Helsinki Games Capital conceptualizes, organizes and hosts many type of events throughout the year.

Business from indie to AAA and PC to mobile

+10 lectures every Friday (excluding 20.10.)

8.9.-15.12.2023, all 14:00-16:00

@ Open Creative House, Keilasatama 2D, 02150 Espoo

Game Business Loves Product is a series of lectures by the top dogs of the industry, with variety of different angles and experience. This course is made for you who are interested in running your own company, doing business on field of games or wanting to become better game designer. After all good product is a necessity for making business.

08.09.2023

Lecture 1: Tomi Toikka - title TBA

15.09.2023

Lecture 2: TBA

22.09.2023

Lecture 3: Teemu Haila - Game Tech

29.09.2023

Lecture 4: TBA

06.10.2023

Lecture 5: Aki Kanerva - 15 Years as a Game Entrepreneur

13.10.2023

Lecture 6: TBA

20.10.2023

Lecture 7: Break

27.10.2023

Lecture 8: Tatu Laine - Designing a Product

03.11.2023

Lecture 9: TBA

10.11.2023

Lecture 10: TBA

17.11.2023

Lecture 11: TBA

24.11.2023

Lecture 12: TBA

1.12.2023

Lecture 13: TBA

All lectures can be seen live at YouTube!

Event production

Do you have an idea for an event but clear is still concept missing? Do you need professional event production combined with understanding of Capital Area games industry? Are you unsure how to reach the right audience or find speakers for your event?
Let us help!

Bit1 Competition

Done every spring since 1018

Bit1 is a game dev competition that was launched as a platform for students to showcase their talent, get professionals’ feedback on their work and connect with others. This kind of events offers young game developers place to get mentoring and get in touch with professionals in bit more casual setting. Its history starts from 2018, when first Bit1 was held at Tampere. From 2022 onwards HGC has been running Bit1.

More at www.bit1.fi

Game Jam

Global Game Jam, January 2023
We were part of Global Game Jam and hosted 24/7 offline site here in Helsinki and hybrid site globally with YAHAHA. We gathered 40 jammers on site, 8 games were done in Helsinki and 33 online!

Check all games here!

Movies Meet Games

13.12.2022

Do you know what’s in common with huge IPs like Rambo, Walking Dead and Stranger Things? They all have games that were made in Finland! HGC and Business Finland came together to share learnings from games industry to audio-visual industry. Speakers: Olli Sinerma and Jonne Taivassalo.