💚💚After a long weekend, we have something special for you! Once again, join us as we walk through the corridors of our conference with the annual GIC Summary!💚💚 🔥Special thanks to our sponsors, especially @AMD and Elsewhere Entertainment, and our partners Gamedev Capital Warsaw and Marshal Office of the Wielkopolska Region in Poznan! 📸We still have a lot of photos and galleries ahead of us, but today, dive into the GIC'25 Video Summary with us! 📸 #gamedev #indiedev #gic25 #gameindustryconference

🎮 Great news! At this year’s edition of the Game Industry Conference @PayPal is a Silver Sponsor and the Partner of the Indie Games Zone! It empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to thrive in the global economy. The Indie Games Zone at @PoznanGameArena is where talented independent creators show their projects to the industry. PayPal wants to give them even stronger support and the space to meet partners. Want to know how you can reach players worldwide? Visit the PayPal team at booth A25 in the B2B Exhibition Zone. They will share how gaming businesses can expand globally, with secure transactions and seamless checkout experiences. 🚀 See you in there! 💙 #GIC2026 #GameIndustryConference #IndieGamesZone #PGA #Payments

A big welcome to the Games/Bavarian delegation heading to GIC! 🥨🎮 Looking to expand your international network and discover exciting new projects? Don’t miss the chance to meet the Bavarian studios joining us this year: 💚 Wegfreund 💚 GamesTistic Games 💚 Deus Draconis Interactive Find them on the show floor or book a slot in the meeting app before their schedules fill up. See you soon at the GIC! 🤝🚀 #gamedev #indiedev #gic #gic26 #gameindustryconference #gicpoznan

The @AMD has spent over 55 years pushing the boundaries of high-performance computing and graphics, technology that billions of people and the world's biggest names in tech and research build on every day. At the GIC, you'll see that same technology up close, with AMD hardware in the showcase area and a proud partnership with the AI Beyond Gaming Summit and the Feedback Battle Royale pitching competition. Find the AMD Developer Community team at their booth, ready to connect you with the AMD teams behind GPUOpen, FSR, and more. Bring your questions, test your AMD knowledge, and grab some real swag while you're at it. See you there! #gamedev #indiedev #gic #gicpoznan #gameindustryconference #gic26

Just a few days left until the conference kicks off! 🗓️ Don't miss out on valuable connections before you even arrive on-site. Jump into the app to see if you have any meeting invitations waiting for you or new requests to accept! ✨ See you at the Meeting Zone powered by @Xsolla ! 🤝💼 #gamedev #indiedev #gic #gicpoznan #gic26 #gameindustryconference

3, 2, 1... Open Pass registration is officially live! 🎟️ Big news for this edition: you no longer need a PGA ticket to attend GIC. That’s right, conference access is free; all you need to do is claim your Open Pass online. Here’s what’s waiting for you: 💼 Exhibitor Zone & Geek Careers Expo - Connect directly with top studios looking to hire talent. 💡 Open Hall Sessions - Gain practical industry insights from high-level talks and panels. 🥐 Women in Games Day - Join us on Friday morning for empowering networking, delicious food, and great talks. Don’t leave it until the last minute, grab your pass now: gic.gd/open-pass/ #gamedev #indiedev #gic #gicpoznan #gic26 #gameindustryconference

We're getting close! So for today, something special! Not everyone speaking at GIC makes games. On purpose. 🎓 Barbara Nowacka - @MEN_GOVPL 🧮 @nasqret - Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu 📡 Edwin Bendyk - Fundacja Batorego ⚡ @FakePsyho - the man who won with AI Remember, games run on mathematics, education, algorithms, and culture! #gamedev #indiedev #gic #gicpoznan #gameindustryconference

This year, the Pre-GIC Party is switching up the vibe! 🍕 How about kicking off the conference with authentic Neapolitan pizza straight from a wood-fired oven, and a cold beer powered by @AMD ? Join us at LUSI (Święty Wojciech 21), a vibrant venue with an Italian soul, crafted by local artists. It’s the perfect, relaxed setting to fuel up, connect, and break the ice before an intensive conference weekend. See you on Wednesday, October 21 at 20:30! #gamedev #indiedev #gic #gic26 #gicpoznan #gicparty #gameindustryconference

Did you know that a single B2B contract can be examined by three different authorities – PIP, ZUS and the tax office – each from its own angle? 👀 At the panel “B2B Under Scrutiny: When PIP, ZUS and the Tax Office Come Knocking”, part of Legal Summit powered by dotlaw & Thedy & Partners, we’ll ask the inspectors directly what they look for, where studios slip up most often, and what the recent expansion of PIP’s powers means for the games industry. It’s a unique opportunity to hear from all three authorities on one stage: Marcin Jedwabny form National Labour Inspectorate in Poznań, Agnieszka Antoniak from Social Insurance Institution, ZUS, Poznań and Dariusz Strugliński from Revenue Administration Regional Office in Poznań), moderated by Marta Dominiak-Sporna from Thedy & Partners. If your studio works with B2B contractors, don’t miss it! ✨ 📅 22 October, 12:00–13:00 #gamedev #indiedev #gic #gicpoznan #gic26 #gameindustryconference

The weekend is the perfect time to make your final preparations before the conference! 🗓️✨ We’ve put together a quick checklist of must-do tasks before you head to the venue: 📲 Download the event app and log in so you have everything ready on-site 📅 Check the schedule and build your personal agenda to make the most of your time 🤝 Book your meetings with other attendees and partners 🏢 Explore the exhibitor list to see who you want to visit Be sure to check out our Attendee Guide as well, where you’ll find plenty of practical tips and helpful advice: gic.gd/attendee-guide/ See you soon! 💚 #gamedev #indiedev #gic #gic26 #gicpoznan #gameindustryconference

NewBro is a Warsaw-based team building GameBro, an Unreal Engine plugin with autonomous AI agents for game testing. The agents explore levels, run test scenarios, report bugs and collect performance data. They also adapt as the game changes, so testing runs alongside production instead of only at its end. Everything runs fully on-premise, with no cloud and no external APIs. The team brings together AI researchers, engineers and people who have shipped games themselves. Meet them in Poznań at their booth, see GameBro in action at the showcase, and catch their talk on why LLM-driven bots alone can’t carry game testing. #gamedev #indiedev #gic #gic26 #gicpoznan #gameindustryconference

Did you know that under the EU Pay Transparency Directive, employees will have the right to ask how their pay compares to the average pay of colleagues doing the same work? 👀 That’s just one of the changes HR teams in game studios need to prepare for. Together with new anti-bullying rules, it’s the focus of the panel “New HR Challenges in Gamedev: Anti-Bullying Law Changes & Pay Equity” at Legal Summit powered by dotlaw & Thedy & Partners. Joining the discussion are: Barbara Kulaga - Hyla from Awaken Realms, Cezary Piskorz from Qmatch • HR, Marta Chacińska from Thedy & Partners and Paulina Sajna from @TechlandGames moderated by Zuzanna Piechowicz from Radio TOK FM. If you run a studio, manage a team or lead HR in gamedev, this is a session worth adding to your schedule! 🤝 📅 23 October – check the agenda for the exact time #gamedev #indiedev #gic #gicpoznan #gic26 #gameindustryconference

Planning your conference schedule? Save your spot for the AI Summit on October 23rd - 24th! 🗓️ No hype, no doom, just evidence from the people who build, research, and break AI. This year we’re going straight to the edge: exploring where models still fail and what those blind spots tell us about the next five years of game development. What to expect on stage: 💚 Human vs. Agent - Elite competitive programmer and former OpenAI researcher “Psyho” sits down with Wojciech Ozimek to discuss what’s changed since he beat an experimental OpenAI agent at the AtCoder World Tour Finals. 💚 The Limits of Reasoning - Dr. Maciej Świechowski (NewBro) on why models that write code and pass exams still struggle to play games. 💚 What Ships Today -  Real automation pipelines, compute economics, and genuine ROI for studios beyond marketing demos. If you're building pipelines, planning tech strategy, or just tired of the noise and looking for hard signal, this is a track you won’t want to miss. 🔗 Explore details and speakers: gic.gd/ai-summit/ #gamedev #indiedev #gic #gic26 #gicpoznan #gameindustryconference #ai #aisummit #summit

Commercial Audio is the exclusive distributor in Poland of leading professional audio equipment brands, including Solid State Logic, Harrison, ATC Loudspeakers, DirectOut, Clear-Com, Turtle AV, Van Damme Cable, Amadeus Active Acoustics and Bose Professional. The company is also an official Dolby Certified Service Partner in Poland. The company's partners manufacture high-quality devices dedicated to the broadly defined pro audio industry, which are commonly used in radio and television studios, broadcast vehicles, recording and mastering studios, as well as smaller post-production facilities and home studios. In addition to equipment for audio signal production and broadcasting, the company also offers sound reinforcement systems - from portable, small-format setups to large-scale stadium and concert systems, as well as installed sound systems for everyday-use facilities, all featuring advanced signal control and distribution solutions. #gamedev #indiedev #gic #gicpoznan #gic26 #gameindustryconference

We’ve seen so many amazing graphics letting everyone know they can meet you at GIC - we love seeing your creativity! ✨ For those who haven’t shared anything yet or aren’t sure how to design one, we’ve created a page where you can generate your very own “Meet me at GIC” graphic! Just upload your picture, add your name and company, and share the news with your network! 🤝 Create your own graphic here: gic.gd/meet-me-at-gic/ #gamedev #indiedev #gic #gic26 #gicpoznan #gameindustryconference

TikTok is where players discover new games and creators build engaged communities. Visit their booth at Game Industry Conference to learn how they can help you promote your game and reach new players. Meet their team, join the fun, and win TikTok swag! #gamedev #iindiedev #gic #gic26 #gicpoznan #gameindustryconference

💚 @marina0519 ex IO Interactive 💚 @KristinvonB from @riotgames 💚 Krzysztof Taperek from @11bitstudios 💚 Florian Jensen (Füsslin) from @Ubisoft

The winner of last year's Feedback Battle Royale at GIC, @ludusengineai is a Polish deep-tech company behind the world's only project digital twin for a game engine. Its AI assistant uses it to understand entire Unreal Engine projects in real time and to analyze and logic and assets directly in-engine, with full awareness of project dependencies and context. Ludus AI is trusted by over 36,000 individual creators and numerous studios worldwide. At GIC 2026, the company will unveil its new product for game development studios. #gamedev #indiedev #gic #gicpoznan #gic26 #gameindustryconference

Gamebadges is a European-wide competence-based open badge ecosystem targeted at the European game industry and game education. Ecosystem is transparent, public, and based on the solid needs of the industry. The system provides insights on needed skills in different roles, and supports skill recognition. #gamedev #indiedev #gic #gic26 #gameindustryconference #gicpoznan

Level up your gamedev journey. 🎮 Sometimes getting past a roadblock in your project or career takes just one conversation with someone who tackled the same challenges years ago. 1-on-1 Mentoring is now live for Game Industry Conference attendees in the GIC App: 💚 Want to share your experience? 👉Join as a Mentor and help others grow. 💚 Looking for direction? 👉Get direct, actionable feedback from industry leaders as a Mentee. Check out the details and book your session via app: gic.gd/1on1-mentoring/ #gamedev #indiedev #gic #gicpoznan #gameindustryconference #mentoring #gic26