The Indie Forge Debuted Its First Edition With Over 15 Million Pesos in Prizes

On October 29, the closing and award ceremony of the first-ever Indie Forge took place — an initiative led by Blazing Soft that, for more than 15 days, fostered creativity, innovation, and high-level video game development in Barranquilla, Colombia.

In this first edition, 24 teams registered, of which 12 were admitted to continue through the development and mentoring process. Finally, 8 video games reached the final stage, presenting their projects to the judges and the attending community during the awards ceremony.

🏆 Awards

During the event, the top 5 video games of the Indie Forge 2025 were recognized for their engagement, presentation, and creative potential.

• 1st Place: Team Blue Shark – Sebastián Ramírez, Ángela Rosales, and Renato Mazzilli.
  💰 Prize: COP 3,000,000 – Sponsored by Blazing Soft.
  
• 2nd Place: Adrián Vides.
  💰 Prize: COP 1,000,000 – Sponsored by Blazing Soft.
  
• Best Prototype: Osvaldo Zapata – Sponsored by Fundación Código Abierto.
  
• Most Scalable Game: Team Missingno – Yesid Salcedo, Sebastián Casadiego, and Gabriel Arias – Sponsored by Corporación de Educación Superior del Litoral.
  
• Most Voted Game by the Audience: Team Blue Shark – Sponsored by Corporación de Educación Superior del Litoral.
  

The Indie Forge was born as an initiative from the Meet & GameDev community, within the framework of its first anniversary — a community led and supported by Blazing Soft. To honor its members, two additional categories were created to recognize both active contributors and attending participants.

• Meet & GameDev Active Member Award: Adriana Cadena – Sponsored by Corporación de Educación Superior del Litoral.
  
• Meet & GameDev Attendee Award:Alix Ferreira – Sponsored by Fundación Código Abierto.

The event, held at the Auditorium of the Corporación de Educación Superior del Litoral, featured the participation of key strategic allies who helped make this first edition a reality: Corporación Universitaria Americana, Corporación de Educación Superior del Litoral, and Fundación Código Abierto.

Thus concluded the first edition of the Indie Forge, where Blazing Soft, together with its strategic allies, awarded prizes in cash and academic scholarships totaling over 15 million pesos, reaffirming their joint commitment to strengthening the video game and digital content industry in Colombia.