On the 2nd, Google announced the Top 20 developers that will advance to the finals of the ‘Google Play Indie Game Festival 2022’.
The Top 20 included indie games of various genres, such as action, RPG, puzzle, and arcade, where the creativity and innovativeness of games stood out.
The ‘Google Play Indie Game Festival’ was prepared to discover promising domestic indie game developers who will lead the Korean mobile game ecosystem, and to support their entry into the global market and business success. Since it was held in Korea for the first time in the world in 2016, it has expanded to a global program held in Japan and Europe, establishing itself as a festival for indie developers around the world.
Google provides rich benefits such as game promotions, mentoring and consulting, and marketing campaigns to indie game developers selected as the Top 20 Google Play Indie Game Festivals. This year, we will provide practical benefits such as 45 million won in game development support from Heidi, an indie game developer that was selected as the top 3 in 2021, Google’s game promotion and marketing support, and customized consulting from experts, so that domestic indie game developers can grow systematically and continuously. Support.
An expert jury consisting of a user jury, Google Play and industry experts conducts online voting from August 2 to 22 based on evaluation criteria such as game innovation, fun, design, technology and quality to select the top 10 developers. select After experiencing the Top 20 games, a panel of users and experts judges and votes based on reviews and feedback for each game to select 10 games.
The results of the Top 10 selection will be announced on the Google Play Indie Game Festival website on August 25th. Top 10 developers will introduce their games through individual presentations and hold a Q&A session with the jury in the online finals held on September 3rd on the Metaverse.
After that, the top 3 developers are finally selected by adding up the evaluation scores of the expert judges and user judges. Aside from the screening for Top 3 selection, the ‘Popular Game Award’ voting, which any Google Play Store user can participate, will be held on the Google Play Store from August 2nd to August 31st. published together.
“Google has been holding the Google Play Indie Game Festival for the past six years, and seeing the innovation of numerous indie game developers, including the Top 20 this year,” said Lee Hyung-won, head of Google Play Korea Game Partnership. Google’s efforts to develop and create a healthy mobile ecosystem will continue, and we will spare no effort to support indie developers so that they can play an active role in overseas markets as well as improve content and achieve business growth.”
Anyone can participate and watch the final, where the top 3 finalists of Google Play Indie Game Festival 2022 are selected, and detailed information and pre-registration for the final can be found on the Indie Game Festival website .
