– Until August 17th, the contest for eight works in 3 categories, including general games, functional games, and indie games
– Judging based on planning ability, business feasibility, content competitiveness, etc.. Even a single creator can participate
– Awarded prizes by the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, automatic registration of candidates for the Korea Game Awards, etc.
Hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister Park Bo-gyun), Electronic Times (CEO Byung-Jun Kang), and The Games Daily (CEO Mo-in), and organized by Korea Creative Content Agency (CEO Hyun-Rae Cho, from now on referred to as Conjin-Won) Applications are accepted until the 17th of next month.
‘Excellent Game of the Month’ is a project to activate game creation and inspire the desire to create games through awards and promotional support for excellent games in Korea. Since 1997, it has been held for a long time, and it has become a barometer to glimpse changes and trends in the Korean game market by identifying trends and popular games that change by era, such as PC package games, online games, and mobile games.
◆ Selected eight excellent works in 3 categories. Single creators can also participate
In the second half of this year, eight games will be selected in ▲general rounds ▲, functional games ▲indie games based on planning excellence, design, business feasibility, profitability, and content competitiveness.
The general game division integrates all platforms, such as online, mobile, console, arcade, and board. Blockbuster games with more than 100 people and frontier games with more than ten people and less than 100 people are selected among domestic creative and development games within 12 months of release as of the announcement date.
In the functional game sector, only games designed with unique purposes and intentions, such as education, health, medical care, management, welfare, awareness improvement, and problem-solving, are recruited regardless of a release date.
In addition, the application is possible in the indie game sector if less than ten people, including the representative, are involved in game development. In particular, this year, to promote the participation of small groups such as one-person creators, the qualification conditions were relaxed so that individuals, not companies, can apply for functional and indie games.
◆ Rich benefits such as registration as a candidate for the Korea Game Awards for winning works
The excellent game of the month is selected in the order of highest score through written and presentation screening (80%), and game user voting (20%), and various benefits are provided.
A plaque from the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism will be awarded to the eight finalists selected, and by sector, ‘2023 Korea Game Awards’ ▲ Main Prize (winners in the general game category) ▲ Good Game Award (winners in the functional game category) ▲ Indie Game Award (indie game category) Award-winning works) It provides the benefit of being automatically registered as a candidate.
In addition, additional points are given when applying for industrial technical personnel in the game field, and other issues are used in connection with the ‘Add Game’ project, a support service for game developers to advance into overseas markets developed by Conjinwon. In addition, it actively supports online and offline publicity, such as granting a certification mark for excellent games of the month, executing advertisements in-game media, and participating in events.
Meanwhile, the game of the month in the first half of 2023 is ▲ ArcheAge War (Kakao Games) ▲ , Eversoul (Nine Arc) ▲ , Legend of Slime: Idle RPG (Road Complete) ▲ , Raon Sculpture (Gemblo Company) ▲ Robocar Polirang Eight works were selected, including English (Beaver Block) ▲ Gym Raising (Yeomsoft) ▲ Greater (IM Game) ▲ The Ball Flow-Nature and Light (Morning Bird Studio).
For more information on the best game of the month, visit the Konjinwon website (www.kocca.kr) and the best game of the month website (bestgame.kocca.kr). Applications for participation can be submitted online along with the required documents by 14:00 on August 17th.
