Mentors
Mentors provide various lectures, mentoring and training to participating teams. Experts in various fields related to indie game development are invited to participate.
Development Mentors
Nal
- Affiliation
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Edelweiss
- Responsibility
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General game development
Planning and programming for『Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin』
Koichi
- Affiliation
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Edelweiss
- Responsibility
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Graphics（2D&3DCG）
Graphics for『Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin』
OKADA Kazuya
- Responsibility
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Unreal Engine
EIKI`
- Affiliation
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illuCalab.
- Responsibility
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Network, multi-platform, overseas liaison, event participation
Developer of『Living in the Ending World』『Gensou SkyDrift』『Hamcorollin’』
Nusso
- Affiliation
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Calappa Games
- Responsibility
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Unity, Competitive games, Console development
Developer of 『Fight Crab』『ACE OF SEAFOOD』
YASUHARA Hirokazu
- Affiliation
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Specially Appointed Associate Professor at Tokyo University of Technology
- Responsibility
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UI/UX, Level Design
Brandon Sheffield
- Affiliation
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Creative Director at Necrosoft Games
- Responsibility
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Game Design
KITAO Yuichiro
- Affiliation
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Gemdrops, Inc.
- Responsibility
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Programming, Team building
NAKAMURA Takashi
- Affiliation
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Associate Professor at Kanagawa Institute of Technology
- Responsibility
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Game Design
Guillaume Hansali
- Affiliation
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Founder, CEO, Wizcorp Inc.
- Responsibility
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Game development, Technical planning, Project management
NamaTakahashi
- Responsibility
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GameMaker
Till Stiehl
- Affiliation
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Freelance
- Responsibility
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Localization
Business Mentors
IMAI Shin
- Affiliation
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Deputy Editor, IGN JAPAN
- Responsibility
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Press Release, Pitch Training
OHWADA Kent
- Affiliation
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Asia Game Business Specialist
- Responsibility
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Business Models in the Asian Game Market
KUSHIBIKI Mariko
- Affiliation
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Communications & PR Manager
- Responsibility
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Community Management
TAKAHASHI Leona
- Affiliation
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CEO, Producer – grateek Inc. / Founder, CEO – 将軍
厦門玲央奈軟件有限公司 - Responsibility
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Chinese Localization, Culturalization and Publishing, Business Alliance
TOKUOKA Masatoshi
- Affiliation
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ATELIER THIRD
- Responsibility
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Overseas PR Strategy
YAZAWA Ryuta
- Affiliation
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Language and cultural bridge-builder (freelance)
- Responsibility
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English Localization
Izumi Chunovic
- Affiliation
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Business Development at Valve
- Responsibility
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How to use Steam’s marketing tools
Jason Della Rocca
- Affiliation
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Co-founder, Execution Labs
- Responsibility
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Negotiation tactics with investors
Lorenzo Grimaldi
- Affiliation
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NVIDIA, Business Development & Content Manager
- Responsibility
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Pitch training
Oscar Clark
- Affiliation
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Chief Strategy Officer, Fundamentally Games Ltd
- Responsibility
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Game development, Game tools
Ricky Uy
- Affiliation
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Business Development at Valve
- Responsibility
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How to use Steam’s marketing tools
Zach Huntley
- Affiliation
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Owner/Business Manager, Kakehashi Games
- Responsibility
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Overseas Publishing Strategy
SUZUKI Yuhei
- Affiliation
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Switch Tax and Consulting
- Responsibility
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Taxation in the gaming industry
KIMURA Masashi
- Affiliation
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CEO, room6 inc.
- Responsibility
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General production and publishing of indie games
FORK LAW OFFICE
- Affiliation
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FORK LAW OFFICE
- Responsibility
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Legal affairs in the gaming industry
Government officials
iGi is a program of industry-academia-government collaboration. Industry, schools and the community come together to support indie game developers.
Kobe City
Kobe is a sister city of Barcelona, the home of GameBCN. This program also has the backing of the city.
ACCIO Catalonia Trade & Investment
Osaka Electro-Communication University
Kobe Institute of Computing
Sponsors
Companies, organizations and individuals who support the aims of our incubation program and help with various aspects such as marketing and mentoring the participating teams.
Publishers
Some of the publishers who have participated in the demo days and other events of the incubation program.
