--- title: Exhibiting my Game at Gamescom for the First Time! description: An indie game developer shares their first-hand experience exhibiting their farming game 'Homegrown' at Gamescom in Cologne over five days. The account covers... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/exhibiting-my-game-at-gamescom-for-the-first-time--w7o5hpgql twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Exhibiting my Game at Gamescom for the First Time! | daily.dev og:description: An indie game developer shares their first-hand experience exhibiting their farming game 'Homegrown' at Gamescom in Cologne over five days. The account covers... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/exhibiting-my-game-at-gamescom-for-the-first-time--w7o5hpgql og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/w7o5HpgqL.png og:image:alt: Exhibiting my Game at Gamescom for the First Time! og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Exhibiting my Game at Gamescom for the First Time! **[ThinMatrix](https://daily.dev/sources/thinmatrix)** · 20 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary An indie game developer shares their first-hand experience exhibiting their farming game 'Homegrown' at Gamescom in Cologne over five days. The account covers booth setup challenges (monitor color issues, demonstration flow), the overwhelming experience of meeting subscribers in person, managing voice strain, iterating on the game demo nightly, and the emotional highs and lows of a major public gaming event. Key takeaways include the importance of pre-made demo scenarios, having a tutorial, bringing enough helpers, and pacing yourself across a multi-day event. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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