– From November 6th to 30th, a game culture festival to communicate with family at Everland
– Composition of field missions, game experiences, e-sports, stage performances, etc., based on the familiar fairy tale theme
– Expected to spread the cultural value of games as all generations get along together through games
The ‘2022 Game Culture Festival’ hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister Park Bo-gyun) and co-hosted by the Korea Creative Content Agency (President Cho Hyun-rae, hereinafter Konjin-won) and Everland (CEO Han Seung-hwan) will be held at Everland in Yongin from November 6th to 30th.
The Game Culture Festival is a cultural event where all generations can participate and communicate together through games. Conjin One planned this cultural festival to provide opportunities to spread and enjoy the cultural value of games and healthy game culture.
◆ Conducting field missions with the whole family with the motif of the fairy tale
This year’s Game Festival is a variety of game programs such as ▲ on-site mission ▲ game experience ▲ on-site participation in e-sports contest ▲ stage performance, etc., made up.
Hotam’s Arrest Great Operation contains the worldview of finding the heroes in the game who are brave enough to arrest Hotam, who escaped to Everland with the Everland characters Lenny and Lara. Based on the familiar storytelling of traditional fairy tales, the accessibility is increased so that the whole family can participate together.
The grand operation to arrest Hotam is carried out with ▲a site tour mission and ▲Rockville outdoor room escape mission. First of all, in the field tour mission, you can finally arrest Hotam at the Rose Garden by completing all the game missions to participate in the grand operation to arrest Hotam in various places in Everland.
The Rocksville outdoor room escape mission is conducted in an online/offline combination format that completes 8 tracking missions to find and arrest the traces of hot dogs in Rocksville and authenticates them on the web by scanning a QR code. Field tour missions and events at the Rose Garden will run until the 13th, and the missions at Rockville will run until the 30th.
◆ Variety of attractions and experiences such as game experience zone, performance using game IP, and on-site participation in an e-sports competition
In the game experience zone, various game companies such as ▲Kakao Games ▲Smilegate ▲Pearl Abyss sponsored indie game Gebalsa, the Game Industry Association, Chungkang Culture Industry University, and Jeonnam University of Science and Technology together can become the main characters in the game. There is also a retro game zone and the educational game zone where children of all ages and genders can play together with amusement rides and entertainment games that induce children’s feelings.
On the 6th and 12th, the event’s opening day, Nexon’s ‘Kart Rider’ traditional music-based performance will be held on the 12th, and ‘The Country of the Wind’ Madangnori on the 13th. E-sports competitions are held, and special tournaments with professional gamers and fan signing events are also prepared.
Conjinwon President Cho Hyun-rae said, “This game culture festival was prepared to develop a healthy and familiar game culture experience based on a story familiar to everyone and to spread the cultural value of games widely through this.” “Through games, all generations will do our best to establish a healthy game culture where people can communicate.”
Meanwhile, more information about the 2022 Game Culture Festival can be found on the Konjin One website (www.kocca.kr).
