Smilegate, Indie Game Festival 'Burning Beaver 2022' December

on the 6th, Smilegate Future Lab Center (Future Lab) announced the Burning Beaver 2022 on the on-off-line hybrid indie game festival. Burning Beaver 2022 is a festival where indie game creators, workers and the public gather together to enjoy indie game culture, including indie game exhibitions, conferences, creators' lounges, business matching, and cultural experiences.

In the case of offline events, it will be held in a separate pop-up space in the main street of Sinsa-dong, Seoul for three days from December 16 to 18. The online event is December at the Burning Beaver 2022 online Exhibition Hall in Smilegate Stove (hereinafter referred to as Stove). It will be held for a month from the 16th.

At the offline festival on Garosu-gil, you can experience the game directly at about 80 exhibition booths. In addition, the conference will showcase the indie game industry trend, creative know-how, and lecture on growth support. In addition, there is also a session that allows networking between creators, publishers, investors, and public institutions.

Burning Beaver 2022 Online Exhibition Hall, which is located on the stove platform, can enjoy more than 150 games in time and place. In addition, the next-generation social video service (P.POOL) will provide conferences and creators' lounges online. In addition, a burning beaver space is held on the methus platform so that visitors can enjoy the festival in a comfortable environment.

Smilegate Stove Han Young-woon said, Stove has established itself as a platform for indie game creators to enhance the quality of game and to experience better business achievements. We will actively support creators and users to be a festival that can enjoy the game culture.

Kwon Hyuk-bin, chairman of Smilegate Future Lab Center, said, Smilegate has been a company-wide support for indie game creators for the past decade so that the indie game creative ecosystem can be healthy and activated at the group level. Smilegate's sincerity and professionalism, which has supported the game ecosystem, is significant. We look forward to being reborn as a place for the indie game festival, which can enjoy the game culture and grow with fellow creators.