TapTap announces Pocket Playfest, a two-week-long gaming event centered around exclusive indie mobile titles. GamingonPhone will be collaborating with TapTap as a media partner to cover the highly anticipated event, which is set to kick off on June 16th and will run until June 29th. The event will look forward to providing an opportunity for gamers to enjoy and contribute to the growth of aspiring indie developers.
Pocket Playfest offers a great opportunity for indie developers to showcase their talents
With Pocket Playfest being a player’s choice tournament, participants have the chance to engage in gameplay experiences and express their preferences by voting for the games they enjoy most while also participating to vote for the Players’ Choice award. More details are given below.
Schedule
TapTap Pocket Playfest is structured into two phases: the group stage and the final match. The group stage is scheduled from June 16th to June 25th. With five rounds scheduled, the winner of each head-to-head round will advance to the final stage.
- Round 1: Extremely Realistic Siege Warfare Simulator vs Strike Buster Prototype
- Round 2: Refactor vs. Dwerve
- Round 3: Prime of Flames vs. Bright Reappear
- Round 4: Heaven Dust vs. I See you
- Round 5: Cyber Manhunt vs. Cat of Khronos
All participants are able to participate by playing and voting for their favorite games. If the game they vote for receives the most votes and is declared the winner, the player will earn 5 tickets.
The final round is scheduled from June 26th to June 28th, which will conclude the event. Once again following the “play and vote system”, the winner will be decided after the voting concludes. If the game a player selects garners the highest number of votes, they will receive 10 tickets.
Awards and Prizes
Pocket Playfest not only showcases games but also offers prizes for both developers and participants. Once the event is concluded, each award winner will receive a dev care package from TapTap, in total up to $100,000 via developer support. Developers have the chance to win one of six dev awards in recognition of achievements like the Players’ Choice award and the Most Discussed award.
| Award | Description |
|---|---|
| Players’ Choice (Winner) | User Voted – Most Voted Game |
| Most Recommended | User Voted – Most Downloaded Game |
| Most Discussed | User Voted – Most Discussed Games Posted |
| Editors’ Choice | Editor’s Choice – Editors’ Favorites |
| Most Stunning | Editor’s Choice – Best Visual/Music |
| Best Gameplay | Editor’s Choice – Best Gameplay |
Participants enter a giveaway that includes 10 grand prizes of $1000 and other exciting rewards chosen at random. The details are given below.
| Prize | Number of Winners |
|---|---|
| $1000 (via PayPal or gift card) | 10 |
| Steam Deck | 1 |
| Xbox Controller Elite | 3 |
This is possible with the tickets they earn during the event. So, the more the tickets, the more the chances!
A perfect opportunity to discover the love for indie games
Tousif Hasan Biswas, the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of GamingonPhone said, “Indie developers are a major part of the mobile games community. With TapTap’s Pocket Playfest, this is an opportunity for us to appreciate the love and passion for the mobile indie developers and help the gamers find the lesser-known titles.”
Daniel Liu, Brand Manager of TapTap added: “We’re excited to work with GamingonPhone to support and bring coverage to the mobile indie games community for this event. The Pocket Playfest is an opportunity for game enthusiasts to discover incredible games and indie devs that would’ve been relatively hard to find in today’s gaming landscape, especially on mobile.”
The TapTap app is available on iOS and Android, but the Pocket Playfest will only be accessible on Android due to limitations within Apple’s ecosystem.
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