Finalists announced for the Australian Game Developer Awards 2020

After a huge year of Australian games and content, we’ve come around to the Australian Game Developer Awards (AGDAs) once again. 2020’s finalists have been announced by The Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (IGEA), ready for judging.

The AGDAs is a national event celebrating the creative and incredible projects from individuals and studios throughout Australia. If you want to see the results from last year, head here! This year, the event is being held virtually during Games Connect Asia Pacific 2020 (GCAP) from 7:00 PM AEDT on Wednesday 7 October on IGEA’s Twitch channel.

Proudly presented by Epic Games, the nominations come from a record-breaking number of submissions. Four new categories are apart of this year’s awards; Best Ongoing Game, Best Mobile Game, Best Emerging Game, and The Game Connect Award.

The new AGDA awards join a list of other amazing celebratory titles, including the Rising Star, Studio of the Year, and The Adam Lancman award which will be revealed on the night.

The Australian Game Developer Awards (AGDA) 2020 nominees are…

BEST ART

Windbound (5 Lives Studios)
RITE (Pond Games)
Necrobarista (Route 59)

BEST GAMEPLAY

Boomerang Fu (Cranky Watermelon)
Baron: Fur is Gonna Fly (DM Games)
Moving Out (SMG Studio)

BEST NARRATIVE

Necrobarista (Route 59)
Under a Star Called Sun (Cécile Richard)
Quantum Suicide (Cotton Candy Cyanide)

BEST SOUND

Roombo: First Blood (Samurai Punk)
Audioplay: Alien Strike (Audioplay)
Boomerang Fu (Cranky Watermelon)

BEST MUSIC

RITE (Pond Games)
Baron: Fur is Gonna Fly (DM Games)
Under a Star Called Sun (Cécile Richard)

BEST AR/VR

Misadventure in Little Lon (True Crime Mysteries)
Shooty Skies Overdrive (Mighty Games Group)
Espire 1: VR Operative (Digital Lode)

BEST SERIOUS GAME

Under a Star Called Sun (Cécile Richard)
Kana Quest (Not Dead Design)
KangaZoo (Chaos Theory Games & Pentaquest)

BEST MOBILE GAME

Ballistic Baseball (Gameloft Brisbane)
Crossy Road Castle (Hipster Whale)
Pico Tanks: Multiplayer Mayhem (Panda Arcade)

BEST ONGOING GAME (GAME AS A SERVICE)

World of Tanks (Wargaming Sydney)
Piffle (Hipster Whale and Mighty Games Group)
Battlestar Galactica Deadlock (Black Lab Games)

BEST EMERGING GAME

Quantum Suicide (Cotton Candy Cyanide)
RITE (Pond Games)
Elden: Path of the Forgotten (Onerat)

GAME OF THE YEAR

Boomerang Fu (Cranky Watermelon)
Necrobarista (Route 59)
Moving Out (SMG Studio)

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