Open Game Fest 2026 Opens Registration, Sohei Shinkawa to Lead Session
The second edition of Open Game Fest expands its program with a notable session from former Nippon Ichi Software head Sohei Shinkawa and practical workshops on Unity, Unreal Engine, and ZBrush.
Reporting from 2 sources: 4Gamer.net, ASCII.jp.
Indie-us Games opened registration for general participants of Open Game Fest 2026, a free indie game event in Kyoto on July 11. The event features lectures by developers including Sohei Shinkawa, hands-on workshops, and indie game exhibitions. Sessions cover recruitment, game creation, ratings, and Unreal Engine updates.
Indie-us Games opened registration for general participants of Open Game Fest 2026, to be held at Kyoto Computer Gakuin on July 11 with free admission. The event, in its second year, combines developer lectures and indie game exhibitions. Sohei Shinkawa, former representative of Nippon Ichi Software and current head of Super Nitch, will lead a session on game creation. Other sessions include a recruitment talk by Indie-us Games representative Masahiko Nakamura and Game Makers editor-in-chief Taiki Kamiyama, a ratings discussion by Phoenixx's Hibiki Oda, a creative directors' study group, and an Unreal Engine update by Epic Games Japan's Axel Riffard.
Four hands-on workshops are also planned: Okazu (Kazuya Okada) on Unreal Engine techniques, Matsudasu on Unity basics, Game Makers' Yuto Kamiya on 3D action game production, and Born Digital's Daichi Ishizaki on ZBrush skull modeling. A list of exhibited indie games and the full timetable are available on the registration page.
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