"Game Doctor Gather" ... Game Development Competition Held in Busan

'Busan Indie Connect (BIC) Online Game Jam 2020' Held
20 Teams, 100 Participants from 20th to 23rd... Entire Process Conducted Online

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] From the 20th to the 23rd, the four-day game collaboration project for aspiring game developers, ‘Busan Indie Connect (BIC) Online Game Jam 2020,’ will be held in Busan.

Started in 2018 and now in its third year, this event aims to expand the foundation of the indie game market and discover talented newcomers. It is an event where games on a specific theme are developed within a limited time.

This year’s game production theme is ‘The Courage to Challenge and the Freedom of Opportunity,’ with keywords represented by the initials of BIC: ▲Bravery ▲Innovation ▲Challenge.

Busan City will hold this year’s event entirely online in response to the untact era caused by COVID-19. The entire process, from team formation, idea presentation, game development, to demonstration, will be conducted online.

About 100 participants, including indie game developers and students from across the country, will form 20 teams to participate in this event.

An orientation for presenters was held on the 18th, and from the 20th, full-scale team formation and game development will proceed.

On the 23rd, when the event concludes, an ‘Online Game Demonstration’ will be held. The demonstration for the general public will take place on a separate site from August 24th at 1 PM until September 16th at 6 PM.

Three works selected through participant voting will be submitted to the ‘Busan Indie Connect (BIC) Festival’ held in October this year. The recruitment of participants was closed early after about 100 people applied within two days, and currently, there is even a waiting list.

Kim Bae-kyung, Director of the Culture and Sports Bureau of Busan City, said, “This event will serve as an opportunity to activate the community among game developers and experience a new game development environment in the untact era. We hope many works filled with a spirit of challenge and creativity will emerge.”

For more details, please contact the Game Business Department of the Busan Information Industry Promotion Agency.

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