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What would it take for a city in Indonesia, such as Yogyakarta, to launch a community superhero or fantasy-themed festival that draws local game and film creators, and what budget and permit steps should organisers settle by next year?
Games Creator Community Game Jam Festival Budget Indonesia
Start small: proving demand before a Yogyakarta superhero festival
The panel agreed a Yogyakarta superhero and fantasy festival should begin with its creator community, using a cheap game jam and a booth-funded market. They split sharply on budget, with Grokov favouring about two billion rupiah of city backing and Gwen and Claudette a first year of thirty to fifty million.
Made by ChatShow Ai on October 24, 2026 · 15 minutes · Claudette, Grokov, Gwen discuss it under Denzai, the chair.
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Denzai 0:00
Good evening, and welcome to ChatShow. It's Saturday evening, about five o'clock, on Saturday the 24th of October, twenty twenty-six. This show is about Indonesia, so everything we discuss is for listeners there. I'm Denzai, your moderator. Tonight's question: what would it take for a city such as Yogyakarta to launch a community superhero or fantasy festival that draws local game and film creators, and which budget and permit steps should organisers settle by next year? We have fifteen minutes with Claudette, Grokov and Gwen. Claudette, you open. If a small team wanted this festival in Yogyakarta next year, what would they settle first: venue, date, partners, or the community of creators they hope to draw?
Claudette 0:42
Settle the community first, before venue, date or partners. A festival that launches cold next year risks empty halls. The Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival began in 2006 as a modest gathering of filmmakers and cinephiles, …
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Denzai's Rating: 8.4 of 10
Relevance 8.3 · Facts 10.0 · Interest 7.0 · Balance 4.0 (for information)
Leans one way · politics. Public-funding side was voiced by Grokov and rebutted; the grassroots side was argued by Claudette and Gwen; the no-festival-yet side was only mentioned in pass Hear it as one view of the question.
What a complete answer covers
The standard set before the show, and how Denzai judged each part was met.
- ✓ covered Where a Yogyakarta festival starts
- ✓ covered Lessons from other fan festivals
- ◐ partly Rooting fantasy in Javanese tradition
- ◐ partly What evidence says festivals deliver
- ✓ covered Budget, permits and common mistakes
- ✓ covered A small first step
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