Kostas AnagnostouDepartment of Informatics

Ionian Universitykostasan@ionio.gr

Game dev landscape in Greece Around 15 companies 2-40 employees Located mainly in Athens and Northern Greece Most do not have game development as main

activity Casual games, viral games, mobile games,

adventure games, action games, MMORPG, game engines

Major companies Aventurine AnimaPPD Eyelead MobileFX Total Eclipse InterAction Studios Icehole Games SDS Epicon Technologies Games2Gaze Many 1-2 person teams

Hellenic Game Developer Association Born, as an idea, in 2008 Founded in 2010 2 Game Developer’s Conferences The first Official Game Developer’s

Conference planned in October

HGDA’s goals

Build a strong videogame industry in Greece Build a strong community, conduct meetings,

workshops, seminars, exchange ideas Represent the game developer community in

Greece Organize one large scale event every year Increase government and public awareness of

the importance of the game industry Establish an IGDA chapter in Greece

http://www.hgda.grhttp://www.hgda.gr

http://twitter.com/hgdahttp://twitter.com/hgda

Who can join professionally? Anyone working in the videogames

industry in Greece Any aspect of game development Any application (non-entertainment

as well)

Come join us!

http://www.hgda.grhttp://twitter.com/hgda

info@hgda.gr