The Busan Indicconnect Festival, which is already celebrating its 10th anniversary, is the largest in history
Aug 19, 2024
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The Busan Metropolitan Government, the Busan Information Industry Promotion Agency, and the Busan IndiConnect Festival Organizing Committee (BIC Organizing Committee) announced that they completed the 「Busan IndiConnect Festival 2024」 held in BEXCO, Busan from the 16th to the 18th.
The BIC Festival, which marks its 10th anniversary this year, was the largest ever. The BIC organizing committee said it once again solidified its position as the nation's top indie game festival, recording 24,999 offline visitors, up about 34.6% from last year.
In the exhibition hall, 245 works from 28 countries were exhibited, the most ever. It introduced various categories of indie games such as Farland Indie, Public Indie, Play Zone, and Legend Indie, as well as Connect Pick, which is a competitive and non-competitive division.
In addition to the exhibition, various events were held, including 'Live Indy', which plays the BIC Festival 2024 pre-start with a real-time streaming service, 'Parade Indy', which reconstructs the characters of indie games, and a quiz show 'Latte Indy', which contains 10 BIC Festival trips, providing visitors with both attractions and entertainment.
In addition, 'BIC 10 Lounge' was created to reflect on the journey of the past 10 years and express deep gratitude to many officials who have been with us so far. In the competition section of the BIC Festival 2024 Awards, the narrative-oriented puzzle adventure game 'Hello Seoul: Itaewon Flight' and the game 'Shape of Dream', which explores dreams and the world with a combination of MOBA and action log-like, won the Grand Prix and Rising Star Award, respectively. In addition, 15 indie game developers who have distinguished themselves in various fields such as action, social impact, audio, and casual enjoyed the honor.
The 'BIC 2024 Online Festival" for gamers who are still disappointed after offline events will be held until the 30th. You can purchase online tickets through the BIC official website and play each game.
Chairman of the BIC Festival Organizing Committee Seo Tae-gun "Thank you to all those who love indie games for their journey up to the 10th episode."We will leave the previous 10 trips behind, prepare for the next 10 episodes, and continue to showcase BIC's vast "UNIVERSE-INDIE" in the future."
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