Announcing the 20 finalists and open registration for the Indie Games Festival in San Francisco

Posted by Kacey Fahey, Developer Marketing, Google Play With so many great mobile games launching this year, we saw a huge amount of interest from indie developers to showcase their art at the Google Play Indie Games Festival in San Francisco next month. While it was a tough selection process, we're excited to announce the 20 finalists, as well as our esteemed judging panel. Fans will be able to play the new and un-released indie games in a fun festival atmosphere where they can also meet the creators themselves. To attend and learn more about the event, register now for free at http://ift.tt/2vxhtEv. So how did we choose the 20 finalists? We powered up our phones, put our game-faces on, and looked for games that not only met the festival requirements, but also stood out with their overall design, fun, and quality. These are the 20 finalists who will be joining us at the festival to demo their games. Meet the finalists 7 Pin Pool SPG Inc Age of Rivals Roboto Games Beast Brawlers - PvP Arena V2 Games Inc. Brave Hand Heart Shaped Games (game not yet released) Covens Raincrow Studios, LLC Crashy Cars pixelbizarre Dokudo Sense of Wonder Flipping Legend Hiding Spot Gladiator Rising Happii Gamer Studio Jigsaw Story Happy Square Studio Inc Loteria Latin Bingo Gorilla Bean Games Maruta Escape Busan Sanai Games (game not yet released) NoStranger Black Vein Productions Slayaway Camp Blue Wizard Digital Space Tunnel Spacewave Studios Splitter Critters RAC7 Star Vikings Forever Akupara Games Storm Wars Zom.bio Tiny Bubbles Pine Street Codeworks (game not yet released) Topsoil Nico Prins In addition to playing these games and meeting the developers who made them, fans will have a chance to vote for their favorites throughout the festival. The Top 10 will then move on to present a short pitch in pursuit of going home as one of the three overall festival winners. The winners will be chosen by this year's panel of judges representing a diverse lineup of gaming expertise. Alex the Gamerette, YouTube Creator Lina Chen, Co-founder & CEO of Nix Hydra Emily Greer, CEO of Kongregate Jamil Moledina, Games Strategic Lead, Google Dean Takahashi, Lead Writer for GamesBeat Sarah Thomson, BD Lead, Indie Games, Google Play Emceeing this year's event is J.D. Witherspoon, aka runJDrun. No stranger to gaming, YouTuber/actor/comedian, J.D. plays a wide array of games and frequently uploads gaming, vlog, and comedy content to his channels. If you want to try out these games and celebrate the indie community, learn more about the event and register at http://ift.tt/2vxhtEv. How useful did you find this blogpost? ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Android Match ae http://androidmatch.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default