BitSummit Drift will run from from July 10 to 21, 2024 at the Miyako Messe Exhibition Center in Kyoto, Japan. You will be able to watch it on YouTube and Twitch.

■ Sponsors

Platinum Sponsors

• Cygames
• Nintendo
• Sony Interactive Entertainment

Gold Sponsors

• Devolver Digital
• Happinet
• KOCCA (Korea Creative Content Agency)
• Pocketpair
• Shueisha Games

Silver Sponsors

• Asobism
• Astrolabe Games
• CE-Asia
• CRITICAL REFLEX
• China indie Game Alliance
• Crossy Road
• Epic Games
• Gravity Game Arise
• ID@Xbox (Microsoft Gaming)
• iGi indie Game incubator
• IndieArk
• Inti Creates
• Kakehashi Games
• New Blood Interactive
• PlayEveryWare
• Ponos
• Spike Chunsoft
• Ukiyo Studios

Bronze Sponsors

• ABC ANIMATION / Kadokawa Game Linkage
• CRI Middleware
• City Connection
• Coreblazer
• Drecom
• GYAAR Studio
• Grounding Inc.
• indienova
• Osaka Electro-Communication University
• Shogakugan Coro Coro Comic Editorial Department
• Shueisha Game Creators CAMP
• Xsolla

■ Exhibitors

Various companies will exhibit at BitSummit Drift. We would like to introduce all the corporate exhibitors, excluding general exhibitors.

• 1st-impact
• ACQUIRE
• AccordSeven
• Aniplex
• Audiokinetic K.K.
• BEEP
• BeXide
• BurgerStudio
• Computer Management Consulting Center
• Cross Plus Studio
• G-MODE Corporation
• Game Studio
• Gotcha Gotcha Games
• Graph
• HEXA DRIVE
• HYPER REAL
• Indie-us Games
• Institute for Information Industry
• KYO-CCE Lab
• Kitfox Games
• Kwalee
• Kyoto College of Design and Technology
• Kyoto Computer Gakuin
• Lightning Games
• Marvelous
• morikatron
• Neuron-Age
• Odencat
• Osaka Institute of Technology
• pangle
• Peacock
• Phoenixx
• Play, Doujin! (Mediascape)
• Preferred Networks
• radiuthree
• Rainy Frog
• Red Bull Booth
• room6
• SKOOTA GAMES
• Sokpop Collective
• Toge Productions
• Toydium
• Ullucus Heaven
• Waku Waku Games
• Wise Games
• Yokaze

■ Introduction of Invited Influencers and Events at BitSummit Drift

BitSummit Drift has invited many of Japan’s most influential content creators to participate in this indie game celebration!

Live Streaming Stage

This year, the live streaming stage will again welcome Waiwai-san, who will take on various events and challenges during the three days of BitSummit Drift!

• Waiwai (Twitter, YouTube) – A game streamer from Nara Prefecture known for his humorous play style across various indie game genres. He is also known to be very talkative; he can chat for hours straight once he’s in the groove. With a career spanning 15 years, this marks his third appearance at BitSummit.

Waiwai Event Details

• Pre-Event Stream (July 19)
  • BitSummit Drift Special Live Stream planned for about one hour.
  • Waiwai-san appears as MC, and Kimeko-san is also scheduled to appear as a sub-MC!
• Event Day Streams (July 20 to 21 from 10:00 to 17:00)
  • Waiwai VS Indie Games 14-Hour Endurance Stream TURBO – The revival of the hit challenge of introducing as many indie games as possible over two days is back! Viewer comments will be read out, and gifts giveaways are also planned… don’t miss it!

BitSummit Drift Official Reporter Streams

Many popular TikTokers will appear as “BitSummit Drift Official On-Site Reporters.” They will introduce the atmosphere at the venue in live streaming and are also scheduled to appear on the official BitSummit program, so please look forward to it!

• Natsue Coco – A pioneer with 1.6 million followers who has recorded 50,000 concurrent viewers for her “silent streams” that creates a VR-like world without saying a word. She won the Grand Prize in the “LIVE Creator of the Year” category at the “TikTok Awards Japan 2022.”
• Kimeko – An active female first-person shooter game streamer known for titles like Knives Out and Fortnite. Popular on TikTok and YouTube for her “Pretending to be a Foreigner” videos that showcase her English skills.
• Ikechan – Originally from Akita Prefecture. A first-class registered architect and a creator with over 570,000 TikTok followers. Active in gravure modeling and shows talents in many industries.
• Biwako-kun – An unofficial character recognized by Shiga Prefecture, born from a 4-panel comic drawn by the “person inside” who is a band member. Gained popularity by releasing the “Shiga Resident Song” music video on YouTube in July 2019.
• Riicho – A game streamer with over 820,000 total SNS followers who is very active on YouTube, TikTok, and more. A member of the Girls’ Research University group.
• Shiro-sensei – A popular game streamer who mainly posts FPS game videos. Known for his MC and tsukkomi skills as a member of the Girls’ Research University group. Also active in collaboration videos and live streams with other YouTube channels.
• Niki [Super Ikemen] – A popular game streamer who posts gameplay videos of titles like Knives Out and Apex Legends. A member of the Girls’ Research University group. Since starting activities in December 2020, he has amassed 240,000 YouTube subscribers in less than two years.
• Cameron – A popular game streamer known for his character voice impressions. Also active as a member of the Girls’ Research University group. Announced his retirement and transition to a Vtuber in April of this year.
• 18-go – A Vtuber who mainly streams narration work, gaming, and chat streams. An addictive voice quality has made her a queen bee like presence in the Girls’ Research University group.

17V Liver BitSummit Promotion Ambassadors

As a collaboration between the live streaming app 17LIVE and BitSummit Drift, we have prepared a space at the BitSummit venue where you can enjoy conversations with the active 17V Livers! 17LIVE is currently holding a project called “Become a PR Ambassador for Japan’s Largest Indie Game Festival! BitSummit Drift × 17LIVE” to select the participating 17V Livers. Once the 17V Livers who will appear have been decided, we will let you know, so stay tuned!