AFI Co., Ltd. (CEO Kwon Oh-hyun), which operates ‘ Backnd’, a leader in game server SaaS, announced on the 26th that it successfully completed the 2023 Game Jam ‘From Beginning to End’.
The latter part of the event was a ‘game jam to create online games’ held for two days from December 15th to 17th, combining the characteristics of a service that ‘capable of implementing server functions quickly’ and the characteristics of a game jam event that requires game development in a short period of time. proceeded. This posed a new challenge to indie game creators beyond the existing game jams that only produce single games. The theme was ‘growth’.
Accordingly, a total of 50 game creators selected from the planning, programming, and art fields formed 10 teams and produced and presented games with their own unique colors. The submitted works are ▲MAD UPGROWTH FLOWER, ▲Rudolph Run, ▲Tile of Grows, ▲Idakmerji, ▲YoungchaYoungcha, ▲Legendary of Slahiing, ▲Suspicious Growth, ▲Beginner hunting ground becomes increasingly difficult, ▲Soni A lot goes by!, ▲Only the strong rabbit survives! There are a total of 10, and as many as eight teams have succeeded in utilizing server functions.
As it presented a unique challenge, the award categories were also organized with the following four unique names. ▲Lv.100 or higher (1 team, 1 million won), ▲Game fantasy (1 team, 500,000 won, publisher CFK sponsorship award), ▲Pleasant imagination (1 team, 500,000 won, Smilegate Future Lab sponsorship award) ), ▲Game Prize (1 team, 500,000 won).
Lv. 100 or higher was awarded to the ‘Orda’ team, which developed ‘Youngcha Yeongcha’, a casual game that adds a competitive element with a real-time ranking function that allows you to quickly climb a rock wall against the clock. The fantasy of the game is the ‘no pain yes game’ team that developed ‘It takes a lot of work!’, the pleasant imagination is ‘Tip Team On Top’ from ‘Only the Strong Rabbit Survive!’, and the game prize is ‘Lesindery Ome’. Slahiing’s ‘Excellent Tree’ team each won.
Kwon Oh-hyun, CEO of AFI Co., Ltd., said, “We hope that the game jam from beginning to end will be a new challenge and a step forward for growth for indie game creators.” He added, “We will support indie game creators with better services so that they can get closer to success faster.” ‘ he said.
