The Busan Indie Connect Festival (BIC Festival) have announced the nominees for the 2023 BIC Awards Nominees, highlighting some of the best indie games released this year.

The 2023 BIC Awards are split up into three different categories, with two nominees for the Grand Prix and Jury Prize, as well as five more for the Rookie Division Rising Star categories.

Nominees include the critically-acclaimed A Space For The Unbound and Viewfinder, and the winners will be announced on the 26th of August, the end of the first public day of the event.

The nominees are as follows:

2023 BIC Awards Grand Prix

• A Space For The Unbound – Mojiken Studios
• Final Knight- 2oclocksoft

Jury Prize

• Dungeon Drafters- DANGEN Entertainment
• Viewfinder- Sad Owl Studios

Rookie Division Rising Star

• Devilish League- Team QT
• PIO- Star of Star
• THE SEGMENT TWINS- HeungDoReu-HeungDol
• Over The Horizon- Etriel Athanasia
• LetMeOut- Eclipse Studio

Busan Indie Connect Festival is a currently-ongoing indie game showcase event, happening in Busan, South Korea.

The event runs three days, from August 25th to August 27th, with the first day being closed to the public.