- Invigorating the indie game development ecosystem with real feedback and funding
- Success stories and user responses continue to increase, and participation applications are steadily increasing.
Smilegate Stove’s indie game platform **’STOVE Indie”s indie game creator support programs **’Smart Demo Life’** and **’Funding Pack’** are continuing to operate with a positive response from indie game developers.
‘Smart Demo Life’ is a program that collects feedback from real users through demo games and helps refine the development direction , and comprehensively provides qualitative survey results, real-time broadcast feedback, and user behavior data. Developers expressed high satisfaction, saying, “We were able to improve the game structure and UX/UI through live feedback,” and users also responded positively, saying, “The experience of participating from the beginning of development is interesting.”
‘Funding Pack’ is a financial support program that supports indie game crowdfunding . If funding is successful on external platforms such as Tumblbug, it provides additional matching support of up to 10 million won . It also provides mentoring and operational consulting for all stages including deliberation, launch, and marketing. Many of the developers who actually participated emphasized the practical help of the program, saying, “If there had been no Funding Pack, we would have given up on development.”
Industry insiders said, “We expect that the two programs will provide an integrated support structure for indie development, feedback, marketing, and user acquisition, ” and “We hope that Smilegate’s pure passion and investment in K-Indie will create an environment that can provide realistic help to indie game creators,” expressing their support for Smilegate’s continued investment in fostering the indie game ecosystem.
■ Program Support Overview
| division | Smart Demo Life | Funding Pack |
|---|---|---|
| purpose | Collecting user feedback through demo version release | Development cost matching support in case of successful crowdfunding |
| Key Benefits | Survey feedback, live broadcasts, pre-user acquisition | Up to 10 million won matching fund, launch and promotion support |
| Eligibility | Domestic indie game developer or development team | identification |
| How to apply | Apply online at the Creator Center | Go to https://forcreators.stoveindie.com/program and fill out the application form. |
| Contact Us | indie.incubator@smilegate.com |
In addition, Stove Indie is known to be actively pursuing various follow-up related projects and collaborations, including ‘Smart Demo Life’ and ‘Funding Pack’, with the goal of independence and success for indie developers.
More information can be found on the Stove Indie Creator Center official website .
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