Google held the final of the ‘Google Play Indie Game Festival 2022’ on the 3rd and announced the top 3 developers recognized for creativity, innovation, technology and game perfection and the developers who won the ‘Popular Game Award’.
▲Dungeon Log: Legendary Adventurer (Giant Dice) ▲Lost Page – The Beginning of Bridle (GPiCrew) ▲The Greater (IM GAME) were selected as the top 3 developers of Google Play Indie Game Festival 2022, which celebrated its 7th anniversary this year. In addition, ‘Nyang Tower: Nemologic’ developed by Nonogram won the popular game award selected by direct voting by Google Play Store users for the month of August.
Yongjin Kim, CEO of ‘GPCrew’, the developer of ‘Lost Page – The Beginning of the Bridle’, which won the Top 3 Award, said, “I have been developing the game out of regret for the game character trapped in the bridle of 400 million years. Over the past year, 150 I would like to express my gratitude to you because I think that I have been making games with about people. I will become a ‘thick’ game company in Korea.”
In a congratulatory speech, Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Jeon Byung-geuk said, “Indie game developers armed with novel ideas are a major axis of the Korean content industry, and the growth and success of K-contents was also possible because of the creative attempts of indie game developers.” will actively help indie game developers who recognize the importance of the game industry and seek growth engines with innovative ideas, and hope that the government’s support, such as nurturing talent and supporting game competitions, will serve as a catalyst for the growth of the game industry.”
Kim Seong-hoe, operator of ‘Kim Seong-hoe’s G Encyclopedia’, a game-specialized YouTube channel who participated as a judge, said, “The games that participated in Google Play Indie Game Festival 2022 added richness with their own fun. We hope to lose and support the endless challenges of indie game developers.”
Choi Yun-jeong, head of Google Play Korea Partnership, said, “Google wants to create a festival venue where domestic indie game developers and users can actively communicate through the Google Play Indie Game Festival. Of course, we will expand our user base around the world and actively support it so that it can become a leading player in the future mobile ecosystem.”
On August 25, Google announced the Top 10 developers based on the votes of the user jury and the expert jury consisting of Google Play and industry experts. Top 10 developers include: ▲Nyangtower: Nemologic (Nonogram) (Studio Boxcat) ▲Dungeon Log: Legendary Adventurer (Giant Dice) ▲Lost Page – Beginning of Bridle (GPiCrew) ▲Soul Launcher – Shooting Defense (Oble) Leak Game) ▲Super Battles: TCG Deck Building Auto Battler Action Game (Happy Rabbit Show) ▲Ghost Hotel Tycoon (Force May Games) ▲Counting Star – Casual Healing Game (Grey Clover) ▲Pa!nt (BIB) ▲Shambles (EXLIX) ▲The Greater (IM GAME) was selected.
Top 10 developers ▲ Opportunity to display and promote games in the finals ▲ Qualifications for popular game awards selected by user votes on the Google Play Store in Korea ▲ Post games during the voting period on the ‘Indie Game Festival Popular Game Award Vote Page’ of the Korea Google Play Store ▲Participation in presentation training by industry experts ▲Providing 1:1 consulting on Google Play policy ▲Indie Game Festival award trophies and souvenirs ▲Introduction of features in ‘Indie Game Festival Top 10 Special’ in Korea Google Play Store ▲Individual interview posting in Play Indie Corner ▲ Group consulting from Google experts ▲ Google’s game promotion performance marketing support, etc.
In addition to the benefits of the Top 10 developers, the top 3 developers will also receive a special banner on the Korean Google Play Store and introduce games in the ‘New Recommendation of the Week Collection’ ▲ Google Play Indie Corner Editor’s Recommendation ▲ Promotional video for game promotion and developer stories Production ▲ One-hour customized technical consultation with a person in charge at Google ▲ One latest Android device ▲ Last year’s Top 3 developer HIDEA’s game development subsidy of 15 million won each will be provided.
In addition to the benefits of Top 20 Developers, the developer who won the Popular Game Award ▲Introduced the game in the ‘New Recommendation of the Week Collection’ and posted a banner in the Google Play Store in Korea ▲Published a recommendation by the editor in the Google Play Indie Corner ▲Produced a promotional video for the game and developer story ▲ One latest Android device is provided.
