The Game Incubator is a unique, non-profit organization with the sole task of helping create game startups and expand the game industry in Sweden. Through a proven and custom made program we incubate game entrepreneurs and their teams, equipping them with the skills needed to run a game studio and launch their first products on a global market. The startups are facilitated in our two locations, Gothia Science Park in Skövde and Lindholmen Science Park in Göteborg.
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So regardless if you are working by yourself or have a team developing a game you can apply to The Game Incubator. We will help you turn your game into a sustainable business.
If you and your team are working on a game but need help turning it into a real product you can apply to The Game Incubator. Just sit down with your team and fill in our application form. Describe the team, the game, your target audience and vision for your company. Submit and wait for our response.
If we see potential in your company and game, and if you are located in Sweden, or can be relocated here, we will accept you and your team into our incubation program. Your team will get access to a shared workspace in one of our two sites, either in Skövde or Göteborg, where we will put you through an accelerated game startup phase (3 months) where your main goal is to validate your game on the market. This culminates in a pitch to us, investors and our advisory board.
If the pitch goes well you will continue to the hectic Business phase (which lasts for 6 months). Other than just keep on working on your game, this is also where you learn to run your studio, how to handle production, marketing, economy and much more that you might not know yet. This phase also ends in a pitch to us, investors and our advisory board.
If you made it through the pitch you enter the Venture Phase (6 months). Now your company and business mature and prepare to soon leave the incubator. We will provide you with coaching in leadership and team analysis. Now is the time for you to try your wings on your own.
Type: Game Developer
Games/Product: Passpartout: The Starving Artist, Verlet Swing
Platform: PC, mobile & console
Team size: 6
Founded: 2017
Type: Game Developer
Games/Product: Animal Super Squad (ASS)
Platform: PC, mobile & console
Team size: 10
Founded: 2016
Type: Game Developer
Games/Product: Castle Cats, Carpet Kitty, Sling A Kitty
Platform: Mobile
Team size: 6
Founded: 2015
Type: Game Developer
Games/Product: Bound To Light, Blow Hards
Platform: PC
Team size: 5
Founded: 2016
Type: Game Developer
Games/Product: A social gaming platform for user generated experiences
Platform: PC, mobile, tablet, VR
Team size: 6
Founded: 2017
Type: Game Developer
Games/Product: Pukk, AZ Rockets, 99 Rockets
Platform: Mobile
Team size: 6
Founded: 2015
Type: Game Developer
Games/Product: Unforgiving - A Northern Hymn
Platform: PC
Team size: 5
Founded: 2017
Type: Game Developer
Games/Product: Risings Islands
Platform: PC & VR
Team size: 4
Founded: 2015
Type: Game Developer
Games/Product: Lance A Lot
Platform: PC
Team size: 3
Founded: 2016
Type: Game Developer
Games/Product: Everything Must Fall, Zen Garden
Platform: PC & VR
Team size: 3
Founded: 2015
Type: Game Developer
Games/Product: Gunman Clive 1 & 2,
Platform: Nintendo DS, PC
Team size: 2
Founded: 2010
Type: Game Developer
Games/Product: Hyss
Platform: PC & mobile
Team size: 5
Founded: 2017
Type: Game Developer
Games/Product: Bannermen
Platform: PC
Team size: 4
Founded: 2016
Type: Game Developer
Games/Product: 0-100
Platform: Mobile
Team size: 3
Founded: 2016
Type: Game Developer
Games/Product: When You're Gone
Platform: PC
Team size: 4
Founded: 2016
Type: Audio Production
Games/Product: Sound design, music etc.
Platform: All platforms
Team size: 2
Founded: 2016
Type: Website & service
Games/Product: IGDB (Intenet Game Database)
Platform: PC
Team size: 8
Founded: 2016
Type: Game Developer
Games/Product: Munch, Funklift
Platform: PC & VR
Team size: 3
Founded: 2015
Type: Developer, Publisher
Games/Product: The Goat Simulator, Sanctum 1&2, Deep Rock Galactic
Platform: PC, mobile, consoles
Team size: 25
Founded: 2014
Type: Developer
Games/Product: Battlerite, Bloodline Champions
Platform: PC
Team size: 42
Founded: 2011
Type: Developer
Games/Product: Stickfight, Clustertruck, Airbrawl, TAB
Platform: PC
Team size: 10
Founded: 2015
Type: Developer
Games/Product: Titan Quest: Ragnarök, Magicka 2, Leviathan Warships
Platform: PC, mobile, consoles
Team size: 22
Founded: 2007
Type: Developer
Games/Product: ittle Dew 1&2, Progress, Card City Nights, Slap City
Platform: PC, mobile consoles
Team size: 12
Founded: 2008
Type: Developer
Games/Product: Medusa's Labyrinth, Magnetic: Cage Closed, Blamdown: Udder Furry
Platform: PC, mobile, consoles
Team size: 5
Founded: 2013
Type: Developer
Games/Product: Raft
Platform: PC
Team size: 3
Founded: 2017
Type: Developer
Games/Product: RaceRoom,
Platform: PC
Founded: 2014
Type: Developer
Games/Product: The Journey Down
Platform: PC
Founded: 2005
Type: Developer, Publisher
Games/Product: The Goat Simulator, Sanctum 1&2, Deep Rock Galactic
Platform: PC, mobile, consoles
Team size: 25
Founded: 2014 in The Game Incubator
Type: Developer
Games/Product: Battlerite, Bloodline Champions
Platform: PC
Team size: 42
Founded: 2011 in The Game Incubator
Type: Investor
Games/Product: Experiment 101, Palindrome, IGDB.com
Platform: PC & consoles
Founded: 2010
Type: Developer, Publisher
Games/Product: Saints Row, Darksiders, Red Faction, Biomutant
Platform: PC, mobile, consoles
Founded: 2016
Type: Developer
Games/Product: Steamworld Dig 1&2, Steamworld Heist
Platform: PC and consoles
Founded: 2010
Type: Developer
Games/Product: Fe, Stick It To The Man, Zombie Vikings
Platform: PC and consoles
Founded: 2010
Type: Developer
Games/Product: A strategy game
Platform: PC
Founded: 2016
The Game Incubator is located in Scandinavia, Sweden. We operate from our two sites Skövde and Göteborg, both which belongs to the same county of Västra Götaland in the south-western part of Sweden.
In the Swedish heartland between the two great lakes Vättern and Vänern, and at the foot of Mt.Billingen lies Skövde. A city which from it's frugal and religious past now have become one of the most significant game industry trading centers in the northern hemisphere.
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Portalen (the Portal) is the main building of Gothia Science Park and where The Game Incubator team is located. The building is home to several companies and is also shared with the University of Skövde, where it runs its research center. The university and the train line between Stockholm and Göteborg is just behind the building. In the middle of the first floor is the popular restaurant Orangeriet.
Address:
Kanikegränd 3B
541 43 Skövde
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Växthuset (the Greenhouse) is a five floor building where our startups move to once they have reached the Business phase in their development. Several alumni game, IT and tech companies are also found inside. On the first floor is a cafe and a Coworking space.
Address:
Kaplansgatan 16B
541 43 Skövde
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Drivbänken (the Hotbed) is the building where our game startups begin their journey. They sit together with other teams and can support each other during the Startup phase. The building is also home and studio for the eSport reality TV-show Gamerz.
Address:
Bangårdsgatan 7
541 34 Skövde
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Where the North Sea becomes Kattegat and hits the Swedish west coast lies Göteborg, the second largest city in the country. The great river Göta älv snakes through the city and deep into the heartland. Göteborg is known for its friendly and blue-collar culture, automotive and medtech industries.
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Gothenburg Film Studios is located in Lindholmens Science Park in Göteborg and on the second floor The Game Incubator have a large workspace to distribute between the teams. On the third floor is Coworking space where several local game studios often sit.
Address:
Polestjärnegatan 14
417 56 Göteborg
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A. Yes. There is a small fee covering our services and it is dependent on the size of your team. However, the cost is heavily subsided for startups that is not making money yet.
A. 15 months. The startup phase is 3 months. The Business phase and the final Venture phase are both 6 months each.
A. Yes. Since we are funded by the Swedish government our operations and resources are currently landlocked. However, whether you are Swedish, or a EU citizen, or living outside the EU, if you can move to Sweden and are willing to launch your startup here you can most definitely apply to The Game Incubator.
A. Yes. We always get contacted by investors, publishers, developers and third-party vendors regarding our game studios and the games they make. Feel free to contact us on thegameincubator@gsp.se
Incubator leader
0722-06 87 09
kenneth.johansson@gsp.se
SKÖVDE
Business developer
0707-35 48 15
anne-marie.kaufmann@gsp.se
SKÖVDE
Project coordinator
070-265 74 74
anna.niklasson@gsp.se
SKÖVDE
Business developer
0706-22 22 31
per.holmen@gsp.se
SKÖVDE
Business developer
0703-83 03 33
petri.ahonen@gsp.se
SKÖVDE
Communicator
0736-27 88 76
karin.pestat@gsp.se
SKÖVDE
Business developer
0725-49 27 44
anna.emanuelsson@gsp.se
SKÖVDE
Business developer
072-525 66 26
christian.riedl@gsp.se
GÖTEBORG
Business developer
073-988 03 19
fredrik.orneblad@gsp.se
GÖTEBORG
Project leader
0703-81 90 10
carolina.green@gsp.se
SKÖVDE
Business developer, Designer
070-220 79 25
per.micael.nyberg@gsp.se
SKÖVDE
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