Unpacking and The Artful Escape clean up.
Australian Game Developer Awards 2021 finalists were today announced by the Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (IGEA).
Locally-made titles Unpacking (Brisbane’s Witch Beam) and The Artful Escape (Melbourne’s Beethoven & Dinosaur) have cleaned up, walking away with four and three nominations, respectively. Video World, a title developed by Monster Mansion’s Jacob Leaney, has also walked with a nomination in the “Excellence in Emerging Games” category.
Winners will be named a ceremony to take place live on Twitch from 7.00 pm AEDT on 6 October.
You can check out all the finalists below.
Excellence in Art
- The Artful Escape (Beethoven & Dinosaur)
- art of rally (Funselektor)
- Unpacking (Witch Beam)
Excellence in Gameplay
- Unpacking (Witch Beam)
- Ring of Pain (Twice Different)
- WEBBED (Sbug Games)
Excellence in Narrative
- TOPOGRAPHY (Cecile Richard)
- The Forgotten City (Modern Storyteller)
- Choices That Matter: And The Sun Went Out (Tin Man Games, Screwtape Studios)
Excellence in Audio
- WEBBED (Sbug Games)
- TRIOS (Samurai Punk)
- The Artful Escape (Beethoven & Dinosaur)
Game of the Year
- WEBBED (Sbug Games)
- The Artful Escape (Beethoven & Dinosaur)
- Unpacking (Witch Beam)
Excellence in Accessibility
- Submerged: Hidden Depths (Uppercut Games)
- Unpacking (Witch Beam)
- Eastern Market Murder (True Crime Games)
Excellence in Mobile Games
- The Oregon Trail (Gameloft Brisbane)
- Eastern Market Murder (True Crime Games)
- Botworld Adventure (Featherweight Games)
Excellence in Serious Games
- Sharmila (World Food Programme and Chaos Theory Games)
- Streets of My Town (Institute of Games)
- TRIOS (Samurai Punk)
Excellence in Ongoing Games
- Pico Tanks (Panda Arcade)
- Crossy Road Castle (Hipster Whale)
- The Sims FreePlay (The Firemonkeys)
Excellence in Emerging Games
- Pebble Witch (Fuzzy Ghost)
- Project Wingman (Sector D2)
- Video World (Things for Humans)
Additional awards — Adam Lancman, Rising Star, Studio of the Year, and Raising the Bar — will be announced on the night.
The Australian Game Developer Awards 2021 is part of Melbourne International Games Week 2021, taking place over 2-10 October. The week includes the likes of the three-day Games 4 Change, PAX AUS Online, a free two-day conference on audio design and the Melbourne Queer Games Festival 2021.
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