
About CiGA
Foundedin 2015, the China Independent Game Alliance (CIGA) is by far the largest independent game organization in China; running various independent gamerelated events throughout the year with the greatest amount of influence in China. CIGA has built a strong network of resources to support independent game developers in investment, incubation, development, publishing, marketing, communication, and more.
CIGA has an open communicative and cooperative relationship with many international game development organizations, game industry associations, international game industry events and developer groups. We actively promote a cooperative environment and exchange between the Chinese game industry and the international game market. This is primarily to help the overseas game organizations and enterprises to develop cooperative ventures and products in China.
CiGA Annual Event
Global Game Jam
Global Game Jam (GGJ) is the world's largest 48hrs Game development hackathon. It focuses on creative development in the Gaming field and encourages people who are passionate about Game development ti gather and brainstorm. This allows people in many fields to share experiences and express themselves through Game creation.
CIGA will continue to assist GGJin their Chinese operations,and will create more events in many cities across the country to participate in the international development carnival.
CiGA Game Jam
CIGA Game Jam (CGJ ) CiGAGame Jam is the largest Game development hackathon in the Chinese Game industry. This also has a focus on creative development in the Gaming field for people with a passion for Gamedevelopment. The key difference is that this helpsus develop ideas and new experiences for a game‘s development process over a weekend.
This includes programming, interactive design, narrative exploration, and art design; all completed in 48 hours. CGJ activelyencourages people to participate in this global interactive exploration of game development.
CiGA Developers Conference
CiGADeveloper Conference (CIGADC) is a conference organized by CiGA forgame developers and game industry practitioners that covers design, vision, programming, narrative, platform, marketing and more. Including game launch.
Guests from all over the world always have rich experience or have given unique contributions in the field.We are confident that CiGADC willprovide true value and unique information and opportunities for everyone who is serious about the gaming industry.
China University Students Game Awards
The CUSGA China University Student Game Awards covers more than 430 collegesand universities at home and abroad, more than 2,000 participatingstudents, and more than 500 participatingworks every year. It is currently the most influential college student game development competition in China.
The annual finals will be defended at theHaoYeahUniversity Student Cultural Festival, and the final winner will be selected.
indiePlay Awards
indiePlay is organized by CiGA,with the goal of discovering and presenting high quality games and game related activities every year. The event is targeted at product platforms, which includes: PC,console, mobile and VR. We have also set up overseas awards for international games since 2015
Eachyear, indiePlaycollects more than 500 games and gives out awards, with 4-5finalists for each category; such as CIGA‘s Game Jam award.all finalists will get exhibited on WePlay Expo, and the final winner list will be announced at the indiePlayAwards Ceremony on the final programmed event of WePlay.
WePlay Expo
WePlay Expo is the biggest indie game exhibition in China,a place where you can have a refreshing offline experience, where you can find gather different platform games from all over the world. This is a fantastic game festival with high-quality indie games, 3A games, cultural content and experiences from around the world! the biggest indie game exhibition in China,a place where you can have a refreshing offline experience, where you can find gather different platform games from all over the world. This is a fantastic game festival with high-quality indie games, 3A games, cultural content and experiences from around the world!
Contact Us
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