Coming up into its second year, the Boston Festival for Indie Games (Boston FIG) has launched a Kickstarter campaign to expand on the success of the event and accomodate the developers and fans who can benefit from it.
According to the website, Boston FIG would like to get help from sponsors so they can afford a larger space for attendees and have a more centralized layout compared to last year's event.
"Trying to cram 2,000 people into a handful of classrooms turned out to be problematic," the website said. "The festival was a lot of fun, but it was cramped and hot. This was the number one issue we heard from attendees, so we’ve vowed to resolve it for BostonFIG 2013."
As a person who attended Boston FIG last year, all I can say is thank god.
The festival is the east coast equivalent of IGF, highlighting Boston-based developers. The city has recently become a hub for video games, featuring studios such as Irrational Games, Harmonix, and countless indie studios.
2012 was the first year, and it was a fairly packed affair, with "50 games, 5 movies, 2 speakers, an art gallery, an awards show, a sponsored game jam, and 2000 attendees," according to the website.
The organization is offering a free indie games bundle called the "Figgie Bundle" to people who donate over $25 to the Kickstarter. This is a great bundle that includes local favorites such as Fieldrunners, Slam Bot Scrappers, and Dejobaan's Easiest Game Ever. At $11,000, a new bonus game will be unlocked.
The Boston Festival for Indie Games will be on September 14 at the MIT Stratton Student Center.
