Time Saturday, July 11th 10:00 – 17:00 Sunday, July 12th 10:00 – 17:00 * On Saturday, open from 10:00 to business and media related individuals. Open from 12:00 to the general public. Venue Kyoto International Exhibition Hall MIYAKOMESSE Cost 1,000 yen for adults, 500 yen for junior high & high school students, free for elementary school students Organizers The BitSummit Organization Committee Japan Independent Games Aggregate (JIGA) Indie MEGABOOTH Kyoto Prefecture

Japan’s Industry-Leading Independent Game Development Festival Returns To Kyoto

Established in late-2012, BitSummit was founded with the goal of giving Japanese independent game makers a chance to show their games to the world, and we succeeded, growing from a small, industry-only event for around 200 people in 2013, to a groundbreaking festival that held court to over 5,000 people the following year. Bolstered by keynotes from industry veterans like Suehiro Tanaka (Access Games), Yohei Kataoka (Crispy’s), and Tetsuya Mizuguchi (Q Entertainment, Enhance Games) and introducing Japanese developers to companies like Valve (to discuss their Steam platform) and Kickstarter (to explain firsthand the success stories of crowdfunding), BitSummit also established itself as the venue in which indie developers could debut their games to the gaming public. Games like Studio Pixel’s Keroblaster, Comcept/Inti Creates’ Azure Striker Gunvolt, and Dracue Games’s Assault Suit Leynos remake are among the highlights of games that have made their debut at BitSummit.

BitSummit has also made its mark as a Japanese gaming event unlike any other, by featuring top tier indie gaming musicians from both Japan and abroad, featuring guests like Kyoto’s own Baiyon, masked maestro Professor Sakamoto, the UK’s Chipzel, Mega Man composer Manami Matsumae, Panzer Dragoon composer Saori Kobayashi, Parappa the Rapper creator Masaya Mastsuura, and Lumines composer Takayuki Nakamura’s raucous band. What special guests will this year’s event produce? Come join us and find out for yourself!

Now in its third year, BitSummit shows no signs of slowing down, produced year after year by developers for developers. It’s been wonderful to see the event, the fans, and the developers grow alongside each other. Who knows what the future will bring, but there’s a good chance you’ll find it in the halls of BitSummit.