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Korean Indie Game Developing Festival, 1st G-NEXT GAMEJAM Has Successfully EndedSEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- G-NEXT GAMEJAM, a game developing festival for Indie game developers in Korea, was held in Pangyo Start-up Campus from 12th to 14th of August. It was the first edition of this festival, which no doubt, will be the first of many. Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160826/401647 Gyeonggi-do and Gyeonggi Contents Agency supervised the event closely. KOCCA and Unity made the event possible by sponsoring it. Twenty-three teams and 130 participants partook in the event, developing games for a full 72 hours. The theme of this Gamejam was "Summer Story," and this theme inspired a great number of teams with brilliant ideas. There were some games that drew great attention,other games that showcased great developing skills or personal growth. 'Mosquito VR' by team '????' is a game in which the player takes on the role of a mosquito, in which the main goal is to attack humans. 'The World of Awesome JUICE' by team 'STOP USING FACT' is a game that a player attacks fruits to make juice out of them. The most outstanding game of all was a virtual reality game in which the player explores a dreary mansion. 'Someone in the Hallway' by team 'Horoller' 'Hyung-Joo Kim said: "Luckily, G-Next Gamejam provided us with the equipment to develop for Virtual Reality. This is our first time creating a Virtual Reality game, but I always wanted to make one. I want to create more games like this in the future." The games that were created during the festival are accessible on Jam page of the indie game platform 'Gamejolt'. (http://jams.gamejolt.io/gnextgamejam). Pictures or videos can be found at http://jams.gamejolt.io/gnextgamejam or https://www.facebook.com/GNEXTGAMEJAM1/. Media contact: To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/korean-indie-game-developing-festival-1st-g-next-gamejam-has-successfully-ended-300318757.html SOURCE Geonggi KOCCA |