Catalan Arts at Game Connection 2023

Supporting Catalan Creativity Worldwide

Hall ___ 2.1 - Stand 51 Game Connection Europe 2-3 November 2023 Porte de Versailles Paris, France

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Video game companies Abylight Studios Garage51 Entertaintment Grimorio of Games Herobeat Studios JanduSoft RollDbox Games SandBloom Studio Titutitech Undercoders

Sector data and figures

Institutions Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies (ICEC) - Catalan Arts Innovation and Digital Culture Department

Data last updated: October 2023

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Fostering Catalan creativity worldwide We are very pleased to present the Catalan companies taking part in Game Connection Europe 2023.

The Government of Catalonia, through the Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies (ICEC) and its internationalisation brand, Catalan Arts, is supporting the participation of a Catalan delegation at Games Connection Europe, with nine representatives attending the trade show.

This booklet gathers information on the Catalan video game studios and agents attending the games industry event. If you want more information on a particular company or game, please do not hesitate to contact them directly. We hope you will have a chance to meet all of

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them. You are sure to have lots to talk about!

You can also get in touch with us at our booth (51) or by reaching any of our offices — located in Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, London and Paris— for further assistance. Under the Catalan Arts label, we strengthen the presence of Catalan companies and creative works at international fairs and key professional events, such as Game Connection Europe or Gamescom. It is part of our effort to connect, mentor and support creative companies in their international journey.

Please have a look at our website to find out more about us: www.catalanarts.cat/en

VIDEO GAME COMPANIES

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Abylight Studios One Military Camp is a base-building/ management game with a sense of humor. Build your camp, manage resources, recruit, train and specialise your personnel and carry out missions in enemy territory, with no violence at all. Enjoy serious gameplay either in campaign or sandbox mode, with numerous references to classic movies and video games.

Contact

Contact at Game Connection Europe Eva Gaspar CEO +34 657 485 241

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Garage51 Entertainment Garage 51 wants to revolutionise games with new mechanics and dynamics. From its studio in Barcelona, the company puts everything it’s got into offering users a unique experience.

Contact

Contact at Game Connection Europe Dani Sintas, CEO +34 622 255 090 Chin Ho Ju, CTO +34 635 799 993

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Grimorio of Games A team based in Barcelona, developing their own IPs and looking to expand. They are currently working on Sword of the Necromancer: Revenant, an adventure/action RPG with a city-builder theme where players can resurrect their enemies and summon them as allies.

Contact

Contact at Game Connection Europe José Antonio Andújar CEO +34 657 565 440

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Herobeat Studios Herobeat Studios is an independent video game studio based in Barcelona. The developers behind Endling - Extinction is Forever, a BAFTAWinner game for change, they are looking to grow by developing new IPs where they can tackle meaningful topics. Herobeat Studios is strongly committed to raising awareness about social impact issues.

Contact

Contact at Game Connection Europe Javier Ramello, CEO +34 686 928 465

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JanduSoft JanduSoft provides publishing and porting services to developers to bring their games to consoles. They take pride in delivering their games to Xbox/PS4/PS5/Nintendo Switch.

Contact

Contact at Game Connection Europe José Antonio Andújar CEO +34 657 565 440

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RollDbox Games RollDbox is a studio based in Barcelona, passionate about collaboration, creativity, innovation and strong values like respect, commitment and transparency. They believe that video games have the power to generate positive energy in our lives and improve our social skills.

They love teams that want to learn and evolve every day, believing in what they do.

Contact

Contact at Game Connection Europe Conxi Pérez Andreu, CEO + 34 616 996 899 Ferran Pérez Pérez, Game Creative and Prod. Dir. +34 649 562 533

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SandBloom Studio Indie dev studio based in Barcelona with 7 years of experience. Creators of DE-EXIT: Eternal Matters & Emma Lost in Memories, they are now working on two new games: The Last Waywalker, a post-apocalyptic action adventure where you build your own robot and choose your fighting style, and The Mystery of the Cardboard Island, where delivery simulator meets epic fighting with a cardboard aesthetic.

Contact

Contact at Game Connection Europe Oriol Sanz Arenas, CEO +34 697 664 426 Julien Gatumel Fernandez Business Relations +34 623 023 231

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Titutitech Titutitech is a video game development company located in Barcelona. Since 2014, they have developed several 2D and 3D projects in Unity and Unreal Engine.

Contact

Contact at Game Connection Europe Federico Sauret Co-founder +34 674 584 528

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Undercoders Undercoders is an independent video game development studio located in Barcelona, focused on producing original, different and fun-to-play games. Their most recent titles are Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara, Treasures of the Aegean, Mail Mole and Superepic: The Entertainment War.

Contact

Contact at Game Connection Europe David Jaumandreu Executive Producer +34 616 870 330 Àngel Beltran, Producer + 34 676 984 818

SECTOR DATA AND FIGURES

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The Catalan video game industry.

2022 Source: Llibre Blanc de la Indústria Catalana del Videojoc 2022

Number of companies 2021

CAT 196

26%

SPAIN 760

Turnover by world regions 2021

SPAIN 13%

REST OF EUROPE 30%

SECTOR DATA AND FIGURES

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Turnover 2021

CAT €660 M (20% increase over 2020)

52%

SPAIN €1.281 billion

NORTH AMERICA 36%

LATIN AMERICA 7%

MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA 2%

ASIA PACIFIC 12%

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Professional profiles

ART 43% 2D and 3D art: 20% Game design: 8% 2D and 3D animation: 6% Interactive design: 4% Sound: 3% Technical artist: 2%

COMPANY MANAGEMENT 24%

PROGRAMMING 20%

OTHERS 13%

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SECTOR DATA AND FIGURES

Areas in which companies work 2021

6% 2% 3% 8% 6% 2% 1% 13% 7% 6% 6% 7% 6% 4% 9% 4% 2% 5% 4% 1% 1%

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INSTITUTIONS

Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies (ICEC) – Catalan Arts The Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies (ICEC) is a public institution of the Government of Catalonia’s Ministry of Culture that helps promote the development and consolidation of the Catalan creative sectors to boost their professionalisation. ICEC advises and accompanies Catalan companies in their development process in a variety of sectors: music, performing arts, visual arts, audiovisual media, books and digital culture. It offers grants and financing tools, as well as services for internationalisation, business and audience development.

Catalan Arts is the brand under which ICEC works to internationally promote Catalan companies. Thanks

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to ICEC’s network of European offices (Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, London and Paris), we are able to work on various lines of action to connect, mentor and support creative companies in their international journey. To this end, with Catalan Arts we strengthen the presence of Catalan companies and creative works at international trade fairs and key professional events and offer all kinds of useful materials and resources to professionals.

Contact ICEC

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Contact at Game Connection Europe Eva Colom Valageas Digital Expert +33 646 600 784 Ivet Zwatrzko Pou Project Manager

Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies (ICEC) ICEC Barcelona +34 933 162 770 internacional.icec@ gencat.cat ICEC Berlin +49 30 551 95 40 berlin.icec@gencat.cat ICEC Brussels / Bruxelles +32 2 230 72 21 brussels.icec@gencat.cat ICEC London +44 207 842 0853 london.icec@gencat.cat ICEC Paris +33 1 43 250 435 paris.icec@gencat.cat

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