2017.05.18
BitSummit is nearly upon us! This weekend, the event will be kicking open its doors, inviting you all to experience a massive range of indie games.
Check out the map below for our booths and related booths!
This year, we are located between the stage and the rest area, so there are no excuses to not drop by! We will be showing off Read Only Memories, Hyper Light Drifter and The Silver Case! You can read more about them in our previous blog post.
View on the BitSummit Website: 2064 Read Only Memories, Hyper Light Drifter and The Silver Case
Wolfgame and Playism will both be on the VA-11 HA-LL-A booth, some come swing by and check out the amazing Boombox we will be bringing! You can read more about the game in our previous blog post.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMcits9JMT8
Bombservice will be looking after their booth showcasing an early build of Momodora 5! If you loved Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight, make sure you swing by, and say hi!
The Silver Case's 25th Ward will be on the Grasshopper booth this year. Originally a mobile game in Japan, 25th Ward wasn't readily available to many, and thus remains quite a mystery. Come see what the game is all about, and how it links to The Silver Case!
Surprise! La-Mulana 2 and NightCry will be on the Kickstarter Booth, so feel free to drop by and give the demos a spin!
Check out La-Mulana 2's Kickstarter Page / Check out NightCry's Kickstarter Page
In the same series of games as Magic Potion Explorer, ARTIFACTS is showing off Magic Potion Destroyer at BitSummit this year. We have had a spin and quite enjoyed the game, so be sure to check it out!
From the developers of A Healer Only Lives Twice comes the next game Put Out The Fire! Sneak your way though this dungeon game!
Maruchu makes a lot of free games, which you can find on the Japanese side of our site. This year, he will be bringing 4 different games for his booth. So head on over and check them all out!
View on the BitSummit Website: COLORFUL MINES, XOPARADOX, URA-LOGIQ, NURITSVOUS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iM4vCnjhXM
Recently released on Mobile, Strange Telephone is a great and odd little game. Travel through dimensions, find special items and discover the way out of the strange world you are in!
There are a whole bunch of amazing games on show this year, so check out BitSummit's full map here.
As well as boasting some amazing games this year, BitSummit also has some great talks and events!
| Time (JST) | Main Stage | ||
| Saturday | Sunday | ||
| 10 | 00 | Bitsummit Opening Ceremony | 10:10〜10:40
Jo-Remi Madsen from D-pad studio |
| 10 | |||
| 20 | 10:20〜10:50
Atsushi Inaba from Platinum Games |
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| 30 | |||
| 40 | |||
| 50 | |||
| 11 | 00 | 11:00〜11:20
Game Freak |
11:00〜11:20
Fumika Noichi from ALVION |
| 10 | |||
| 20 | |||
| 30 | 11:30〜11:50
Nikita Mikros |
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| 40 | 11:40〜12:00
Takuya Aizu from Inti Creations |
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| 50 | |||
| 12 | 00 | 12:00〜12:20
Koji Igarashi from ArtPlay |
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| 10 | 12:10〜12:30
SUDA51 from Grasshopper Manufacture |
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| 20 | |||
| 30 | |||
| 40 | 12:40〜13:10
Shohei Niikawa from Nippon Ichi Software and Famitsu |
12:40〜13:00
Q-Games |
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| 50 | |||
| 13 | 00 | ||
| 10 | 13:10〜13:40
Indies Cross Talk |
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| 20 | 13:20〜13:50
Twitch Streaming |
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| 30 | |||
| 40 | |||
| 50 | 13:50〜14:10
Takehiro Ando & Koichi Yotsui |
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| 14 | 00 | 14:00〜14:30
IGN JAPAN presents “Quiz Battle! Sekirara Creators!” |
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| 10 | |||
| 20 | |||
| 30 | 14:30〜14:50
Yukio Futatsugi from Grounding |
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| 40 | 14:40〜15:00
Masaya Matsuura & Shuhei Yoshida (SIE Worldwide President) & Professor Sakamoto |
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| 50 | |||
| 15 | 00 | 15:00〜16:00
Tournament 15:00 – 15:10 Set Up 15:10 – 15:55 Tournament 15:55 – 16:00 Break |
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| 10 | 15:10〜15:30
Greg Rice from Double Fine Productions |
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| 20 | |||
| 30 | |||
| 40 | 15:40〜16:00
Junichirou Koyama and Yukiharu Tamiya from Bandai Namco |
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| 50 | |||
| 16 | 00 | 16:00〜17:00
Awards Ceremony |
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| 10 | |||
| 20 | 16:20〜16:50
Professor Sakamoto |
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| 30 | |||
| 40 | |||
| 50 | |||
| 17 | 00 | Closing | Closing |
If you are interested in the events this year, but are unable to attend, you can check out the Twitch Streaming for the event.
Twitch Schedule:
| Time (JST) | Time (EST) | Twitch Stage | |||
| Saturday | Sunday | ||||
| 10 | 00 | 21 | 00 | Twitch Opening Ceremony | Twitch Opening |
| 10 | 10 | Owl Boy Panel | |||
| 20 | 20 | Inaba Keynote | |||
| 30 | 30 | ||||
| 40 | 40 | Iconoclasts | |||
| 50 | 50 | Giga Wrecker | |||
| 11 | 00 | 22 | 00 | Alvion Panel | |
| 10 | 10 | Earth Atlantis | |||
| 20 | 20 | Momodora 5 | 29 | ||
| 30 | 30 | Nikita Mikros | |||
| 40 | 40 | Inti Creates | |||
| 50 | 50 | River Bond | |||
| 12 | 00 | 23 | 00 | LeaPlane | IGA Panel |
| 10 | 10 | SUDA51 Panel | |||
| 20 | 20 | Backslash | |||
| 30 | 30 | Light It | |||
| 40 | 40 | Brave Earth Prologue | Q-Games Panel | ||
| 50 | 50 | ||||
| 13 | 00 | 00 | 00 | Merkava Avalanche | Last Standard |
| 10 | 10 | Inti Creates - Master Blaster | Soullogue | ||
| 20 | 20 | Twitch Streaming | |||
| 30 | 30 | Unsouled | |||
| 40 | 40 | Arena Gods | |||
| 50 | 50 | Q-games | Ando/Yotsui | ||
| 14 | 00 | 1 | 00 | IGN | |
| 10 | 10 | Missile Man | |||
| 20 | 20 | Fallen Legion | |||
| 30 | 30 | Luna XXX | Light Fall | ||
| 40 | 40 | Matsuura | Brigador | ||
| 50 | 50 | Asura | |||
| 15 | 00 | 2 | 00 | Pee Poo Panic | Tournament |
| 10 | 10 | Greg Rice - Double Fine Panel | |||
| 20 | 20 | ||||
| 30 | 30 | Kill the Dragon | |||
| 40 | 40 | Crosscode | |||
| 50 | 50 | ||||
| 16 | 00 | 3 | 00 | Degica Games | Awards Ceremony |
| 10 | 10 | ||||
| 20 | 20 | Professor Sakamoto | |||
| 30 | 30 | ||||
| 40 | 40 | ||||
| 50 | 50 | Twitch Closing Ceremony | |||
| 17 | 00 | 4 | 00 | End | End |
BitSummit is one of the largest independent-game-centric events in Japan, held in Kyoto each year.
Last year’s “BitSummit 4th” was a big success, attended by 6,435 visitors
and its livestreams were viewed by almost 450,000 viewers worldwide.
BitSummit is an event where game developers show their unique games to the world, and the discussion and chemistry between the developers and visitors help the developers polish their games even further.
Event name: A 5th Of BitSummit
Date: May 20 (SAT) & 21 (SUN), 2017
Time: 10:00～17:00
Venue: Miyakomesse, Kyoto 1F Exhibition Hall No.2
Tickets are available online.
General Admission (on both days): ¥2,000
Middle school to college students (on both days): ¥1,000
Elementary schoolers and below: Free
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