DOUJIMA 2025 is officially done and dusted! It took a great deal of effort, weeks of planning and plenty of panic putting this together. ;_; I am super relieved and happy that it went by so smoothly. Planning had started in 2024, but the full timeline was only drawn up about 8 weeks before the event, which put our team in an incredibly tight spot. From flyers, to banners, to manpower management, to merchandise production to stream logistics, so much was at play to allow room for error and mishap. Thankfully, with everybody’s effort, we didn’t miss out a thing, and everything for the most part, went by without a hitch.
As a first time coordinator for such a big booth, I think we did alright! Our setup was a huge 6m x 3m combination of two corporate booths with a buildup in the middle for storage and streaming. It was our first time having full length livestreams right at the venue! What an incredible experience.
Without the help of the hardworking zookeepers — Chewy, MX, Daryl, Az, Shadow, Draco, Pencil, and Kai, we never would’ve pulled this off! A big shoutout to all our zookeepers for the assistance, we were super lucky to have you all. ♡
Day 1 – 10th May 2025
On Day 1, we had our meet and greets and special meet and greet challenges, where the munchies, henchbunnies and sus-shimis had the chance to win a very special custom pokemon card made by our very own Caturteer!
First up was Caturteer’s challenge, which was a Charades challenge! The person to have her guess the most number of words won. Minimal came on at 5pm, with the weirdest-thing-to-sign challenge, and the winner, Div, brought a WHOLE EGGPLANT!
I went on at 6pm with a best-impression-of-Hime challenge, where my henchbunnies had to try to imitate me! It was so much fun seeing everyone’s efforts. I was so touched by the turnout. So sorry to those who didn’t book a slot who didn’t get to chat with me ;; I felt bad but we had to go offline because it was close to pack up time, I hope you all enjoyed the con regardless!
Day 2 – 12th May 2025
Day 2 was our indie games showcase day! The developers were nice enough to come by the booth when we were trying the games, and overall, we had an awesome time. Big thanks to Jason for coordinating the sessions and linking us up with the devs! Don’t forget to wishlist all of them on Steam to help increase visibility for our local indie games!
Caturteer – Slime Squadron: Harpy Raiders (Steam | X), TEVI (Steam | X), The Infernal (Steam | X)
Minimal_Art – SEDAP! (Steam | X), ISEKAI-YA (Steam | X), MimiCries (Steam | X)
Himetokki – 13Z: The Zodiac Trials (Steam | X), Balaspire (Steam | X)
Thank you so much for the opportunity to try your games!
At the very end of Day 2, we had an exciting quiz segment where we gave away some gifts from our sponsors and partners! Including 2 headsets from Audio Technica, Markers from Arrtx, Lanyard from Doujin Market and merchandise from TEVIgame! Thank you for sponsoring the giveaways!
Post-event
Post-event, despite my exhaustion, reading the loving words from my henchbunnies really motivated me! Now more than ever, I am determined to do my best. Thank you for believing in me, and for taking the time to write such sweet messages. ↑↑↑MOTIVATION!! ↑↑↑
We also got a number of entries for the V:DO art contest! Which we’re super excited to judge once we’re all a little more recharged. Please look out for the results!