Konami has announced they’re hosting the Indie Games Connect 2022 expo at the Konami Creative Center Ginza in Tokyo this summer.
Indie Games Connect 2022 will be held on June 26th from 11 AM to 5 PM Japan time, and will provide a venue for developers and creators to show off their works and connect with one another.
To encourage as many potential connections as possible, there is no fee for exhibition or general admission. If you’re a developer or creator based in Japan, you can apply for exhibition now.
Here’s a general outline of the event:
- Indie Game Exhibition – Where creators that want many people to enjoy games they put their own ideas into can connect with the wishes of others creators and visitors.
- Game development counseling for exhibitors – This is a special program for exhibitors, where professionals with a wealth of production experience will play the games you have created in advance at the venue and answer your questions and concerns.
Please join us to solve your daily questions! (If there are many applicants, it will be a lottery) - Seminar for game developers – A talk regarding the future of indie games and creators, hosted by Shuhei Yoshida, Representative of Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. Indies Initiative
Sponsors for Indie Games Connect include: Sony Interactive Entertainment (Platinum sponsor), Kodansha (Gold sponsor), Shueisha Co. (Gold sponsor), Unity (Silver sponsor), and esports Ginza studio (Silver sponsor).
The exhibition lineup will be revealed sometime in early May 2022, and info for general admission will be confirmed in mid-May 2022. Also, if you are interested, here’s a link where you may check jobs for the indie game developer.
