– Festival of indie game developers and gamers in their 3rd year this year
– Entries must be accepted until July 5, and will be held for a week from August 11.
– The ‘BEX Awards’ with a total prize money of 16 million won was also held.
Neowiz (Co-CEO Seung-cheol Kim, Tae-geun Bae) announced on the 2nd that it will hold the ‘Banggusuk Indie Game Show (BIGS) 2022 (hereinafter BIGS 2022)’, a festival for domestic indie game developers.
‘BEX 2022’, which will be held for the third time this year, is an online indie game festival designed to support the promotion of indie game companies. Through the online event page, you can directly experience various genres and original indie games, while also checking the latest game videos.
It is co-hosted by Neowiz, Gyeonggi Content Agency, and Seoul Industry Promotion Agency, and Seoul Metropolitan Government, Google Play Indie Festival, Twitch, Megazone Cloud, Inven, Ruri Web, and Iron Source participate as sponsors.
‘BIX 2022’ will be held for a week from August 11 to 17, and indie game developers wishing to participate can apply online at the official application page (https://bigameshow.com). Eligibility to participate is a domestic/foreign individual developer or developer over the age of 14 who develops indie games, and can apply regardless of platform such as PC or mobile. The application period is until 5 pm on July 5, and participation is free of charge.
The ‘BEX Awards’, which selects the best games among the participating works, will also be held. The total prize money is about 16 million won, and the evaluation of the judges and the votes of the audience are combined. Top 3 in the release category (G-Rank Challenge Seoul Award), TOP 2 in the unreleased category, Metaverse Special Award, Jury Award, Encouragement Award, Popularity Award, etc. 12 games are selected from
The Seoul Industry Promotion Agency, in charge of the award in the launch category, is operating the ‘G-Rank Challenge Seoul Award’ every year to discover competent indie game companies. Gyeonggi Content Agency is also promoting various support projects to foster the game industry in Gyeonggi Province since 2016.
An official from Neowiz said, “As the years go by, developers and gamers are increasingly interested in indie game shows. I will do my best to prepare,” he said.
