GDC 2018 Flash Forward: The IndieMegaBooth Showcase

[Music] hello and welcome to the MP meka booth GDC flash-forward video my name is Kelly Wallach and I'll be your host for this video I'm the CEO and founder of indie mega booth and also the chairman of the IGF here at GDC so in case you missed the news indie mega boost showcase has doubled this year so we're gonna have 24 totally amazing indie games for you to come and check out we're in the same place that we've been we're up on the third floor Moscone West and we're open Monday through Friday to all badge holders so Monday Tuesday we're gonna have one set of twelve games and then on Wednesday we're gonna switch it up to another set of twelve games that'll be there Wednesday through Friday so by this point you might be asking yourself what in the world is the indie mega booth don't worry I also ask myself that sometimes too so at its core

we're a showcase for independent game developers but over the last six years it's grown into more than that it's an incredibly tight-knit community of developers who work together to help each other out we also work really hard to connect up teams with folks who might want to work with them so partners sponsors platform holders publishers in essence it's a way to help gain a foothold into the games industry we started off as a relatively simple but kind of crazy idea to gather up a bunch of really cool games and developers and all work together so at PAX East 2012 we ran the first ever indie mega boost showcase it had 12 developers we were plopped in the middle of the show floor and we had a bunch of confused people walking by not totally sure what to make of all these small independent games but from there we did one at PAX West and we doubled our size and then we did another one at PAX East and we doubled our size again then after that we stopped doubling in size because if we kept going at that rate I think that we would be taking over the entire planet by now

but we did keep growing and not only did we keep growing in size but we kept growing and strength we moved from being an all-volunteer effort to a full-fledged company and suddenly I became a do so we hired on another person and we started doing shows outside of the u.s. we eventually started doing work with bit summit which is a premier indie festival located in Kyoto Japan and from there we started to really build the foundation that is the community that you see today so what makes our GDC showcase so special well one of the really cool things about the showcase for us is that we get to curate it in a way that's different from the other shows that we do normally we're going to really big consumer-facing events which is great and it's really fun but since GDC is developer focused we get to pick games that we think other developers are gonna find fun not only does it give a chance for other developers to discover something new talk to some upcoming developers maybe get inspired to create or make something of their own but the teams that we

select for the showcase also get a chance to attend GDC which is super important way for them to be able to network and make more connections our developer lineup this year features games from 10 different countries we also have eight titles that are going to be playable for the very first time and two of them that were announced through our showcase reveal on top of that 13 games are gonna have brand new content in some way shape or form so that means if you come by you are definitely gonna see something that you haven't seen before and that you can't see anywhere else on top of that you're gonna get to meet some really cool folks and we have some pretty comfy couches so you could sit down and take a load off take a bit of a breather and check out some really cool games if you'd like to find out more you can go to indie mega boost comm you can also follow us we're at Indy mega booth on Twitter Instagram Facebook and discord plus we also have a really rad newsletter so if you'd like to find out what we're up to or what cool games are coming out you can sign up on the website or you can drop by and do it in

person at our showcase this year [Music] thanks for watching and see you soon [Music]