Founded in 1994, Otakon is an annual convention held in the summer months to celebrate Asian pop culture (anime, manga, music, movies, video games, etc.) and its fandom—along with its very own Indie Aisle!

This year, Otakon was held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC and was a wonderful experience filled with the best nerdy, otaku folks around.

OTAKON 2022

  • BOBA STUDIOS: SQUIRRELY ROO RABBIT

    Boba Studies is hard at work on Squirrely Roo Rabbit, a pop up story based puzzle adventure following Squirrely Roo, the cutest little rodent, and his artistic quest… It is not yet released, but there is a demo on their website.

  • SLICED KIWI STUDIOS: CHECK X MATE

    Sliced Kiwi is a small studio run by two talented developers. They are in the midst of creating Chess X Mate, a strategy, Fire Emblem-esque chess game… Check X Mate is currently available as a demo on itch.io and can be wishlisted on Steam.

  • RETROWARE

    Retroware, formerly known as Screenwave, is a publisher focused on retro games, well, new indies that have that retro game feel… Check out their game Angry Video Game Nerd, Volumes 1 and 2 out now.