BitSummit is one of the biggest Indie game centric event held in Japan. Introducing information about the newest Indie games announced by Goichi Suda and Game Freaks, as well as other exhibits, speakers, and award winners.
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インディーゲームの祭典「ビットサミット2017」出展ゲーム・ステージ講演・受賞作品特集
Index
Media Highlight Award
- Famitsu Award: Vitei Backroom / Paper Garden
- Dengeki Playstation Award: Petit Depotto / GNOSIA
- Game*Spark Award: Winter Crown WORKS / Merkava Avalanche
- Gadget Tsuushin Award: SmileBoom / Doukutushima
- IGN Japan Award: D-Pad Studio / Owlboy
5th Award
- Innovative Outlaw Award: Coconoe Inc. / People Panic!
- Visual Excellent Award: Tokoronyori / Amenofuruhoshi
- Excellent In-sound Award: QUESTRO / Light It ~Terashioni~
- Excellent In-game Design Award: Omoplata Games / Sweep It!
- International Award: Ogre Head Studio / Asura
- Popular Selection Award: Implausible Industries / Research And Destroy
- Vermilion Gate Award: Pixel Perfex / Earth Atlantis
Speaker
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・Atushi Inaba (PlatinumGames) |
・Game Freak |
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・Takuya Aizu (Inti Creates) |
・Goichi Suda (Grasshopper Manufactre) |
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・Souhei Niikawa (Nippon Ichi Software) ・Katsuhiko Hayashi (Famitsu) |
・Twitch Streamer’s Stage |
| ・IGN JAPAN presents Quiz battle |
・Masaya Matsuura ・Shuhei Yoshida(SIE Worldwide Studios) ・Professor Sakamoto |
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・Greg Rice (Doublefine Productions) |
・Bandai Namco |
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・JO-REMI MADSEN ・SIMON STAFSNES ANDERSEN (Owl Boy-Dpadstudio) |
・Alvion |
| ・Nikita Mikros | ・Koji Igarashi(ArtPlay) |
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・Baiyon (Q-Games) |
・Indies Cross Talk |
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・Takehiro Ando ・Koichi Yotsui |
・Yukio Futatsugi(Grounding) ・Yuichiro Kita(Nippon Ichi Software) |
| ・BitSummit Game Tournament |
Exhibits
| Title | Production |
|---|---|
| 水没都市(Suibotutoshi) | GAME BOSATSU GROUP |
| Happy DungeonsHappy Wars | Toylogic |
| 29 | Humble Grove |
| Creeping Terror | SUSHI TYPHOON GAMES |
| FLICAR | ECC computer technical school (A.Z TIMES) |
| -Headbutt Factory- | Gemdrops Inc. |
| Blaster Master Zero Mighty Gunvolt Burst |
INTI CREATES |
| Hakurei Frontier by Sitappa Games Dice River by SKT Real Juuki vs Shuumai Shippo Neko’s Adventure by NEKOGAMES |
Flash Games Japan |
| GREEN | Aoyama Masaya |
| BackSlash | Skeleton Crew Studio |
| Million Onion Hotel | Onion Games |
| Ritsumeikan University Information Science and Engineering Project Group RiG ++ | |
| Light It ~ てらし鬼 ~(Terashioni) | QUESTRO |
| Pon Pon Pirates | dadako |
| ヨルの採掘鉱(Yoru no Saikutsu kō) | zato |
| Magic Potion Destroyer | ARTIFACTS |
| Merkava Avalanche | Winter Crown WORKS |
| in:dark | ozumikan |
| Missileman | Game or Die |
| OPAKE | room6＋saino |
| Picton | PegionChest |
| Pizzaverse | Epsilon Software Inc. |
| HEADS RUN | kass-stwa |
| Put Out The Fire | Pon Pon Games |
| Research and Destroy | Implausible Industries |
| Rolling Gunner | Web Technology Corp. |
| LUNAXXX(Tentative title) | Pygmy Studio Co.Ltd. |
| Seaking Hunter | GameAttack |
| Solokus | Nukenin |
| SOULLOGUE | noitems studio |
| Sweep It! | Omoplata Games |
| The Silver Case 25 ward | Grasshopper Manufacture Inc. |
| 酒場の勇者(Tavern Guardians) | WOMBO COMBO GAMES INC. |
| Tokyo Dark | Cherrymochi |
| GNOSIA | Petit Depotto |
| Eden Obscura | Q-Games |
| Stifled | Gattai Games |
| Momodora V | Bombservice |
| Brave Earth Prologue | Kayinworks |
| CrossCode | Radical Fish Games |
| Iconoclasts | Joakim Sandberg |
| Kanagawa Institute of Electronics Technology | |
| Galak-Z | 17-Bit |
| Riverbond | Cococucumber |
| Asura / アシュラ | Ogre Head Studio |
| DUAL GEAR | Orbital Speed Studio |
| Earth Atlantis | Pixel Perfex |
| Bootleg Systems | Neonable |
| xoPAR∀dox COLORFUL MINES URA-LOGIQ NURITSVOUS |
㊥Maruchu |
| Zombie Tokyo 32X | MAREXPO’ |
| FRAMED 2 | LOVESHACK |
| Light Fall | Bishop Games |
| Sundered | Thunder Lotus Games |
| Brigador | Stellar Jockeys |
| Owlboy | D-Pad Studio |
| JOINX! – Turn & join versus puzzle | ROCKET RYOKO |
| Magical passcode 1111 | HEXADRIVE Inc. |
| Project Nimbus mmortal Redneck SUPERHOT |
GameTomo |
| Dusty Raging Fist | PD Design Studio Pte Ltd |
| Tasukete Tako-San: Save me Mr Tako! | Christophe Galati |
| Unsouled | Megusta Game |
| VA-11 HALL-A | Wolfgame |
| Lobotomy Corp | Project Moon |
| Rising-Arch | CarasOhmi |
| NIGHTMARE PROJECT | NIGHTMARE PROJECT / SUNSOFT |
| Dandara Kingdom: Two Crowns |
Raw Fury |
| Paper Garden | Vitei Backroom |
| Line Wobbler | Robin Baumgarten |
| Wonder Boy : The Dragon’s Trap | DotEmu |
| Pawarumi | Manufacture 43 |
| I.F.O | Gon Lee(Total Battery) |
| Kill The Dragon | pickysource |
| Cerulean Moon | nachobeard |
| Samurai Inferno Castle Kenta’s Big Adventure WashBash Son of the Sun TrapMaster |
Kyoto x Unity |
| あめのふるほし(Amenofuruhoshi) | tokoronyori |
| ARENA GODS | Supertype |
| Figment | Bedtime Digital Games |
| GORSD | Springloaded |
| Fallen Legion | YummyYummyTummy |
| Dot Prison | Komeya |
| God of Money | VR Media Research Project |
| StrangeTelephone | yuta |
| People Panic! | coconoe inc. |
| Malicious Fallen | Alvion Inc. |
| Killer Queen | BumbleBear Games |
| BEAT LEGION | Grounding inc. |
| Hidden Dragon Legend: Shadow Trace Light Tracer DYING: Reborn Weeping Doll |
Oasis Games |
| メイシタイセン(Meishitaisen) & GOD BREATH YOU | 1-10drive |
| Hyper Light Drifter ROM: Read Only Memories The Silver Case |
PLAYISM |
| SMILE GAME BUILDER | SmileBoom Co.Ltd. |
| GIGA WRECKER Tembo The Badass Elephant |
GAME FREAK Inc. |
| Everything Ooblets GANG BEASTS |
Double Fine Productions |
| Copy Kitty | Degica |
| The Sexy Brutale 夜廻(Yomawari) 深夜廻(Shin Yomawari) |
Nippon Ichi Software Inc. |
| なめすた(Namesuta) | PONOS |
| BIC Fest | |
| Taipei Game Show | |
| The Counter of death | Curlking |
| Relic Seeker: Hypogeum’ | Massive Wheel |
| Nemo_DO | GGHF |
| Megacopter : Blades of the Goddess | Pizza Bear Games |
Latest Information
- The Silver Case
- Million Onion Hotel
- Beat Legion
- Mighty Gunvolt Burst
- Eden Obscura
- LUNAXXX(tentative title)
BitSummit is one of the largest independent-game-centric events in Japan, held in Kyoto each year.
Last year’s “BitSummit 4th” was a big success, attended by 6,435 visitors
and its livestreams were viewed by almost 450,000 viewers worldwide.
BitSummit is an event where game developers show their unique games to the world, and the discussion and chemistry between the developers and visitors help the developers polish their games even further.
(Referred from official site)
Event name: A 5th Of BitSummit
Date: May 20 (SAT) & 21 (SUN), 2017
Time: 10:00～17:00
Venue: Miyakomesse, Kyoto 1F Exhibition Hall No.2
Organizers: BitSummit Organization Committee
・Japan Independent Games Aggregate(JIGA)
( Q-Games Ltd. / PYGMY STUDIO CO., LTD. / VITEI BACKROOM Inc.
/ O-TWO inc. / 17-Bit / Digital Development Management, Inc. / Indie MEGABOOTH )
・1-10HOLDINGS, Inc.
・Impetus, Co.
・Kyoto Computer Gakuin
・Kyoto Prefecture
Production: ORICOM CO.,LTD.
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