge, firmly believe in the art of bringing ideas to life through passion, creativity, and a bit of magic. Our team consists of seasoned veterans in the games industry, bringing with us a wealth of experience and a proven track record of creating and launching successful games.
Website: www.mysticforge.com
One Store International
We are a dynamic and innovative team based in the Netherlands, working to expand the reach of ONEstore, the top 3rd Party app store in South Korea. Our vision is to create the ultimate app store experience for gamers and consumers. We are collaborating with major telecom providers in the region and striving to become the preferred app store in Europe.
Website:
https://www.onestore.net/
Super Menno Monster & Games for Health
Super Menno Monster is a social impact game designer. He creates games, together with Games for Health to fight cancer, loneliness and other social issues. Dr Menno Deen is the driving force behind Courage.events and chairman at Games [4Diversity].
Websites:
www.studiolapp.nl
www.games4diversity.com
Utomik
Utomik is a worldwide gaming subscription service that caters both the B2C and the B2B markets with its hybrid gaming platform. The platform delivers an excellent user experience through cloud gaming and fast-download tech, which optimizes the download process, ensuring that users can immediately start playing a game without experiencing prolonged waiting times. Partners such as Samsung, LG, and Hewlett Packard embrace this progressiveness by adapting Utomik.com’s services to their products.
The platform appeals to casual and core audiences of all ages, supporting a games library of 1400+ high-quality titles for PC, and a curated subset available for smart TVs and Android devices in the cloud.The Cloud gaming technology ensures that Utomik offers an accessible gaming experience, allowing people to play whenever and wherever they want and to seamlessly jump from gaming on mobile to PC to smart TVs without losing any progress.
Website: www.utomik.com
Meet the Dutch Delegation
If you want to meet the Dutch participants, reach out to martine@dutchgamesassociation.nl or sign up for MeetToMatch – The San Francisco Edition 2024 and schedule a meeting with the participants directly.
The NL Lounge is made possible by RVO (Netherlands Enterprise Agency).
