TOKYO GAME SHOW 2025 - SENSE OF WONDER NIGHT 2025

Indie Game ProjectSENSE OF WONDER NIGHT 2025

A contest to discover new game ideas

Date

Sep.26(Fri)

Place

International Conference Hall

What is "SENSE OF WONDER NIGHT (SOWN)"?

"SENSE OF WONDER NIGHT(SOWN)" is an event that aims to discover game ideas that will trigger a "SENSE OF WONDER" (a feeling of something changing in one's world the moment one sees or hears the concept). This year will be the 18th time for the event. You can enjoy this year's event both on-site and via online streaming.

Member of SOWN Committee

Awards

Audience Award Grand Prix
USD 3,000
Audience Award Semi-Grand Prix
USD 500
Best Technological Game Award
USD 500
Best Arts Award
USD 500
Best Experimental Game Award
USD 500
Best Game Design Award
USD 500
Best Presentation Award
USD 500

Objectives of "SENSE OF WONDER NIGHT"

To introduce game with a game design and ideas that are experimental and creative, and that cannot be called conventional or traditional
To raise awareness of the great value of "Sense of Wonder" in games, which may transform the common sense of game, and lead to invigorate the game industry
To provide future opportunities for those who are developing experimental and creative games.
To create new domains in the game industry

Five criteria that match SOWN

1
New SenseA game that realizes a totally new, never-seen-before gaming experience
A game that employs technologies that have not previously been used successfully, such as natural language processing, physics engines, image recognition or gesture control, to present a new kind of experience.
2
New StandardA game that challenges the common sense of games
A game that pursues new ways of gaming expressions and changes the player's vision of the world after playing and experiencing it.
3
EmergentA game with emergent features
Ser's activities into the game world by embedding features such as AI interactions and social elements.
4
MotivationA game that makes people want to play it immediately
A game that makes everyone thinks that they want to enjoy the new experience for themselves and feel that they want to treasure it.
5
SurpriseAn amazing game
Any kind of new, eye-grabbing and impressive game!!

Acknowledgement

The "SENSE OF WONDER NIGHT" event has received a lot of inspiration from the "Experimental Gameplay Workshop" that was started at the Game Developers Conference in 2001. We would like to express our thanks to the many people who helped to make these workshops a success and to all our friends.