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.