The application period has closed.
We appreciate the participation of all applicants.

Award results will be announced at the Awards Ceremony at the event stage of the
“TOKYO GAME SHOW 2006” held in Makuhari Messe from September 22 to 24, 2006.
“Indies Division”: from 4:30 pm on Friday, September 22, 2006

All non-commercially produced works, regardless of the applicant's status (professional, amateur, corporate, organization or individual), are eligible for these awards. Products that are winners or current or past entrants of other contests (except the previous CESA GAME AWARD INDIES) are also eligible for entry as well as fully completed products. The following products are however not valid for entry: those also entered in other contests which ban multiple contest entries, and those whose copyright has been or will be transferred to or admitted for use by the organizers of other contests or other third parities.

All computer entertainment games are eligible, including those operable on consumer-oriented home videogame systems (stationary or portable-type) or personal computers regardless of platform type. Products for entry must comply with CESA ethics codes. Products for entry must be at a playable stage of development. All rights related to any game for entry must belong to the applicant. Owners of any product which includes a third party's work, portrait, trademark or any other item which can be regarded as the property of a third party must have first received legitimate agreement of any such item's usage.

Applications require compliance with the following nine items. Failure to provide written agreement to the following terms (by failing to either sign or provide one's personal seal on 'Form 4: Applicant's Agreement') will render an application invalid. 　 Although no restrictions are imposed upon a given game's platform type, the use of any development tools employed in the game's creation must only have been made after the conclusion of an appropriate lease agreement (for such tools) between the platform manufacturer and the applicant or applying organization/company. Applicants who wish to enter a mobile phone-type product are also required to provide a mobile phone on which the game will be demonstrated during its judging session. The given product should be either pre-installed or able to be played after being downloaded just once. Products which require continuous downloads of data-packets during game-play are not accepted. Mobile phones loaned by applicants will be returned after completion of the first judging session (mid-September). Products for entry must not violate copyrights, or defame or infringe the rights of any third party. Any products failing to do so will not be accepted. All rights related to any game for entry must belong to the applicant. Owners of any product which includes a third party's work, portrait, trademark or any other item which can be regarded as the property of a third party must have first received legitimate agreement of any such item's usage. Products accepted for entry are limited to those which the entrant holds full exclusive rights to, including intellectual property rights. CESA and its related parties are not responsible for any requests, objections or claims to the rights of a given product by a third party, requiring the applicant to settle any such matters at his/her own responsibility and expense. CESA and its related parties will not respond to any inquiries or consultations regarding the possible infringement of the rights of any third party. Please understand that media (including CD, DVD and MO) on which products for entry are provided to CESA, as well as any other attached materials, will become the property of CESA and will not be returned in any circumstances. It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure the safekeeping of master files for any products submitted for entry. Any charges incurred in the forwarding of products to CESA, including postage or delivery, will be born by the applicant. Award winners may be required to provide extra information about themselves and their products, and also to lend their products as well as (if possible) materials used in the product's development, depending on the needs of the awards ceremony, requests by manufacturing developers, or other reasons. Applicants are required to allow CESA and its authorized third parties uncharged and indefinite use of all entered products and printed publication of product images (including screen-shots) for the purposes of non-profit-making audience game trials, exhibitions, and public-relations activities for the "Japan Game Awards." No response will be given to inquiries about the selection of nominated or award-winning products. Applicants of nominated or award-winning products will be informed directly of their entry's successful selection. CESA will relay any inquiries by third parties including manufacturing developers regarding potential commercialization of given products directly to the products' owners. 　Owners will then be required to respond to the third party's inquiry independently. CESA and its authorized parties will offer no assistance in the potential commercialization of any product. All of the above mentioned items and all other items relevant to this event comply with Japanese law. Any related legal matters initially fall under the jurisdiction of the Tokyo District Court.

No restrictions are imposed on the age, gender, nationality or status (professional, amateur, corporate or organization) with the exception that all applicants must be current residents of Japan. Any number of products can be accepted for entry. If an applicant is a student, he/she must apply for the "CESA Students Game Awards" first. Its Grand Award winner will then be included in the final candidates for the "Indies Division of Japan Game Awards" If a group made up of both students and non-students wishes to make an entry, please contact: Japan Game Awards-Indies Division section at TEL: 03-3837-5724.

Monday, April 3 - Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Please send the following materials (1 through 3) by post or courier service. Two separate copies of the product data (one serving as a spare), each on a separate piece of media. One video containing footage of the product being played (an approx. 5-min demonstration on VHS cassette) Completed application forms 1 through 4 Form1: Product Information Form 2: Product Introduction Form 3:　Product Operation Procedure Form 4: Applicant's Agreement Please call the Indies Division section of the "Japan Game Awards" at 03-3837-5724 if you wish to receive application forms by mail.

Inquiries "Japan Game Awards" Indies Division section 6F Sotokanda Bldg. 5-4-13 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0021 TEL ： 03-3837-5724

◎ Grand Award (1 title) Award money: 500,000 yen ◎ Award for Excellence (number unspecified) Award money: 50,000 yen ※ The awards ceremony is scheduled to be held at the event stage of the TOKYO GAME SHOW 2006 from 16:30 on Friday, September 22, 2006.

Several products will be nominated by the judges from the total field of entries during a first-stage evaluation session (early August). Following this, a final judging session will be held (mid-August) to determine the winner of the "Grand Award", and other highly judged entries to receive an "Award for Excellence."

Those selected for entry in this category will be the winners of the first-stage evaluation session, as well as the winner of the CESA Students Game Awards. The "Indies Division of Japan Game Awards" is a contest open to members of the public other than students, while the "Students Game Awards" is oriented to students, and has awarded a number of excellent products each year. The winner of the "Indies Division of Japan Game Awards" will be chosen from a field of selected exceptional entrants which also includes the Grand Award winner of the "Students Game Awards".