{"id":85092,"date":"2019-02-26T19:06:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T19:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/337429"},"modified":"2019-02-26T19:06:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T19:06:00","slug":"watch-these-devs-compete-to-make-the-best-game-pitch-at-gdc-pitch-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/02\/26\/watch-these-devs-compete-to-make-the-best-game-pitch-at-gdc-pitch-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch these devs compete to make the best game pitch at GDC Pitch 2019!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re just weeks away from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gdconf.com\/?_mc=BP_LE_CON\">2019\u00a0Game Developers Conference<\/a>, and organizers want to let you know about the courageous\u00a0developers\u00a0who will be participating in the popular\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gdconf.com\/events\/gdcpitch.html?_mc=BP_LE_CON\">GDC Pitch<\/a> event at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gdconf.com\/events\/gdcplay.html?_mc=BP_LE_CON\">GDC Play<\/a> this year!<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve never been to GDC Play, know that it&#8217;s\u00a0a\u00a0showcase for some of the most interesting emerging\/independent developers and their games.\u00a0GDC Pitch is a special event where select GDC Play devs\u00a0hone their game-pitching skills in front of a panel of expert judges &#8212; as well as a live audience!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This year GDC Pitch will\u00a0take place Wednesday and Thursday (March 20th and 21st) during GDC 2019, and it will again be hosted by Jason Della Rocca of investment platform Execution Labs.\u00a010\u00a0selected dev teams will each be offered pitch prep and training, then\u00a0get 5\u00a0minutes to pitch, followed by questions, advice, and feedback from the judges.<\/p>\n<p>Each day the judges will declare a &#8220;Best Pitch&#8221;\u00a0and award each\u00a0a\u00a0complimentary All Access pass to GDC 2019. It&#8217;s always an exciting event, so leave some time in your GDC 2019 schedule to drop by and check it out!<\/p>\n<h3><u><strong>Here&#8217;s the lineup for this year&#8217;s GDC Pitch<\/strong><\/u><\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/schedule.gdconf.com\/session\/gdc-pitch-day-1\/865156\">GDC PITCH: DAY 1<\/a> | Wednesday, March 20th, 12:30 &#8211; 1:30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Pitchers (Game)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blindflug Studios (<em>First Strike Armageddon<\/em>)<\/li>\n<p>&#013; <\/p>\n<li>Cosmoscope\u00a0(<em>Morphies\u00a0Law<\/em>)<\/li>\n<p>&#013; <\/p>\n<li>Oktagon Games (<em>Trial of Titans<\/em>)<\/li>\n<p>&#013; <\/p>\n<li>Pantera Entertainment (<em>You World<\/em>)<\/li>\n<p>&#013; <\/p>\n<li>Sensoryx\u200b (VRFree\u00a0glove controller)<\/li>\n<p>&#013;\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/schedule.gdconf.com\/session\/gdc-pitch-day-2\/865157\">GDC PITCH: DAY 2<\/a> | Thursday, March 21st, 12:45 &#8211; 1:45pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Pitchers (Game)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5am Games (<em>Letters<\/em>)<\/li>\n<p>&#013; <\/p>\n<li>ARTE France (<em>Vectrono<\/em>)<\/li>\n<p>&#013; <\/p>\n<li>Lightbulb Crew (<em>Othercide<\/em>)<\/li>\n<p>&#013; <\/p>\n<li>Neonable\u00a0(<em>Bootleg Systems<\/em>)<\/li>\n<p>&#013; <\/p>\n<li>Ratloop Games (<em>Convergence<\/em>)<\/li>\n<p>&#013;\n<\/ul>\n<p>GDC Play exhibitors opt-in to participate in GDC Pitch via GDC Connect. Selected studios are given strict format instructions and rules, as well as a time slot on one of the two days. As you can see, each of these events is expected to run about an hour and will take place at the Career Center Theater in the North Hall of San Francisco&#8217;s Moscone Convention Center.<\/p>\n<p>It promises to be an engaging\u00a0high-energy competition, so leave time to check it out as you&#8217;re planning out your conference schedule via\u00a0the online\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/schedule.gdconf.com\/list?_mc=BP_LE_CON\">GDC 2019\u00a0Session Scheduler<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Bring your team to GDC! Register a group of 10 or more and save 10 percent\u00a0on conference passes. Learn more\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gdconf.com\/attend\/groups?_mc=blog_x_gdcsfr_le_x_gdcsf_x_x-GDC19\">here<\/a>.\u200b<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For more details on\u00a0GDC 2019\u00a0visit the show&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/gdconf.com\/?_mc=blog_x_gamar_le_tsnr_gdcsf_x_x-blog\">official website<\/a>, or subscribe to regular updates via\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GameDevelopersConference\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Official_GDC\">Twitter<\/a>, or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/GameDevelopersConference\">RSS<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Gamasutra and GDC are sibling organizations under parent company Informa<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re just weeks away from the\u00a02019\u00a0Game Developers Conference, and organizers want to let you know about the courageous\u00a0developers\u00a0who will be participating in the popular\u00a0GDC Pitch event at GDC Play this year! 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