The Chinese game industry is booming. Since 2015, when Steam and consoles started operations in China, the number of local players has grown exponentially. While most of the analysis focuses on big AAA games, the interest for independent games has been growing silently. This has also created a local movement of game developers and supporters that are now starting to create and organize their own games and events. In this talk, I will give a quick overview of what’s happening in the local game scene in China and answer some of the most frequently asked questions about the game industry in the Middle Kingdom.
