Participants of the Reboot Develop 2024 Blue Indie Awards must comply with the terms and conditions defined within the following document.

1. General info
   • Organizer
     • The organizer of the Reboot Develop Blue 2024 Indie Awards is Reboot represented by Digital Adventure LLC.
   • Sponsor
     • The sponsor of this year’s iteration of Indie Awards is Raw Fury
2. Indie Awards Specifics
   • All participants who enter the Indie Awards competition can choose to compete in five different categories. The categories are as follows
     • GAME OF THE YEAR
       • The category represents the very best project/game that stood out from the rest of the Indie Awards candidates and showed excellence in most of the aforementioned categories
     • OUTSTANDING GAMEPLAY
       • The category represents the project/game that showed excellence by delivering the most encapsulating gameplay mechanics
     • VISUAL EXCELLENCE
       • The category represents the project/game that showed excellence in various visual representation aspects including, but not limited to: graphic quality, visual art style, art direction
     • BEST AUDIO
       • The category represents the project/game that showed excellence in various audio representation aspects including, but not limited to: audio design, music composition, sound effect design, audio engineering
     • SPECIAL SELECTION
       • The category represents the project/game which does not necessarily fit any of the aforementioned categories but has stood out from the rest of the Indie Awards candidates with its ingenuity/originality/innovation and/or delivered powerful message across its medium
3. Submission process
   • Every company/studio or individual that applied for the Reboot Develop Blue 2024 Indie Awards, is required to have at least one team member registered for the conference, i.e., a purchased conference pass of any available option/package, to be considered for the Indie Awards selection process.
   • Every company/studio or individual that applied for the Reboot Develop Blue 2024 Indie Awards, is required to be present at the conference, and available for contact in case of any additional questions that the official Indie Awards Jury might have during the selection process, as well as be present during the Reboot Develop Blue 2024 closing ceremony, should the company/studio or an individual in question be nominated or awarded in any of the aforementioned Indie Awards categories
   • If a company/studio or an individual did not register for the conference, submitted applications will be voided
   • The organizer will check/ask for proof of attendance during the time between the start and the end of the application submission process
   • Individuals/companies that are applying with “Indie Package” tickets have priority in application evaluation process
   • Submitted game/project can be developed for one or multiple of the following platforms – PC, Mac, console platforms, VR, AR, XR, handheld platforms, and/or mobile platforms
   • The project/game can only be submitted to compete in the “primary” and/or “secondary” category from the list of categories above
   • All accepted Indie Awards applications are automatically considered for “GAME OF THE YEAR” as a primary category.
   • Optionally, the studio/individual can choose to compete in a secondary category from the list of categories above.
   • The state of the submitted project/game can be in the:
     • Active development
     • Early access (presence on the market not longer than 9 months)
     • Full release (presence on the market not longer than 6 months)
   • A company/studio or an individual is allowed to submit more than one project/game for the current instance of the Reboot Develop Indie Awards, developed under the single brand/studio name
   • A project/game that was submitted and accepted, therefore participated in any of the previous iterations of the Reboot Develop Indie Awards (Blue or Red), is not allowed to be submitted for the selection process again, even if the game/project in question is submitted under a different brand/name
   • If the project/game was a winner of any previous iterations of the Reboot Develop Indie Awards (Blue or Red), its application will be voided
   • The application for the Reboot Develop Blue 2024 Indie Awards must be submitted through the dedicated web form, in which the developer/studio will provide the Organizer with the required information
   • The Organizer will respect the sensitivity of the collected information and will use the aforementioned information for the application processing and communication purposes only, all according to the GDPR disclaimer in article 8. of this document
4. Independent production
   • Every studio/company or individual that submits a project/game for Indie Awards must be independent, i.e.:
     • majority of the ownership and control of the company/studio belongs to the company/studio or an individual itself, and is not owned and/or controlled by a video game publisher, investor, VC or third-party company
     • The production of the submitted project/game is funded in majority through the various independent sources
5. Jury
   • Reboot Develop Blue 2024 Organizer will provide and set up an anonymous international judging committee (the Jury), assembled from some of the top global games industry professionals. The Jury will process and evaluate each game/project within the parameters of each Indie Awards category for which the project is submitted, after which will make an objective and unanimous decision, and therefore a selection of the nominated, and awarded games/projects. Each nominated and awarded game/project will be announced during the special Reboot Develop Blue 2024 conference closing ceremony.
6. Award
   • Awards for each winner in any of the categories are listed as follows: • Reboot Develop Indie Package for the next iteration of the Reboot Develop event • Unique Reboot Develop Blue 2023 award plaque/statuette The Organizer is obligated to deliver all the awards to the selected winners in a maximum of 90 days period after the Reboot Develop Blue 2023 Indie Award ceremony.
7. Deadline The deadline is 31st of March - 11:59 PM CEST time (or GTM+2).!
8. GDPR disclaimer Reboot/Digital Adventure LLC is committed to ensuring the security and protection of the personal information that we process, and to providing a compliant and consistent approach to data protection. Therefore, all personal information (i.e. contact email, name, and surname) provided through this form will be used exclusively for the purposes of this application and communication with the representative of the legal entity (company/studio) or individual (non-legal entity) who provided the personal information. Personal information provided through this form will not be shared with the 3rd parties and/or Reboot (Digital Adventure LLC) partners (i.e. sponsors, publishers, and/or investors) unless explicitly permitted by the company/studio representative or individual (non-legal entity) who provided the aforementioned information. All additional information related to our GDPR compliance caninal selectionbe obtained by contacting [email protected].