Unfortunately, Konsoll will not take place in 2026. Although this year’s conference has been cancelled, the work continues, and we are already looking ahead to Konsoll 2027. We’ll share more information as soon as the plans for next year’s conference start to come together. A big thank you to all our attendees, speakers, partners and […]
We are proud to have contributed to our first collaboration with the Media Cluster Norway during #FutureWeek25, where Jo-Remi Madsen from D-Pad Studio was a speaker. He shared an inspiring and honest story about how to succeed with a game release, even when the road there is full of challenges and missteps. A big thank […]
Noneda will hold its Annual Meeting on September 30th at 8pm. All member companies have the right to attend, speak and vote at the annual meeting. The annual meeting will be open to everyone, but only persons from member companies, or voters on behalf of a member company, will have the right to vote. This […]
Following the success from 2023, Noneda is organizing a pitching workshop in September! Focused on helping established developers based in Norway network and grow, our Pitching Workshop will be a two-day event consisting of lectures packed full of essential advice, pitching practice, and networking. The pitching workshop will be a closed event for established game […]
We are thrilled to announce the dates for Konsoll 2024! Join us on October 31st and November 1st for an exciting celebration of the games industry, packed with learning and networking opportunities. We’re also delighted to confirm that we will be returning to the fantastic Grieghallen venue! 🥳 Our business day, Konsoll Connect 2024, will […]
How do you turn ideas into reality? More often than not, we start by hashing out visual concepts. And that’s just what concept artists do, for characters, locations, items, weapons, enemies, loot, you name it! But how does a piece of concept art make it all the way into a released game? No-one better to […]
The Norwegian videogames industry is among the world leaders when it comes to the proportion of female employees and managers in games companies, but we have a ways to go before we can say that the industry is just as good at recruiting and retaining women as men. In collaboration with Women in Games Norway, […]
One of the most noticeable aspects of Game Design is Level Design – but what IS Level Design? Do level designers sit around and painstakingly place every single obstacle, platform or enemy on the game map, or is there something more to it ? How does level design affect the game’s experience, and how do […]
We are thrilled to announce that Noneda has been honored with the “Bergen Ambassador” award for our work with Konsoll! The Bergen Ambassador program, spearheaded by Bergen Convention Bureau/Visit Bergen along with prestigious institutions like Universitetet i Bergen, NHH Norges Handelshøyskole, and Høgskulen på Vestlandet, aims to showcase Bergen as the prime location for professional gatherings. This […]
We are all familiar with how the music and sounds in a game can make us feel different things about the characters that are presented to us and the environment, even the difficulty of the game level, but what is the science and art behind immersive game audio? And who are these magicians that tug […]
Most of us know how to tell a story with words – but that’s often not how story telling in games work. Narrative Design in games requires a different skill – one which requires little to no writing. For the upcoming installment of the Icebreakers Game Dev Streams, we will be talking to Ástráður “Ace” […]
NATIONAL BUDGET: The government will not strengthen industry-building measures in the games industry this time either. General manager of Noneda, Sylvia Duerr, believes they are running away from their promises. – When the current government took office, they promised to invest in industry-building measures in the videogames industry. The gaming industry has great potential for […]