KOCCA, 5 finalists for ‘2022 Global Webtoon Games’

– Conjin One selected as 5 small and medium-sized game companies in the region… Payment of up to KRW 600 million, target to be released by the end of 23rd
– Intensive support such as consulting and marketing for successful launch with Google Play and Naver Webtoon
– Expected to strengthen the competitiveness of small and medium-sized game companies based in the region as a collaborative model between public-platform-content companies

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister Park Bo-gyun) and the Korea Creative Content Agency (Director Cho Hyun-rae, hereinafter referred to as Konjinwon) finally selected five companies to participate in ‘Webtoon IP Linked Game Production Support (hereinafter referred to as Global Webtoon Games)’.

‘Global Webtoon Games’ is a project promoted jointly by Conjinone, Google Play, and Naver Webtoon, and the three organizations signed a mutual business agreement in February. Conjin One supports game development by selecting small and medium-sized game companies based in the region, Naver Webtoon provides IP, and Google Play supports global marketing.

Through this, we plan to promote win-win cooperation between content platform companies and small and medium-sized game companies based in the region, and to discover excellent game companies that can exhibit competitiveness in the global market.

◆ Famous Naver webtoons such as Voice of the Heart and Reaper Boy are expected to be born in various styles of games

From March 30 (Wednesday) to April 27 (Wednesday), a total of 19 game developers applied for business to Global Webtoon Games, and a total of 5 companies were finally selected after evaluation of documents and presentations. ▲Billionaire Games (Reaper Boy) ▲Super Jam (Lesa) ▲8 One (Sound of the Heart) ▲ENPV1 (Reaper Boy) ▲Growing Seed (Lesa) (in alphabetical order by company name, webtoon name linked in parentheses) is 23 years old With the goal of launching a horse game, each company will receive a subsidy of up to 600 million won.

The selected games not only melted the worldview and characters of the webtoon IP well into the game, but also received high praise from the judges for new attempts such as combining various game genres such as arcade, role-playing game (RPG), and strategy simulation, and grafting the metaverse. received

The five selected companies are all small and medium-sized game companies located in the region. Among them, ‘Growing Seed’ and ‘ENPV1’ are also resident companies at the Gyeonggi and Chungnam Global Game Centers, respectively. Each game company showed a will to expand domestic and overseas sales and new hires, expecting growth through this business.

◆ Promise to hold a meeting for successful business promotion, and to actively support Google Play and Naver Webtoon

On the 13th, Conjin One held a meeting with the companies selected for the project prior to the full-scale implementation of the project. The meeting was prepared to provide guidance on project implementation and listen to suggestions for efficient implementation of the project. Google Play and Naver Webtoon also attended and promised active support for high-quality game development and successful overseas launch.

Meanwhile, Conjin One has been supporting the creation and operation of a global game center in the region since 2015 so that there is no difficulty in game development in the region. Local global game centers can receive all necessary support for game development, such as game production and occupancy space support, talent cultivation, and export support. It is operated in 11 regions including Chungbuk.