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BitSummit Gaiden

Name: BitSummit Gaiden
Start: 2020-06-26T11:00:00-04:00
End: 2020-06-28T10:59:59-04:00

Online indie games event BitSummit Gaiden will run from June 27 to 28 as a replacement to the cancelled BitSummit The 8th Bit, which would have run from May 9 to 10 at the Kyoto International Exhibition Hall Miyako Messe.

BitSummit Gaiden is a digital celebration of indie games from all over the world, with the new BitSummit Discord serving as its “virtual show floor.” Fans will be able to chat with developers, watch live streams of “Let’s Plays” from media outlets and influencers, download and play demos of games from a selection curated by the BitSummit committee, and take part in contests to win prizes.

Get the various live stream programs below. (All times are Japan Standard Time.)

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Official Broadcast

Channel 1

Hosted by Ai Yokamichi, HaiGai, and virtual idol DELA, this channel will feature chats with Shuhei Yoshida and a virtual tour of the BitSummit Gaiden Discord server by SWERY, a new game announcement from Inti Creates, and appearances by some legendary Japanese creators such as Takayuki Nakamura, Kazutoshi Iida, and Yukio Futatsugi.

June 27 (YouTube, Twitch)
- 12:00 – Opening (Professor Sakamoto, LayerQ, J-mon)
- 12:30 – Inti Creates Special (Takuya Aizu, Koji Igarashi, and Keiji Inafune)
- 13:05 – Famitsu & Game no Dengeki Special!
- 14:25 – Discord Chill Trip (SWERY, Masahiko Murakami)
- 15:00 – Game*Spark’s (Official, but) Unsupervised BitSummit feat. Okakoro (Okayu Nekomata, Korone Inugami)
- 17:10 – IGN Japan Special
- 18:15 – Talking with Shuhei Yoshida: Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (Shuhei Yoshida, Jeff Tanton, Joe Walsh)
- 18:50 – Closing (LayerQ, J-mon)
June 28 (YouTube, Twitch)
- 12:00 – Opening (LayerQ, J-mon)
- 12:20 – Six Indie Titles Recommended by Shuhei Yoshida
- 13:05 – Famitsu & Game no Dengeki Special!
- 14:25 – Discord Chill Trip (SWERY, Masahiko Murakami)
- 15:00 – Game*Spark (Okayu Nekomata, Korone Inugami)
- 18:15 – Closing (LayerQ, J-mon) and Cup Noodle Award Announcement (sponsored by Nissin Foods)

Channel 2

LayerQ & J-mon, two of Japan’s most knowledgeable indie game streamers, will guide viewers through BitSummit Gaiden’s Official Selections, a collection of diverse games in both English and Japanese.

June 27 (YouTube, Twitch)
- 12:00 to 19:00 – LayerQ and J-mon play BitSummit Gaiden’s Official Selections live, as well as host talks with special guests.
June 28 (YouTube, Twitch)
- 12:00 to 19:00 – LayerQ and J-mon play BitSummit Gaiden’s Official Selections live, as well as host talks with special guests.

Channel 3

This channel, hosted by Takeshi Ishikawa of Skeleton Crew Studio, will focus on an online game jam coinciding with BitSummit Gaiden. About 40 students majoring in game development at Japanese universities will participate. Using Discord, each group will develop a game under the theme “Novel Coronaviruses and Online Education.”

June 27 (YouTube, Twitch)
- 10:00 – Opening
- 10:45 – Talk: Novel Coronaviruses and Online Education (Kyoto Seika University’s Yukihiro Tsujita, Kyoto Geijutsu University’s Satoru Murakami)
- 12:00 – Golden Week GJ Presentation 01
- 13:00 – Talk: Game Engine Evolution and Game Development (Historia‘s Shun Sasaki)
- 14:00 – Progress Report
- 15:00 – Open Content
- 16:00 – Golden Week GJ Presentation 02
- 17:00 – Progress Report
- 18:00 – Confidential Content
June 28 (YouTube, Twitch)
- 10:00 – Progress Report
- 11:00 – Talk: New Educational Applications for VR (3D artist Akira Wakui)
- 12:00 – Golden Week GJ Presentation 03
- 12:45 – Talk: Game Development and Education, Status of Remote Work and Lessons (BeXide‘s Kazunori Nanji, game journalist Kenji Kono)’
- 13:45 – Progress Report
- 15:00 – Open Content
- 15:30 – Golden Week GJ Presentation 04
- 17:00 – Game Jam Presentation

Beep x Mozu to Hayanie

June 27 (YouTube Part 1, Part 2)

10:00 – Doors of Insanity by Another Indie
11:00 – Toby: The Secret Mine by Beep
12:00 – Hazel Sky by Another Indie
13:00 – Rhythm Fighter by Coconut Island
15:00 – Kingdom Two Crowns by Raw Fury
16:00 – Silver Chains by Beep
17:00 – Vigil: The Longest Night by Another Indie
18:00 – Neversong by Beep

June 28 (YouTube Part 1, Part 2)

10:00 – Jack Axe by Another Indie
11:00 Aeon Drive by 2Awesome Studio
12:00 – Melon Journey 2 by Poppy Works
13:00 – Elden: Path of the Forgotten by Another Indie
15:00 – Drill Man Rumble by Another Indie
16:00 – Everreach: Project Eden by Beep
17:00 – West of Dead by Raw Fury
18:00 – Pinstripe by Beep

Famitsu & Game no Dengeki Special

June 27 (YouTube)

13:00 – Opening
13:05 – BitSummit Official Live Stream Cooperation
14:10 – Talk and Break
14:30 – The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters (Switch)
15:30 – Inti Creates New Title Introduction
16:30 – Closing

June 28 (YouTube)

13:00 – Opening
13:05 – BitSummit Official Live Stream Cooperation
14:10 – Talk and Break
14:30 – Rigid Force Redux (Switch)
15:00 – When the Past was Around (PC)
15:30 – Other Titles Introduction Corner
16:30 – Closing

IGN Japan

June 27 (YouTube)

15:00 – Opening + Speaking Simulator Japanese Version Gameplay
15:10 – Starstruck: Hands of Time Interview and Gameplay
15:45 – CARRION Japanese Version First Gameplay
16:05 – Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 Gameplay and Interview with Koji Igarashi
16:35 – IGN Japan Selection Games
16:45 – Penguin’s Dogma
17:10 – BitSummit Gaiden Official Program: Fight Crab Special Interview and Battle
18:20 – Superliminal
18:35 – Nekoningen Eugene
19:00 – Closing

June 28 (YouTube)

15:00 – Opening
15:10 – IGN Japan Selection Games
15:35 – Mon Amour (Onion Games) Gameplay and Interview with Yoshirou Kimura
15:55 – Neon Tail Gameplay
16:15 – The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother Gameplay and Interview with SOMI
16:50 – Disc Room
17:10 – BitSummit Gaiden Official Program: Exclusive Gameplay Footage – Shaberisugi GAMER
18:20 – MO: Astray
18:35 – IGN Japan Selection Games
18:50 – Ending
19:00 – Closing

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Jupiter

June 27 (Twitch)

12:00 – Live Play: Working Zombies
13:00 – Live Talk #1
13:30 – Live Play: Picross Series
14:30 – Live Play: Working Zombies
15:30 – Live Talk #2
16:00 – Live Play: Picross Series

June 28 (Twitch)

12:00 – Live Play: Picross Series
13:00 – Live Talk #3
13:30 – Live Play: Working Zombies
14:30 – Live Play: Picross Series
15:30 – Live Talk #4
16:00 – Live Play: Working Zombies

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Marvelous

June 27 (YouTube)

11:00 to 12:00 – AWAY : The Survival Series
12:00 to 13:00 – Timelie
12:00 to 15:30 – Nekoningen Eugene
15:00 to 16:00 – Fury Unleashed
15:30 to 19:00 – Yadokari Survive
16:00 to 17:00 – The Riftbreaker

June 28 (YouTube)

12:00 to 13:00 – Timelie
12:00 to 15:30 – Yadokari Survive
15:00 to 16:00 – Fury Unleashed
15:30 to 19:00 – Nekoningen Eugene
16:00 to 17:00 – The Riftbreaker

Phoenixx

Schedule

June 27
- 11:00 to 12:00 JST – Phoenixx Title Lineup & Update
- 13:00 to 14:30 JST – Phoenixx x Touhou Project Fan Game Developer Roundtable
June 28
- 13:00 to 14:30 JST – Gensou Skydrift Online Exhibition

Lineup

Fault – Milestone Two Side: Below (PS4, Switch, PC) by Alice in Dissonance
Keen: One Girl Army (Switch, PC) by Cat Nigiri
Seven: Enhanced Edition (PS4) by Fool’s Theory / IMGN.PRO
Smash Hockey (iOS, Android) by I From Japan
Gensokyo Defenders (PS4, Switch, PC) by Neetpia
Gensou Skydrift (PS4, Switch, PC) by illuCalab.
Touhou Labyrinth: Gensokyo to Tenkan no Taiju (PS4, Switch) by Nise-Eikoku Shinshidan / Cubetype
Touhou Mechanical Scrollery (PC) by Mikosansho

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Sony Interactive Entertainment

Lineup

ANNO: Mutationem (PS4) by ThinkingStars
Bake ‘n Switch (PS4) by Streamline Media Group
D.E.E.P.: Battle of Jove (PS4) by ThinkingStars
F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch (PS4) by TiGames
Metaverse Keeper (PS4) by E-Soul
No Straight Roads (PS4) by Sold Out Sales and Digital / Game Source Entertainment
RAN: Lost Islands (PS4) by Jolly Roger
Swords of Gargantua (PSVR) by Thirdverse
Touhou Labyrinth: Gensokyo to Tenkan no Taiju (PS4) by Phoenixx
The Wonderful 101: Remastered (PS4) by PlatinumGames