On the 21st, Smilegate Stove (CEO Han Young-woon) announced that On Fire Games’ ‘Love Delivery’ was selected for the ‘Best Partner Award,’ the highest award at the ‘Stove Indie Awards 2022 (hereinafter referred to as Stove Indie Awards)’, which selects excellent indie games. revealed
The ‘Stove Indie Awards’ is the first awards ceremony held by Stove Indie since the service started in 2019 and was held at the ‘Burning Beaver 2022’ event that ended on the 18th. As a result, 10 indie games that users loved were selected as winners.
The awards ceremony was divided into two categories: the ‘Stove Indie Division,’ which awards indie games that have created value of the Stove Indie platform, and the ‘Wannabe Division,’ which targets games that have been released on other platforms or are currently being developed.
A total of 239 games were submitted to the ‘Stove Indie Division’ of the ‘Stove Indie Awards’ held for the first time this year, and about 100 games were submitted to the ‘Wannabe Division,’ and a total of 12 games were selected through a review by experts inside and outside Smilegate. The highest honor, the ‘Stove Indie Division’s ‘Best Partner Award,’ went to ‘Love Delivery’ (developer On Fire Games), which was loved by ‘Stove Indie users.
The total prize money of the ‘Stove Indie Awards’ is KRW 18 million, and the final selection will receive prize money and direct marketing support from Stove Indie. If the selected works in the ‘Wannabe category’ are released on Stove Indie along with prize money, they will receive additional support for launch promotion (minimum guarantee, marketing, etc.) worth 6 million won.
An official from OnFire Games said, “We are very happy to receive the Best Partner award. In addition to development, there are many things to be concerned about for the game to be released, and I am grateful to Stove Indie for being a support force, saying that all I have to do is make a good game,” he said.
Smilegate Stove CEO Han Young-woon said, “Through the ‘Stove Indie Awards,’ all indie game creators, including developers who have grown with Stove Indie, have received a lot of love this year and wanted to support and support them more. Stove Indie will continue to do its best to become a reliable companion for indie games.”
On the other hand, Stove Indie is holding a ‘Merry Stove Mas’ promotion for Christmas, where you can purchase indie games at a low price and receive limited edition physical gifts. The 10 winners in the Stove Indie category can be found at Stove Indie until the 25th (Sun) at an additional 10% discount in addition to the basic discount. For more information on the award-winning works and games of the ‘Stove Indie Awards,’ visit the Stove Indie Awards website.
