The Summoning

Calling professional Game Designers for an exclusive conference in Skövde om April 8-9.

What is The Summoning, you might wonder? The Summoning is a gathering of Game Designers to meet, share, and exchange their experiences. This event solely caters to professionals within the field of Game Design.

The idea of The Summoning came from our council, a group of veteran game designers who felt a need for a gathering just for them. Their role in the process to make the event happen is to evaluate interesting topics and companies to invite on stage.

When is the event?

Between April 8-9.

On April 8, the event runs from 11:00 to 17:30, followed by social activities including mingling and dinner. The program resumes on April 9 from 08:30 to 13:30, with lunch provided on both days.

Where is the event?

Skövde, Sweden. The venue is Insikten at Science Park Skövde.

Who can join?

This event solely caters to professionals within the field of Game Design, incuding juniors. If you’ve had any hands-on experience working in Game Design (at any point), we’d love to have you join our event.

What is included?

A ticket for the event costs 1 200 SEK including VAT. For that price, you will get access to:

6 Sessions
4 Round table discussions
2 Lunches
A Dinner
A Pre-dinner mingle at Coffee Stain Studios
Fika and coffee throughout the event

How do I sign up?

Register now!

Time	Event	Link
From 11:00 to 11:30 Activity	Registration and coffee
From 11:30 to 12:10 Panel	Opening of the Summoning
From 12:10 to 13:00 Activity	Lunch
From 13:00 to 13:40 Talk	Building an Industrialist Playground: A World Without People A talk with Rosario Baarh and Hannah Beuger from Coffee Stain Studios.
From 13:40 to 14:20 Roundtable	World and Level Design A Roundtable discussion.
From 14:20 to 14:30 Activity	Break
From 14:30 to 15:10 Talk	TBA
From 15:10 to 15:30 Activity	Fika
From 15:30 to 16:20 Talk	The Making of Bosses in V Rising A talk with Erik Grönlund, Technical Game Designer at Stunlock Studios.
From 16:20 to 17:00 Roundtable	Boss Encounters
From 17:00 to 17:30 Panel	End of Day Summary and Conclusions
From 17:30 to 19:00 Activity	Pre-dinner mingle at Coffee Stain Studios office
From 19:00 to 22:00 Activity	Conference dinner at restaurant Sällskapet

Time	Event	Link
From 08:00 to 08:40 Activity	Coffee
From 08:40 to 09:20 Talk	TBA
From 09:20 to 10:00 Roundtable	TBA
From 10:00 to 10:10 Activity	Break
From 10:10 to 10:50 Talk	TBA
From 10:50 to 11:30 Roundtable	TBA
From 11:30 to 12:10 Panel	TBA
From 12:10 to 12:30 Talk	End of Conference: Summary and Conclusions
From 12:30 to 13:30 Activity	Lunch

"Sweden has a vast amount of Game Designers with knowledge of how to create phenomenal games. Wisdom that has been gained throughout years of hard work and dedication. Currently we seem to be missing a specifically tailored event to share our knowledge and experiences with each other, which is why I wanted to create an event for designers in the Swedish games industry."

Rosario Baarh, Level Designer at Coffee Stain Studios and initiator of The Summoning