Arcweave goes to Devcom & Gamescom 2025

Every summer, Cologne transforms into the epicenter of the gaming world as thousands of developers, publishers, and players gather for Gamescom and Devcom.

Devcom kicks things off as Europe's premier game developer conference, where industry professionals share insights, network, and explore the latest tools and techniques shaping the future of game development.

Gamescom follows as one of the largest gaming events on the planet, bringing together the global gaming community to celebrate creativity, technology, and innovation.

For anyone passionate about interactive experiences, it's a week filled with inspiration, collaboration, and the chance to connect with the people who make games happen.

The Arcweave Team will be there

From August 18–24 2025, the Arcweave team will be in Cologne for both Devcom and Gamescom, and we can't wait to meet you in person! This is your chance to connect with us face-to-face, share ideas, and explore new possibilities for your projects.

Where to find us

Hall 3.2 | Greece Booth | #E010g–F011g

The Greece Pavilion will be our home for the week, and we'll be there ready to talk shop, swap stories, and dive into all things narrative design.

Why stop by?

Besides seeing our jolly mugs, you can stop by if:

• You write interactive fiction or design learning experiences.
• You are a serious games developer streamlining complex builds.
• You represent a university, college, or school teaching interactive storytelling.
• You work in a game studio weaving complex branching narratives.
• Your team is looking for an efficient, in-house localization workflow.
• You push the playable-film envelope as an interactive movie creator.
• You want to learn more about our Gamescom workshop. (See below.)
• You invest in the games industry, backing productivity and narrative-design tools.
• You are a journalist braving expo noise.
• You're an old friend and past collaborator and want to say hi!

When you visit our booth, our friendly team of fellow narrative & dev nerds will be ready to chat about branching logic, story-driven gameplay, and fixing broken narrative pipelines.

Plus, you'll get to see firsthand two brand-new beta features that we've been working on: Localization and Version History. Both features will be rolling into beta during Gamescom, so you'll be among the first to try them out, share your feedback, and thus directly influence the development of Arcweave.

Join our Gamescom workshop

Thursday, Aug 21, 11:30am–12:30pm | Stage 9 - Workshops 1, Confex Level 2

If you’re curious about the cutting edge of narrative design, join us for our Gamescom Congress workshop, Blending GenAI and Crafted Narratives: Designing Impactful Interactive Stories for Games Beyond Entertainment.

We'll dive into how large language models can work hand-in-hand with human-authored story frameworks to create responsive, adaptive narratives for games, training, and education. Through live demos, case studies, and a peek behind the curtain of our experimental AI Drama Manager, we'll explore ways to maintain story coherence while giving players unprecedented freedom.

Whatever your background, you will walk away with practical strategies, prompt-engineering tips, and a fresh perspective on how GenAI can enhance the human touch in narrative design.

Let's connect

You'll always be welcome to just show up!

If you, however, want to make sure we get time to talk, contact us directly or via MeetToMatch (Gamescom's meeting scheduling platform).

See you in Cologne!

We're excited to be part of the Gamescom energy once again and to meet the talented creators pushing the boundaries of interactive experiences. Come for a quick hello or stay for a deep dive into our latest tools! We look forward to making this week one to remember.

See you in Cologne!