– ‘BIC Game Jam 2021’ held at Busan Cultural Contents Complex from November 12 to 14
– An opportunity to exhibit ‘BIC Showcase X G-Star 2021’ to 3 winning works
The Busan Metropolitan City, the Busan Information Industry Promotion Agency, and the Busan Indie Connect Festival Organizing Committee announced that they successfully completed the BIC game jam ‘BIC Make Play Jam 2021: Making Game, Playing Life’ together with preliminary indie game developers.
The 4th event was held at the Busan Cultural Contents Complex from November 12 to 14 under the theme of ‘Daily life becoming a game, game becoming a daily life’, with about 70 prospective indie game developers participating in accordance with social distancing guidelines. went on until
The Game in Foundation participated in the sponsorship, and as a platform partner, YaHaHa, a global metaverse platform that can develop and release without coding, supported the dreams of domestic developers. In particular, the Game-in Foundation continues to support the indie game industry ecosystem by participating in the sponsorship for three consecutive years.
The game jam participants formed 20 teams through team building on the first day and developed the game for three days without a night. At the on-site demonstration held on the last day, the participants voted for the 3 to be displayed in ‘BIC Showcase X G-Star 2021’ (hereinafter referred to as BIC Showcase). Dog teams were selected.
The selected works will be displayed at the BIC Showcase, with at the Dudung Game Award, at the Flash Game Idea Award, and at the Passion Game Award. Anyone can download and play through the Game Jam website until December 18th.
Tae-Gon Seo, chairman of the Busan Indie Connect Festival organizing committee, said, “Through the game jam event with future indie game developers, we were able to once again confirm the passion and ideas of many people for game development. I hope it will be a place where you can experience as many things as you get the opportunity to participate.”
Busan Information Industry Promotion Agency is operating the Busan Global Game Center with the support of Busan Metropolitan City, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and Korea Creative Content Agency to foster the game industry in Busan. Together with the organizing committee, the BIC Festival is held every year.
