On the 23rd, the Busan Indie Connect Festival Organizing Committee (Chairman Seo Tae-geon) announced a list of side events and information for ‘Busan Indie Connect Festival 2022 (hereinafter BIC Festival 2022)’ and announced various events.
BIC Festival 2022, which is scheduled to open on September 1, will be held simultaneously both online and offline. For the first time since Corona, various online and offline events are being prepared for the general audience to enjoy the event more abundantly, as overseas developers also participate.
First, following the BIC showcase held at last year’s G-Star, through the ‘GBTI (Gambiti I)’ test, which came back in a new and more diverse way this year, you can check exhibitions suitable for individual preferences. If you select the answer to each item related to the game, you can check the game type closest to your taste on the results page.
All exhibits that can be seen at this year’s BIC Festival are also allocated according to each game type, so that the audience who conducted the test can check and play the exhibit closest to their taste. The GBTI test can be experienced in advance through the link on the announcement on the BIC official website, and can also be experienced in the GBTI test zone built separately at the event site.
In addition, various events are predicted. Stage events held during the offline festival to be held for 4 days from September 1 to 4 will be broadcast live through the BIC YouTube channel so that online visitors can also participate.
‘Good Morning BIC’, which opens the curtain every morning and introduces major news for each day, ‘BIC On Air Radio’ to introduce the stories of visitors to BIC and indie games, ‘Choice Hot GBTI’ to introduce works participating in GBTI exhibitions, etc. Various stage events are prepared.
In addition, BIC’s virtual influencer John, who debuted in March and is playing his role as a mascot to promote indie games and BIC, also announced his participation as a special guest at the BIC Festival event. We plan to communicate directly with viewers through ‘Defeat the Zone!’, where you will play a BIC exhibition with event participants, and conduct a real-time streaming as a BIC special during the period through John’s exclusive channel ‘Zone Indie’. do.
In addition, special events are prepared exclusively for offline event visitors. ▲ ‘Sticker Big Go Event’ where you can experience various contents prepared at the event and receive a lucky draw ticket at the same time ▲ ‘BIC Photo Box’ where you can leave special memories with those who visit the venue ▲ Message to BIC and indie game developers ‘BIC INDIE LETTER’ that can be delivered ▲ ‘Connect ONE-P1CK’, a voting event where visitors can directly select the best game by hand ▲ Find a zone that appears randomly at the event site and participate in the event with ‘Find JON!’ Various events are planned to give visitors a more special experience.
Seo Tae-geon, chairman of the Busan Indie Connect Festival organizing committee, said, “As this year’s BIC 2022 will be held on the largest scale ever, we prepared a GBTI test so that visitors can enjoy the exhibition more comfortably.” “In addition, online and offline visitors and indie game developers We are preparing various incidental events so that it can be a colorful event for everyone, so please look forward to it.”