Announcing the 20 finalists and open registration for the Indie Games Festival in San Francisco

Posted by Kacey Fahey, Developer Marketing, Google Play

With so many great mobile games launching this year, we saw a huge amount of interest from indie developers to showcase their art at the Google Play Indie Games Festival in San Francisco next month. While it was a tough selection process, we're excited to announce the 20 finalists, as well as our esteemed judging panel. Fans will be able to play the new and un-released indie games in a fun festival atmosphere where they can also meet the creators themselves. To attend and learn more about the event, register now for free at http://ift.tt/2vxhtEv.

So how did we choose the 20 finalists? We powered up our phones, put our game-faces on, and looked for games that not only met the festival requirements, but also stood out with their overall design, fun, and quality. These are the 20 finalists who will be joining us at the festival to demo their games.

Meet the finalists

7 Pin Pool
SPG Inc

Age of Rivals
Roboto Games

Beast Brawlers - PvP Arena
V2 Games Inc.

Brave Hand
Heart Shaped Games
(game not yet released)

Covens
Raincrow Studios, LLC

Crashy Cars
pixelbizarre

Dokudo
Sense of Wonder

Flipping Legend
Hiding Spot

Gladiator Rising
Happii Gamer Studio

Jigsaw Story
Happy Square Studio Inc

Loteria Latin Bingo
Gorilla Bean Games

Maruta Escape
Busan Sanai Games
(game not yet released)

NoStranger
Black Vein Productions

Slayaway Camp
Blue Wizard Digital

Space Tunnel
Spacewave Studios

Splitter Critters
RAC7

Star Vikings Forever
Akupara Games

Storm Wars
Zom.bio

Tiny Bubbles
Pine Street Codeworks
(game not yet released)

Topsoil
Nico Prins

In addition to playing these games and meeting the developers who made them, fans will have a chance to vote for their favorites throughout the festival. The Top 10 will then move on to present a short pitch in pursuit of going home as one of the three overall festival winners. The winners will be chosen by this year's panel of judges representing a diverse lineup of gaming expertise.

Alex the Gamerette, YouTube Creator
Lina Chen, Co-founder & CEO of Nix Hydra
Emily Greer, CEO of Kongregate
Jamil Moledina, Games Strategic Lead, Google
Dean Takahashi, Lead Writer for GamesBeat
Sarah Thomson, BD Lead, Indie Games, Google Play

Emceeing this year's event is J.D. Witherspoon, aka runJDrun. No stranger to gaming, YouTuber/actor/comedian, J.D. plays a wide array of games and frequently uploads gaming, vlog, and comedy content to his channels.

If you want to try out these games and celebrate the indie community, learn more about the event and register at http://ift.tt/2vxhtEv.

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