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Urban Legends
A visual-novel jam on urban legends: 14 days of online development, kickoff at Almaty Hub, Demo Day at Almaty Creative. 16+, free, solo or teams.
Held20.03
- Dates
- 20 March — 21 April 2026
- Where
- Almaty · Almaty Hub · Almaty Creative
- Format
- on-site + online
- Prize pool
- Chapan Award 150 000 ₸ · Turman Award — Steam Direct · Boryk Award 25 000 ₸
Roadmap
Dates and stages
Kickoff · Almaty Hub
Development ends (14 days online)
Jury review
Demo Day · Almaty Creative
Results
How it ended
32Projects
WINNERS
- Talk to Legends
- Captain-17
- The Five-Star Courier and the Fog That Reeks of Carrion
32 visual novels competed; the jury expanded the prize pool and gave the Chapan Award to three first-place projects.
Photos
How it went
Photos: CIAQ
Speakers and jury
People and jury
SefWriter, narrative designer — jury
Ekaterina K.Visual-novel artist — jury
Vladislav KhorevArtist, writer, indie developer — jury
Dana DaurenovaFounder — jury
David TuganovPresident of CIAQ — jury
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