Publisher-Designer Speed Dating

APPLICATIONS FOR 2025 ARE NOW CLOSED

The UK Games Expo Speed-Dating is an opportunity for invited game designers to pitch their games to publishers. Designers will have the chance to pitch to a different publisher every 5 minutes. There will be a short break in the middle of the sessions.

Designers will be invited based on their Sell Sheet and a Rules Sheet and optional Pitch Video

We guarantee to invite every publisher’s first choice of designer and as many others as possible.

Please be aware that only 24–36 designs are selected from (normally) over 100 entrants.
After the 'speed dating' sessions are finished, Publishers will have the opportunity to discuss designs further while making arrangements to follow up on designs they've expressed an interest in.

Applications are now CLOSED.

We will announce the successful applicants circa Friday 2nd May.

When you apply for speed dating you will receive an email. An approval email lets you know the entry has been passed to the publishers who will invite some of the applicants to attend the event.

A rejection email will be sent if

• The submission violates the basic terms and conditions of the show. This would mean it was deemed offensive or inappropriate in some way.
• It appeared that the submission might violate copyright laws
• The presentation of the sell sheets and rules were deemed to fall short of a basic standard