Call for Entries
At TOKYO GAME SHOW(TGS)2023, with the support of our sponsors, we will set up "Selected Indie 80" (former name: Selected Exhibit) slot where indie gamedevelopers can exhibit their games in real for free at the Indie Game Area.
Please check the application qualifications and application conditions below, and if you are an individual or group that meets the conditions, please apply for yourtitle in the "Selected Indie 80". TheManagement Office will examine the Area titles and decide the exhibitors. The selected exhibitors will be automatically entered as
candidates for the presentation event "SENSE OF WONDER NIGHT 2023" (SOWN2023), where game ideas will be competed. Eight titles with excellent ideas will beselected by the judge, and the developers will become SOWN finalists. Finalists will present their titles at SOWN2023 on the second day of TGS2023.
The presentation will be streamed live on the official TGS program and archived.
The personal information submitted for the "Selected Indie 80" includes name, email address, company name, address, telephone number, department/affiliation,and title, is acquired by Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association (CESA), Nikkei BP and Dentsu, and is managed under the responsibility of each company inaccordance with the personal information protection policy (privacy policy) of each company, and various information may be sent directly to you by e-mail.
The information related to the title entered at the time of entry will be posted on the website, etc., and will be shared with outsourced companies that have signed
confidentiality agreements, judges, and sponsor companies that support "Selected Indie 80". In addition, the TOKYO GAME SHOW Management Office sends
e-mails, etc., on behalf of various sponsor companies (information on meetings, products/services, exhibitions/seminars/events, etc.) and requests for surveys, etc.
Please only apply if you agree to provide your registration information. If you do not meet the conditions of this project, or if you are not selected for the "Selected
Indie 80", please consider exhibiting at the "Indie Game Area" as usual (paid only).

Entry period: February 28 (Tue) - April 30 (Sun) JST 24:00, 2023
Date: September 21 (Thursday) to September 24 (Sunday), 2023,
Venue: Makuhari Messe【Eligibility】 Nationality, age, occupation (student, game creator, etc.) are unquestioned.

【Application conditions]】

Regarding the annual sales of exhibiting individuals/organizations
・Corporations: 50 million yen or 500,000 US dollars or less・Individuals: 10 million yen or 100,000 US dollars or less
In case, exhibiting organizations is corporations. it must be capital independent (for example, not capitalized by a major game company)【Work that can be exhibited]】
Completely original game (derivative content cannot be exhibited regardless of whether or not it is licensed)- Created for a platform for which the applicant has the right to develop- Conforms to the CESA Code of Ethics and CERO Code of Ethics and it does not correspond to any of ① to ④ below(1) CERO Code of Ethics Attached Table 3 “Prohibited Expressions” (http://www.cero.gr.jp/en/publics/index/18/), or contains expressions that may conflict(2) A work that received a "Z" rating in the CERO review, or a "Z" category or may contain expressions that fall under the "Z" category(3) It has already been published overseas and has been designated as “17+” (MATURE) category by an overseas review organization (ESRB, etc.)(4) Scheduled to be published overseas , There is a possibility that it will be designated in the "17+" (MATURE) category by overseas reviewing bodies (ESRB, etc.) (it may notcorresponds to the "13+" (TEEN) category due to its strong cruelty)"Selected Indie 80" Benefits
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A dedicated booth isavailable free ofcharge at the indie
game Area at theMakuhari Messevenue.

Posting exhibitor
names on the TGS
official website"Exhibitor
List/Selected Indie80" page

Exhibited titles will beposted on the TGS
special site installedon Steam (if titles for
Steam are available )Usage of businessmatching system(business meetingappointment)*There are other beneﬁts in addition to the above. Please check the oﬃcial website for details.

Schedule"Selected Indie 80" selection result notification: Scheduled to be notified by email from mid-May*If you are unsuccessful in Selected Indie 80, you can apply for a paid exhibition (only for corporations).

▼Check*If you would like to participate in either Selected Indie 80 or paid exhibition, please apply for paid exhibition
after the selection results of Selected Indie 80

From among the "Selected Indie 80", 8 finalists will be selected to present at SOWN2023.
Contact

TOKYO GAME SHOW Indie Game Management Office
Mail: tgs.indie80@pcoworks.jp

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