Due to the COVID-19 restrictions,
Gamescom, the world's largest gaming event, was held virtually again this year.
It is a showcase for excellent developers and big titles, and a stage for indie
game developers to make their voices heard.
Game Hollywood, an established publisher
from China, brought their new titles Stallion Race, a professional horse racing
game, and Robot Tactics X, inviting global peers to participate in the first
closed beta of the new title.
At the same time, Game Hollywood joined
hands with 11 game organizations, media, and indie developers from all over the
world to conduct several salons with the theme "Indies under Lockdown—Publishing
Worldwide" in the following days.
Under the impact of COVID-19, although the "Otaku Economy" has emerged, the user preference difference and the established leading products have led to the elimination of many small indie content providers from the market. For them, this is a crisis and also an opportunity.
Spanish indie developers Eugene Konash
and Rita Fortuny, winners of various game awards, mentioned the key role of
gamers and game experts in game development, knowing that user experience and
advice are very important.