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Beaver Rocks
[edit]Beaver Rocks is an indie game and culture festival hosted by Smilegate Future Lab.
The Beaver Rocks festival began in 2022 and is held in Seoul every December.
The ‘Burning Beaver’ festival was renamed to the ‘Beaver Rocks’ festival in 2025.
History
[edit]1. In 2022
[edit]1) Place/Date
[edit]- Offline
- Place: Garosu-gil
- Date : December 16, 2022 to December 18, 2022
- Online
- Place : ZEP and Stove Indie
- Date : December 16, 2022 to January 15, 2023
2) Main Program
[edit]- Ver 0.0.1 Exhibition – An exhibition where visitors can experience early-version prototype indie games accompanied by developer commentary.
- Beavers’ Night – A networking event where exhibiting teams gather to share insights on indie game creation.
- Beaver Jam – A 3-day game jam where participants form teams to develop prototypes.
- Beaver Con – A conference dedicated to sharing knowledge and ideas about indie games.
- Beaver Featured Awards – An awards ceremony recognizing outstanding indie games from the exhibition.
- Beaver of the Year
| Team | Game |
|---|---|
| Morningbird Studio CDN | Flow of Sound |
| Turtle Cream | RP7 |
| Gamesung Games | For Your Tranquility |
| New Mountain | LUCIA |
| Derin | Box to the Box |
| Uneducated Game Studio | Before the Night |
| StarLike (CFK) | Sixtar Gate: STARTRAIL |
| Yoo Young-jo | Katubas Poacher |
- Sponsor's Special Award
| Team | Game | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|
| 21C Ducks Inc. | Chrono Sword | Stove Indie |
| Magic Cube. Dizcon | The Load of the Party | Naver Webtoon |
| LIFUEL | STAND - ALONE | Megazone Cloud |
| Team OOPArts | Frostory | BACKND |
2. In 2023
[edit]1) Place/Date
[edit]- Offline
- Place: DDP, Seoul
- Date : December 1st - December 3rd, 2023
- Online
- Place : Stove Indie
- Date : December 1st - December 10th, 2023
2) Main Program
[edit]- Night of Beavers – A networking event where exhibiting teams gather to share insights on indie game creation.
- Beaver Jam 2023 with Gyeonggi Game Jam – A game jam co-hosted by Smilegate Future Lab and the Gyeonggi Content Agency.
- Beaver Salon – A networking session designed for indie game creators, held in a salon-style discussion format.
- Beaver Con – A participatory conference sharing diverse insights on indie games and the game industry.
- Beaver Featured – A showcase spotlighting notable indie games.
- Beaver of the Year
| Team | Game |
|---|---|
| Candle | Pygmalion |
| Black Tangerine | KILLA |
| Wonder Potion | SANABI |
| Cassel Games | Ratopia |
| Joe Yu | Katubas Poacher |
| Team Horay | Sephiria |
- Sponsor's Special Award
| Team | Game | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|
| Heungdoreu-heungdol | THE SEGMENT TWINS | Stove Indie |
| Jofsoft | Pizza Bandit | Callabasia |
| IGeGeGaeIm | KKCKC | PLUTHUS |
| ODYSSEYER | VELOSTER | BACKND |
3. In 2024
[edit]1) Place/Date
[edit]- Offline
- Place: DDP, Seoul
- Date : November 29th - December 1st, 2023
2) Main Program
[edit]- Curated Exhibition – An indie game art exhibition organized in collaboration with Out Of Index (OOI), Korea’s experimental game festival.
- Creator Workshop – A pre-event workshop held for creators participating in Burning Beaver 2024.
- Beaver Featured
- Beaver of the Year
| Team | Game |
|---|---|
| SnakeEagle | KILL THE WITCH |
| Lizard Smoothie | Shape of Dream |
| Candle | Pygmalion |
| WhiteKite | Hallowanderband |
| Surround | Stereo Mix |
| Black Tangerine | KILLA |
| Banjiha Games | Fakebook |
- Sponsor's Special Award
| Team | Game | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|
| BURGERDUCK Games | Maid in Stom : Heart Warning | Stove Indie |
| BLANBEE | Galvatein: Adventurer's Guild | Naver Webtoon |
| Reverie | Reverie | PLUTHUS |
| ArcStar | ELLIA | BACKND |
4. In 2025
[edit]1) Place/Date
[edit]- Place
- DDP, Seoul
- Date
- Offline: December 5, 2025 (Fri) to December 7, 2025 (Sun)
- Online : December 1st (Monday) to December 14th (Sunday), 2025
2) Main Program
[edit]- Indie Game Exhibition
- Stage Program
- Beaver Featured Awards
- Night of Beavers