Kyiv, Ukraine – May 24, 2023. Indie Cup, an online festival of upcoming indie games, announces that 80 British in-development independent games are now participating in the Indie Cup UK’23 season. All of them are available to browse for Showcase Pass owners. The festival jury is currently evaluating accepted submissions with the finalists to be revealed on June 6, 2023.
Indie Cup UK’23 festival jury features ZA/UM Director of Business Development Chris Priestman, No More Robots Production Director Sophie Smart, Massive Monster Artist & Director James Pearmain, Roll7 Creative Director John Ribbins, and many other industry experts as well as a panel of media professionals from Edge, GamesRadar+, Rock Paper Shotgun, TheGamer and more.
Announced earlier this year, Indie Cup’s Showcase Pass is a better way to discover new games at the festival, designed for publishers, game scouts, and other industry professionals. Showcase Pass gives its owners instant access to the list of developers at Indie Cup, plus the information they shared about their games. This ranges from work-in-progress footage to an indicator of whether a team is looking for a publisher. Indie Cup UK’23 Showcase Pass is available for purchase here: https://indiecup.net/pass/
The Indie Cup UK’23 list of finalists will be announced on June 6.
The winners' reveal is scheduled for June 30, 2023.
Indie Cup website: indiecup.net
Indie Cup UK’23 features:
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Developer Awards. Developers enter their unreleased projects into one or several award categories. Eligible games proceed to the voting rounds, where they are evaluated by a panel of industry experts. The winners receive awards and prizes from our partners.
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Festival Jury. An independent jury panel evaluates qualified entries over two voting rounds. Nominated games receive written feedback. Previous Indie Cup events featured experts from Rockstar, Blizzard Entertainment, CD Projekt Red, Ubisoft, Devolver Digital, Fellow Traveller, NVIDIA, Unreal Engine, Chucklefish, Larian, and other companies as well as popular YouTube and Twitch influencers.
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Publisher Intros. During the festival, publishers, potential investors, and other industry businesses look at participating games to discover promising titles and emerging developers. After the festival is over, the best entries receive an introduction.
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Special Sales. The most memorable games that enter Indie Cup get an opportunity to be invited to future Indie Cup Celebration sales on Steam and Indie Cup events on other storefronts.
Indie Cup UK’23 schedule:
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Jurying Phase I: May 19 – June 4
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Finalists Reveal: June 6
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Jurying Phase II: June 7 – June 25
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Winners Announcement: June 30
Indie Cup UK’23 runs in partnership with GTR, Houdini, and other partners.
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About Indie Cup
Since 2016, Indie Cup has been hosting an online festival of unreleased indie games, becoming one of Europe’s leading online events for independent developers. To date, Indie Cup has featured more than 2,100 projects, including dozens of titles that went on to achieve critical and popular acclaim.
In 2022 Indie Cup went global with events hosted in Germany, Canada, and Ukraine. This year features 4 Indie Cup events: Central & Eastern Europe'23, UK’23, Germany’23, and Canada’23.
Indie Cup also organizes pop-up sales on Steam, featuring games made by independent developers. The latest sales include the Ukrainian Games Festival and Indie Cup Celebration 2023.
Indie Cup website: indiecup.net
Twitter: twitter.com/gtpindiecup
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