We are pleased to announce that ADOOR Inc. will hold IND-1 2025 contest as a new attempt for digital human resources in the gaming domain of the Digital Gakuen Festival 2025 to be held at EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan from July 19th to July 20th 2025. ADOOR Inc. (Head Office:Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, President : Toshinori Yagi (hereinafter referred to as ADOOR) , is under the umbrella of Pole To Win Holdings, Inc. (Head Office: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, President & CEO: Teppei Tachibana, Securities Code/3657) and handles XR standardization and operation business, event planning and production business, and community co-Creation Business. This event will be held under the theme of "Challenging the World from Japan," and is Japan's first indie game creator contest to discover and nurture young digital creators that will challenge world contests.

■"IND-1 2025" means

"IND-1 2025(JAPAN INDIE GAME CREATOR 1 CONTEST 2025)" is an indie game contest for under 22 years oldcreators held as part of the Digital Gakuen Festival 2025. This event aims to discover and nurture young digital creators who take on challenging the world. This contest not only targets completed games, but also allows a wide range of creators, including game planning, BGM, character production, 3DCG, and game PV, to participate. Unknown ordinary creators, men or women in U-22, will take on the challenge of winning prizes and support from gaming companies. The award winners will be provided not only domestically but also with a variety of opportunities, including participation in overseas contests and invitations to overseas conferences. Through this event, everyone will have the opportunity to experience the world of indie games and experience the excitement and inspiration from the challenges of the young creators. Please look forward to the birth of a new star creator.

■"Digital Gakuen Festival 2025"

The Digital Academy 2025 is a digital human resource development event held by the Digital Learning Experience Federation (the "Digi Federation") at EXPO Messe WASSE in the EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan.

The Digi Federation is an organization that supports the digital activities of young people and aims to develop digital human resources, develop local communities, and improve the competitiveness of Japan's digital fields in the international community. ADOOR also participates as a member of the Digi Federation.

This event will bring together a wide variety of digital contests, including programming, design, video production, student pitch contests, and game development, as well as advanced initiatives. Collaboration with Digi Federation to provide stimulation and discovery to participants and visitors through innovative exhibitions and contests. It will be a place to promote exchanges across generations and create new goals and inspirations. Please look forward to this festival of digital creators who will color the future.

■Detail of IND-1 2025

<Name> IND-1 2025 (Official name: JAPAN INDIE GAME CREATOR 1 CONTEST 2025)
<Application period> March 8 to May 31, 23:59, 2025
<Application Divisions>
・GRAND PRIZE (Game Division)
Comprehensively evaluates a variety of factors, including game design, innovativeness, technological completeness, visual art, sound design, and story nature.
・AUDIO (Audio division)
Evaluate excellence in the overall acoustics in the game, such as sound effects, music compositions, sound design, orchestration, etc.
・DESIGN (Design division)
Comprehensively review factors that directly impact the player's experience, such as game mechanics, level design, balance adjustment, and user interface.
・NARRATIVE (Storytelling division)
Evaluate the plot building, the character development, the quality of the dialogue, the depth and consistency of the story, and other factors that affect the player emotionally, and narrative and storytelling excellence in the game.
・VISUAL ARTS (Visual arts division)
Evaluate excellence in visual arts in games, such as art direction, animation, modeling, character design, and texture creation.
・School/CLUB (Senior high school and extracurricular activity division)
Team entry through schools and extracurricular activities. Comprehensively evaluate ideas, game designs, innovativeness, cooperativeness , and various other factors.
<Eligibility for participation>
Students (junior high school students, senior high school students, technical college students, vocational school students, university students, etc.),or any individual under 22 year's old at the time of application, and who live in Japan.※Elementary school students and younger are not eligible.

<Schedule>

Primary Selection (April): Evaluation done by mail
Secondary Selection (May): Evaluation done by mail
Semi-Final (Sunday, July 20, 2025):  Semi-Final to be held at EXPO Messe "WASSE"
Final (Saturday, September 20, 2025): Finals to be held at Granglean Osaka JAM BASE

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[Inquiries from the press regarding this matter]

ADOOR Inc. ( Ms. Hirano)　Contact E-mail address: info@ind-1.com

■Business Development of ADOOR Inc.

ADOOR was established in May 2023 as a new company of the Pole To Win Holdings Group.

Our mission is to "create new value through digital capabilities, eliminate the boundaries between Ideal and Reality and "pursue what makes the world interesting while constantly incorporating the latest technologies." We will contribute to solve various issues as a company that contributes to the Domestic and Overseas Solutions Business and Media Contents Business provided by the Pole To Win Holdings Group.

In the game field, we will leverage the expertise cultivated over many years by the Pole To Win Holdings Group to realize long-term management of games that continue to be loved by many users through secondary games.

In addition, we will pursue the possibilities of entertainment by implementing events, measures, and operations that create synergy between XR technology, the Metaverse, and the real world, as well as the synergistic effects of crowdfunding PLANS.

[ADOOR Inc. Corporate Profile]

Representative: Toshinori Yagi, President

Established: May, 2023

Head Office: Shinjuku NS Building 14F, 2-4-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo

Business Activities: XR planning and management, event planning and production, and regional co-creation

URL:https://adoor.inc