The city of Busan, the Busan Information Industry Promotion Agency, and the Busan Indie Connect Festival Organizing Committee announced that they will accept applications for general exhibition exhibitions of ‘Busan Indie Connect Festival 2022’ until May 25th.
The BIC Organizing Committee announced through a briefing session in March that the ‘BIC Festival 2022’ will be held from September 1 to 4 at the Busan Port International Convention Center (BPEX). The online exhibition will be held until the 30th this year, as in previous years.
Registration for the general section of ‘BIC Festival 2022’ started on April 25, and any indie game developer can apply through the official website. The final selected indie game developer will be given the opportunity to participate in the BIC Festival 2022 exhibition.
The rookie section for students and unemployed people, and the Connect Pick, where the exhibitors are decided by popular vote, start from May and June, respectively. In particular, Connectpick, newly introduced this year, is expected to add variety to the event as it targets existing BIC exhibitions and games that have been in the market for over a year.
The ‘BIC Festival’, which aims to discover and nurture excellent indie games at home and abroad, support global advancement, and create a mature indie game culture, was first held in Busan in 2015 and has grown as a single international indie game event. established
In particular, ‘BIC Festival 2022’ is attracting a lot of attention from home and abroad as it is scheduled to be decorated as a festival venue where general visitors and overseas exhibitors gather for the first time since Corona 19 to solve the regrets of the past.
Also, as early sponsors, Studio Kingdom, Nickalis, Pearl Abyss, Yahaha Studios, Epic Games Korea, Xbox, Xsolla, Smilegate Stove Indy, One Store, Unity, and Neighbor Jet decided to participate, and their aspiration to support indie game developers. said
Tae-Gon Seo, chairman of the Busan Indie Connect Festival organizing committee, said, “As BIC Festival 2022 is scheduled to return to an offline exhibition of the same scale as before Corona, inquiries from many developers are flooding in.” We will do everything we can to make it the best festival that meets the needs of people.”
Jung Moon-seop, head of the Busan Information Industry Promotion Agency, said, “I hope that it will be an opportunity for domestic and foreign indie developers who visit Busan to enjoy BIC Festival 2022 to take information about Busan’s game development environment and support policies.”
