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Indie Blast

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Are you an indie developer and have an interesting project?

Then Indie Blast is a great opportunity to demonstrate your game on your personal booth!  

What is Indie Blast?

Indie Blast is an exhibition for indie projects where different teams can get their mini-booths and opportunity to present their game to the public and media. Your can also attract the attention of publishers and investors, get a feedback from players and colleagues, take a part in the nominations of the Indie Blast Awards and of course expand your business network.  

How to participate in the Indie Blast?

  • Fill in the application form on time,
  • wait for confirmation of the application from the indie coordinator (within 3 days)
  • and buy a ticket for the conference (Standard or Premium).
 

ATTENTION

Confirmed application and purchased ticket guarantee a booth for participation at Indie Blast for one day for a team. Priority in choosing the booth and the day of the exposition is given to the teams who sent the application earlier. The sooner you apply, the more chances you’ll have in choosing the best place for your booth and day of exposure. Booths map will be updated while filling. Application deadline is November 16, 2018.  
 

What is the Indie Blast Awards? 

Indie Blast Awards is a competition of game projects in a various categories and it's held among the participants of the Indie Blast exhibition. According to the opinion of the professional industry jury the best projects will win in several nominations and get valuable prizes from organizers and sponsors.  

How to participate in the Indie Blast Awards?

  • Fill in the application form on time,
  • wait for confirmation of the application from the indie coordinator (within 3 days)
  • and buy a ticket for the conference (Standard or Premium).
 

ATTENTION

Rates in all nominations are submitted by a remote jury. To get the rate from jury, all playable demo games should be sent till November 16, 2018. Confirmed application and purchased tickets guarantee the team participation in the Indie Blast Awards. It is crucial to be present at your booth on the day of your project exposition. Prizes are awarded on the last day of the conference during the Closing Ceremony. In case of absence of the winning team members, the prize will be awarded to the next nominee.  

Deadlines for project submission:

Till November 16, 2018 the team should:
  • submit a preliminary application for participation in the conference. You have to send all the data for your project and buy tickets.
  • send the final version of the project, which will be evaluated by the jury.

Our Prizes

The Best Conference Game” will be awarded the PlayStation 4 Pro 1Tb by the Games Gathering team.

 

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The “Best Conference Game” will also receive:

  • A free place to present the game on the Indie Prize-showcase along with the best indie developers from around the world;
  • Two free standard Casual Connect Europe tickets to be held in London in May 2019.

Criteria for submitting the game:

  • the game must have at least 10 minutes of finished gameplay;
  • the company must be independent;
  • submitted IP must belong to the team.
http://www.indieprize.org

The true masters of the company Epic Games, standing at the very origins of the gaming industry, will select the best games on the Unreal Engine 4, to share between them a prize fund of $ 9,000!

So, the nominations and prizes are as follows:

  • “The best game for PC / console on Unreal Engine 4” – $ 3,000
  • “The best VR game on Unreal Engine 4” – $ 3,000
  • “Best mobile game on Unreal Engine 4” – $ 3,000 

 

https://www.epicgames.com/ru

The Games Academy team will choose the best project among all indie teams and will present a certificate for 3 months of training in GAMES ACADEMY in any of the directions.

Games Academy was founded in 2015, as the first integrated game development school in Ukraine.

Over the course of our work, we have released more than 270 beginners in various fields: from game design to 3D modeling. Our diligent graduates have found their first job in a new profession in such companies as Ubisoft, 4A Games, ERS Games Studios, Grandma Studios, Kevuru Games, Enixan, Red Beat, Game Fiord and others, as well as numerous freelance and indie projects.

http://gamesacademy.com.ua/

Nordic Game Choice winner will get a two all access conference pass including lunches, gala dinner, and unlimited meet and match meeting system access at Nordic Game 2019.

 

https://nordicgame.com/

Our technical partner, Versum, will award the winner in the category “Best game on a non-standard engine” with a Kingston SSDNow A400 120 GB drive!

The winning team for Games Gathering 2018 Best Gameplay category will get 480 GB Kingston SSDNow A400 SSD drive provided by our technical partner Versum.

https://it-blok.com.ua/

The winner in the category “Best Art Games Gathering 2018” will be awarded graphics tablet Huion Inspiroy Q11K v2 from the official partner of the company in Ukraine!

Inspiroy Q11K v2 is an updated version of a popular model with large active area, wireless module and passive pen with tilt sensitivity.

Creative freedom is guaranteed!

 

https://huion.com.ua/

Our partner Razer, a well-known company engaged in the development and creation of professional gaming equipment, will award the “Best Conference Game” with a set consisting of a high-tech Razer Abyssus mouse and a Goliathus Terra Speed gaming pad!

And the winners in the nominations “Best Game Design” and “Best Art” will be awarded with a compact Razer Goliathus Mobile Small rug.

https://www.razer.com/

Mysterious prizes from Indie Master of Games Gathering!

And all we know about it (very little, in fact) is…

“These will be small and original gifts given for meritorious deeds and commitment to Indie Way!)

A kind of personal “amuse bouche” to those who contributed, distinguished himself or otherwise positively imprinted in the memory of Indy Master. ”

Three teams can be unexpectedly selected and rewarded unprecedentedly in the middle of the awards ceremony of Games Gathering 2018!

But since the nominations are entirely subjective, we have no more details about it. Let’s just hope that this experiment to be successful and will become a good tradition of Games Gathering!

Indie Master's Prizes
Our jury

Alexey Izvalov

Company: Global Game Jam

Position: Regional coordinator

Roman Goroshkin

Company: Epic Games

Position: PR&Event Manager CEE&Russia

Alexander Khrutsky

Company: Games Gathering Conferenc

Position: CEO&Co-Founder

Yuliya Moshkaryova

Company: Computer Games Association

Position: Indie Prize Director

Elena Lobova

Company: Achhiviers Hub

Position: CEO&Co-Founder

Martin Cao

Company: NGDStudios

Position: CEO

Kate Edwards

Company: Geogrify

Position: CEO

Maciej Burno

Company: Hoolai

Position: Director

Wojciech Pazdur

Company: The Farm 51

Position: Director of Development

Michael Zinchenko

Company: Wargaming.net

Position: Operational Producer

Astrid Huntjens

Company: Freelance/ gamе industry expert

Position: Producer

Keren Berger

Company: TabTale

Position: Publishing Business Development Manager

Tom DeRoeck

Company: verse publications GmbH

Position: Owner

Kyrylo Tokarev

Company: 80 Level

Position: Editor in Chief

Bartek Gajewski

Company: Games Operators

Position: CEO

Contact us

СЕО & Founder

Oleksandr Khrutskiy

E-mail:
alexander.khrutsky@ggconference.com
Skype: che_ratnik
Tel: +38(067)909-5229

Sponsors and partners issues
Business Development Director, Partner

Irina Syomka

E-mail:
irina.syomka@ggconference.com
Skype: irina.syomka
Tel: +38(095)391-12-92

Sponsors, partners and speakers issues
Indie Master

Roman Lupashevskiy

E-mail:
roman.lupashevskiy@ggconference.com
Skype: live:roman.lupashevskiy
Tel: +38(073)173-4601

Indie showcase coordination
Speakers Manager

Katerina Burbela

E-mail:
kate.burbela@ggconference.com
Skype: katerina_b77
Tel: +38(067)575-84-84

Content and speakers issues
CONTENT ADVISOR

Elena Lobova

E-mail: elena@a-hub.biz

Skype: olena.lobova

Content management
Coordinator

Tim Kopylov

E-mail:  kopylov.tim@ggconference.com
FB: https://www.facebook.com/tim.kopylov.1
Tel: +38(095)7101564

General inquiries
Coordinator

Tatiana Afanasieva

E-mail:  contact@ggconference.com

General inquiries
MEDIA COORDINATOR

Eugen Ponomarenko

E-mail: media@ggconference.com
Skype: evgen.ponomarenko
FB: https://www.facebook.com/evgen.ponomarenko.9

General inquiries