Game Cultural Foundation-BIC Organizing Committee supports excellent indie game global promotion

-(ash) Busan Information Industry Promotion Agency, Pearl Abyss with Indie Game Promotion

-9/2 (Fri) Awards… BIC Festival 2022 Selection of 8 works including general and rookie category among the selected works

The Game Culture Foundation (Chairman Kim Kyung-il) and the Busan Indie Connect Festival Organizing Committee (Chairman Seo Tae-gun) announced on the 2nd that they will jointly operate the indie game promotion project for the establishment of the domestic indie game ecosystem and promoting a healthy game culture.. The project is a project to support the participation cost of participating in overseas exhibitions by selecting 10 excellent indie games among the selection of Busan Indie Connect Festival (BIC Festival) every year.

At the awards ceremony held at the 9.2 (Fri) BIC Festival 2022 event, ▲ Sink Hol Studio ('Ogu and Secret Forest') ▲ Derin ('BOX to the BOX') ▲ Kogu ('Loco Island') ▲ New Mountain ('Lucia' ') ▲ MAZM (' Dai Creature ') ▲ Eon Edu Catid Game Studio (' Before the Night ') ▲ Olympos (' Sky Island ') Hugged. In particular, not only the general division but also in the rookie category, which is targeted for students or under 25 years of age, awarded award-winning work and expectation for the bright future of the domestic indie game industry.

The BIC Festival, which has become a global indie game festival beyond Korea's largest, has been held annually since 2015 in Busan. It will accelerate more.

Kim Kyung-il, Chairman of the Game Culture Foundation, said, Thanks to the full support of the company Pearl Abyss, which has continuously interested in indie games, we can start this project. The foundation will also help to promote the indie game.

Seo Tae-gun, chairman of the Busan Indie Connect Festival Organizing Committee, said, I am honored to be able to participate in the Busan Indie Connect Festival Organizing Committee to participate in this collaboration that supports the global brand spread by various companies and institutions. We look forward to contributing to the creation of a more stable domestic indie game ecosystem by spreading excellent domestic indie games abroad through support.