Photos and video to come! Meanwhile, enjoy all the game trailers, and here’s the final award list:
The award winners
- Best Presentation: Take My Shift
- Best Arcade Experience: Coal Rush
- Student Choice: Momentum Drift
- Alumni of the Year: Max Tiilikainen
- The Social Game Award: Twined
- Public Choice: Bench Warmers, Neon Nemesis (tie)
- The Almedalen Library Award: Symbio
- The Innovation Award: Nova Factor
- The Woke Award: Re Leap
- Expression in Game Design: Momentum Drift
- Jury Spotlight: Bolt and Bobby
- Jury Spotlight: Symbio
Full nomination lists:
Best Presentation
- Take My Shift
- Releap
- Thrown of Evil
- Symbio
- Coal Rush
Best Arcade Experience:
- Star Coal Rush
- ReLeap
- Twined
- Beetmash, Benchwarmer, Neon Nemesis, Throne of Evil
Student Choice
- Momentum Drift
- Nova Factor
- Symbio
- Minutes To Mayhem
The Social Game Award
- Twined
- Symbio
- Take My Shift
- Minutes to Mayhem
Public Choice
- Bench Warmers, Neon Nemesis (tie)
- Paint Your Way
- Minutes to Mayhem
The Innovation Award
- Nova Factor
- Symbio
- Benchwarmers
- Minutes to Mayhem
The Woke Award
- Releap
- On the hook
- Walk with me
Expression in Game Design
- Momentum Drift
- Take My shift
- Symbio
- Nova Factor
Jury Spotlight
These are in no particular order – they were all brought up and debated by the jury for the spotlight award.
- Bolt & Bobby
- Symbio
- Minutes to Mayhem
- Take My Shift
- Kato
- Momentum Drift
Richard Bartle (who was on the jury) wrote about the conference and shared his thoughts on the winning games .
Heidi McDonald (jury and speaker) wrote specifically about the Woke Award: Student Game Developers Win for Compassion in Accessibility