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A Study on the Limits and Improvement Methods of Korean Indie Game Development Policy

국내 인디게임 육성정책의 한계 및 개선방안에 관한 연구

  • 최중빈 (경기콘텐츠진흥원 판교클러스터센터) ;
  • 김선영 (홍익대학교 문화예술경영대학원)
  • Received : 2019.08.20
  • Accepted : 2019.10.31
  • Published : 2019.12.20
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Abstract

The Indie Game market is emerging as a niche for game startups. We analyzed policy cases related to indie games in local governments, and the private sector to suggest ways to improve the Indie Game market. As a result, the problems of Indie Game-related policies resulted in lack of market research and success case analysis, lack of manpower training program, accelerator program, and public-private cooperation project. To build an Indie Game ecosystem, we proposed the necessity of establishing an effective promotion system through cooperation between the local government and the state.

전 세계적으로 게임시장이 포화상태에 이르면서, 게임 창업의 틈새시장으로 인디게임 시장이 부각되고 있다. 본 연구는 1인 또는 소수의 팀으로 운영하는 국내 인디게임 시장의 개선 및 활성화 방안을 제시하기 위해 서울시, 경기도, 부산시 및 민간의 인디게임 관련 정책 사례를 분석하였다. 연구 결과, 인디게임 관련 정책의 문제점으로 시장 조사 및 성공사례 분석 부족, 인력양성 프로그램의 미비, 엑셀러레이팅 프로그램의 부재, 민관협력 프로젝트의 부족 등이 도출되었다. 인디게임 생태계 구축이라는 정책적 과제의 해결을 위해 지자체와 국가 간의 업무분담과 협력을 통해 효과적 추진체계 구축의 필요성을 제안하였다.

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