The Busan Indie Connect Festival Organizing Committee (Chairman Seo Tae-gun) unveiled the key visual of ‘Busan Indie Connect Festival 2022 (BIC Festival, hereafter referred to as BIC Festival)’ on the 15th, announcing the full-fledged start of the event to be held in September.
In the confirmed key visual for this year’s ‘BIC Festival’, the representative characters of the BIC Festival, familiar to the audience through the BIC Festival and various contents, appeared.
As a single event for indie games, characters wearing costumes reminiscent of games of various genres catch the viewers’ attention by taking advantage of the characteristics of the BIC Festival, which informs the world of the charm of indie games of diversity and originality. ‘BIC’, an abbreviation of BIC Festival located in the center, was also produced with an image reminiscent of a game, revealing the identity of the BIC Festival, a representative global indie game event.
In addition, in the key visual, you can find the appearance of ‘John’, a virtual influencer who debuted in March. ‘John’, which was first revealed in the key visual of last year’s BIC Festival, goes beyond a simple character and continues to be active as a virtual influencer representing BIC.
John, who continues to communicate with gamers through real-time streaming and other content on YouTube and Twitch’s ‘John Indie’ channels, will hold a surprise event at the upcoming BIC Festival and approach the audience in a more familiar manner.
The 8th global indie game event ‘BIC Festival’ will be held from September 1 to 4 at the Busan Port International Convention Center (BPEX). The BIC Festival will be held once again at the venue of ‘BIC Festival 2019’, which ended with the enthusiastic support of gamers and developers who love indie games. .
In particular, this year’s ‘BIC Festival’ will be decorated with various elements unique to this year’s ‘BIC Festival’, such as the new sections ‘Connect Pick’ and ‘Technology Exhibition’ and ‘Big Connectors 2nd’, which was recruited and started in May. The online exhibition will be held until the 30th this year, as in previous years.
Tae-Gon Seo, chairman of the Busan Indie Connect Festival organizing committee, said, “The key visual of the BIC Festival, which shows the diversity and originality that is unique to indie games, was released and fired the first signal of the event to be held in September. We ask for a lot of anticipation and support for the BIC Festival, which will be a colorful event that everyone can enjoy.”
