Catching Winds in Indonesia : ALAX in Bekraf Festival 2019
When one thinks of Indonesia, one can’t help but think about a vibrant melting pot of culture, good food, and probably Bali. But ALAX saw something else in Indonesia, we saw a treasure trove of creative talents silently churning out awesome games for the world’s stage. So there we are on 4th — 6th October 2019 to scout and network with the industry’s top creatives, at Bekraf Festival 2019 in Vastenburg Fortress, Solo, Indonesia where game studios all over Indonesia under the banner of Bekraf, Indonesia’s Creative Industry Government Agency came to showcase, share, and cowork with one another alongside with other industries like music, fashion and many others.
This year, this creative and vibrant festival was done in such a unique setting inside an ancient colonial Vastenburg Fortress made centuries ago. Such a setting is symbolic of how the old should set the stage for the new, just like the old world should set the stage for the new world where cryptocurrency and blockchain becomes the norm.
Over the last 5 years, Indonesia has gone through a resurgence of creative as we saw top talents from the archipelago making waves all over the world. In music, we saw Rich Brian and Niki making hits in the US with 88 Rising, and also in the gaming industry, where games made in Indonesia like Dreadout becomes global sensation and even played by the likes of PewDIePie. In the festival we saw first hand those up and coming hit games in the making as we network and shake hands with various game studios that we will onboard in the coming weeks.
One of the centerstage of the event was the game prime center where Indonesia’s finest game developers are showcasing their games. Dreadout once more becomes the main attraction of the spot but there are so many other awesome mobile games that was featured and playable on it as well. ALAX has shook hands with many of them and currently following up for onboarding our new developers friends.
During the event, ALAX was privileged to be given access to a limited seat sub-event for game developers lead by speakers from Dicoding where we discuss on the future of gaming with AR, game publishing and monetisation. ALAX saw that indeed game developers in Indonesia also share the same pain points with game developers worldwide, among them are high fees, slow withdrawal and publishing fees. ALAX exist to fix those problems. Hence we are having quite a good reception during the event as developers are open for our new and refreshing way of publishing games on the blockchain.
Expect more updates coming from Indonesia as we are now part of Indonesia’s gaming ecosystem and will be actively engaged by the community. Are you game developers from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore or beyond and wants to get a better and fairer platform for your games? Then wait no more! Drop our Partnership Manager Ashley Reeves a message at ashley.reeves@alax.io
