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Posted by Leticia Lago, Head of Developer Marketing, EMEA We wrapped up the Indie Games Festivals in Europe, Japan, and South Korea. You can now check out the three winners and Top 10 finalists from each of the contests. The Google Play Indie Games Festival celebrates the creativity and innovation that small games developers bring to the Play Store. We shortlisted 20 finalists for each contest after receiving hundreds of submissions. The finalists were to showcase their art at events in Warsaw, Tokyo, and Seoul. However, this year’s unprecedented events saw the finalists presenting to jury members online. The juries then deliberated to select the winners. Winning developers receive prize packages designed to help them grow their business on Android and Google Play. Each package offers promotions on the Google Play Store, consultations with members of the Google Play team, Google hardware, promotion campaigns, and more. Join us in congratulating the developers and try out their game...

Posted by Leticia Lago, Head of Developer Marketing, EMEA At the start of this year we opened submissions for 2020’s Google Play Indie Games Festival - an international competition celebrating incredible indie games from Europe, Japan and South Korea. We’ve received hundreds of fantastic submissions that showcase the technical abilities and groundbreaking creativity of independent studios. Many thanks to everyone who submitted their game. After some hard choices and late nights, we’re happy to announce our 20 finalists in each region. Please check out the games below (in alphabetical order); each one is a true work of art. They will be receiving promotions and prizes to help them grow their business. They’ll also be competing in the Finals for the top prizes. While this is a happy announcement, we must also inform you that we will be unable to hold the Finals as planned on April 25 in Poland, Japan and South Korea due to the COVID-19 situation. We will be postponing the events until f...

Posted by Patricia Correa, Director, Developer Marketing The indie developer community released several fantastic titles on Google Play during 2019, showing the technical skill and innovative design that makes them an essential part of the gaming landscape. To continue helping indie developers thrive, today we’re announcing the 2020 edition of our annual Google Play Indie Games Festival . This year we will host three competitions for developers from several European countries*, Japan, and South Korea. Prizes: Prizes are designed to help you grow your business, including: The chance to exhibit at the final events in Warsaw, Tokyo or Seoul Promotions on the Google Play Store Promotions on our consumer and developer-facing channels Access to exclusive developer-focused Google events Personalized consultation sessions with Google team members And more! Eligibility: The contests are open to developers from selected countries, with no more than 50 employees. The submitted game must be new,...

Posted by Kacey Fahey, Developer Marketing, Google Play At the Google Play Indie Games Festival over the weekend, we welcomed hundreds of attendees to try out and enjoy a diverse range of amazing games from the indie community. The competition was very tough, and in the end, we recognized three winners: href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noodlecake.flippinglegend">Flipping Legend by Hiding Spot href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bluewizard.slayawaycamp&hl=en">Slayaway Camp by Blue Wizard Digital Tiny Bubbles by Pine Street Codeworks (coming soon!) We'd also like to congratulate the rest of the Top 10 developers and all of the finalists who shared their games to make for such a fun and exciting event. Check out the great href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/collection/promotion_30023d4_games_indie_games_festival_2017">collection of games on Google Play. Here are the other seven games th...

Posted by Adriana Puchianu, Google Play Developer Marketing There are increasing growth opportunities for indie game developers, but being one can still feel daunting in today's crowded gaming industry. We've been working hard to help indie developers find an audience and to recognize them for their creativity and innovation. We launched the href="https://play.google.com/store/info/topic?id=topic_b000054_games_indie_corner_tp&hl=en_GB&e=-EnableAppDetailsPageRedesign">Indie Corner as a destination for exciting new games along with longstanding indie masterpieces. Since launch, more than 380 games have been featured. Earlier this year, we launched href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/collection/promotion_30028e5_android_excellence_collection_games">Android Excellence which showcases apps and games that deliver incredible user experiences on Android, while providing another opportunity to be discovered on Google Play. We've also held sev...