Coaching

coaching

Get feedback on your project or company

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Talking

talking

Learn the business of game making through talks by international guests and partners

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Pitching

pitching

Pitch to international publishers

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Awards

awards

Celebrate the best Italian games published last year

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highlights
2022

30+ international publishers and investors
90+ Italian game development studios
630+ business meetings
25+ speakers from all over the world
92,000+ views for 10+ hours of streaming

Coaching

EVERY STUDIO AND DEVELOPMENT TEAM PARTICIPATING IN FIRST PLAYABLE CAN BOOK A COACHING SESSION UNTIL JUNE 9 WITH SOME INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS WITH THE AIM OF ARRIVING PREPARED FOR THE NEXT EDITION.

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Valerio Di Donato

CEO & Strategist at 34BigThings

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Elisa Farinetti

Business Developer & Co-Founder at Broken Arms

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Claudio Giacopazzi

Advisor & BizDev Director at NACON Studio Milan

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FP_coach__0000_Yves Hohl

Yves Hohler

CEO & Co-Founder at Broken Arms

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Marco Minoli

Chief Marketing Officer at Slitherine Group

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Samuele Perseo

Product Manager at Reply Game Studios

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Gian Paolo Vernocchi

CEO & Creative Director at DESTINYbit

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giannatiempo

Marco Giannatiempo

CEO Laboratorio Comunicazione Srl

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TALKING

July 6th
July 7th
11AM - 12PM
The (not so) hidden features of Unreal Engine 5
An overview of the fundamental tools and features of Unreal Engine 5 that every developer should know, but which often go unnoticed. ...
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12PM - 12.45PM
Business and legal tips for video game developers
The speech will illustrate, offering practical tips, the main issues that every developer faces along its way: the corporate structure’s choice, the management of third parties’ and owned inte ...
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1PM - 2PM
PEGI, the pan-European age rating system for video games: the self-regulation and its evolution
This workshop will give you all the details about PEGI, why it has been created, where it applies, how it is used in Europe and more specifically in Italy. This year, PEGI celebrates its 20 years! Per ...
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2PM - 3PM
TikTok and the concept of Gaming entertainment
Gaming on TikTok becomes a moment of entertainment that intersects with all communities and blurs the boundaries between what is and what is not gaming, developing an original concept: that of Gaming ...
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3PM - 3.30PM
Next Level - How to Win in Gaming
The Gaming industry is at an inflection point: There are more ways to play than ever, consumers are getting more demanding and developers are experimenting with new business models. Hear in this keyno ...
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3.30PM - 4.00PM
Crossplatform Gaming Solutions
How Google can help developers advertise and measure their campaign performances ...
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4.00PM - 4.30PM
How to Soft Launch a Mobile Game in 2023
Launch is the most critical time during a game’s launch, as you really only get one launch opportunity. Join us and learn how to effectively work on pre-launch and choose your markets for your s ...
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9AM - 10AM
Women in Games Breakfast Meet Up
Women in Games Italia and IIDEA invite female professionals and industry professionals attending First Playable to attend an informal breakfast to discuss the topic of inclusivity in the video game in ...
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10.30AM - 11.00AM
Treebu forests in Italy as allies of a more sustainable future
Planting a tree is not enough, but, if done in the right way, it can give life to an environmental and social value chain that grows over time. This is the idea of Treebu, an innovative start-up that ...
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11AM - 11.30AM
Bologna Game Farm, the public accelerator for video games in Emilia-Romagna
Bologna Game Farm is the project launched in 2021 for the development of video game prototypes and plans for product development and marketing promoted by the Emilia-Romagna Region and the Municipalit ...
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Publishers & Investors

The Italian video Game Awards reward the best video games published during the year and promote the cultural and artistic value of this medium.

This year’s is the eleventh edition of the awards and it will be exclusively dedicated to Italian-made video games, a light on the best of the Italian development talent with the awards themselves decided by an international panel of respected luminaries from across the game industry. The award ceremony will be live streamed on 6th July 2023.

best
italian game

best
italian debut game

best
innovation

outstanding
italian company

outstanding
individual contribution

VENUE
NANA BIANCA

ADDRESS
Lungarno Soderini 21
50124 – Firenze (Italy)

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