‘Stove Indie,’ an indie game platform operated by Smilegate Stove, participates in the international game exhibition G-STAR as a title sponsor and holds the ‘G-STAR 2023 Indie Showcase Powered by Stove Indie’ together with the G-STAR Organizing Committee and announced that they would jointly operate.
Korea’s most significant game show ‘G-Star 2023’ will be held at BEXCO in Busan from November 16 to 19. Stove Indie, which is participating in G-Star for the first time, has the ambition to take the lead in providing all-round support for indie games following the Busan Indie Connect Festival.
During the G-Star event, Stove Indie operates the indie game unique exhibition hall ‘G-Star Indie Showcase Powered by Stove Indie’ (from now on referred to as G-Star Indie Showcase), covering both PC and mobile games, together with the organizing committee and App Market One Store, which serves mobile content. In addition, the plan is to actively cooperate in G-STAR operation, which strengthens support for the indie game industry until the G-STAR Indie Awards (GIA) is held.
As the title sponsor, Stove Indie oversees the operation of the online selection competition, including screening entries in the PC category. It selects about 40 works to be presented at the ‘G-Star Indie Showcase.’ Any indie game developer over the age of 14 can participate in the online selection contest to have the opportunity to exhibit at the ‘G-Star Indie Showcase’ offline booth, and applications will be accepted on the G-Star official website until the 20th (Wednesday).
The ‘G-Star Indie Showcase’ online selection competition, which will be held starting on the 10th (Thursday) of next month, will be held on the Stove Indie website, and user votes and judges’ scores will be combined to select the works to be displayed at G-Star. Stove Indie plans to create an event where indie game users become the main characters by encouraging user participation in voting and increasing the proportion of scores in this selection contest. If you are selected as a participant in the ‘G-Star Indie Showcase,’ you can also receive benefits such as various business consultation opportunities from Smilegate.
Smilegate Stove Indie Director Seung-Hwan Yeo said, “Stove Indie, which is serious about developing the indie game ecosystem, is very happy to participate in G-Star, Korea’s largest game show, for the first time. “We will do our best to contribute to this year’s G-Star, which will be held on the largest scale ever and strengthen support for the indie game industry,” he said. “As this is our first time participating, we will prepare to provide many benefits to participating companies so that we will hold the G-Star Indie Showcase.” “We ask for your support during the online selection process,” he said.
