Here are your 2022 Australian Game Developer Award (AGDA) finalists

The 2022 Australian Game Developer Awards (AGDAs) are quickly approaching, with the event celebrating the achievement of Australian-made games. This year’s ceremony also marks 20 years of the AGDAs, with the local game industry going from strength to strength each year. This year’s finalists have just been announced, showcasing excellence in game design across multiple categories. Notable finalists include Cult of the Lamb from studio Massive Monster which sits at 5 nominations, as well as Heavenly Bodies from 2pt Interactive which is up for nomination in a whopping 6 categories.

The full list of finalists can be seen below:

Game of the Year

• Heavenly Bodies

• Wylde Flowers

• Cult of the Lamb

 Excellence in Art

• Age of Darkness: Final Stand

• Cult of the Lamb

• Heavenly Bodies

 Excellence in Gameplay

• Cult of the Lamb

• Heavenly Bodies

• JUSTICE SUCKS

 Excellence in Narrative

• You Will (Not) Remain

• Wylde Flowers

• Wayward Strand

 Excellence in Sound Design

• JUSTICE SUCKS

• Cult of the Lamb

• Heavenly Bodies

 Excellence in Music

• Cult of the Lamb

• Heavenly Bodies

• Age of Darkness: Final Stand

 Excellence in Technical Design

• Puzzle Quest 3

• Age of Darkness: Final Stand

• Heavenly Bodies

 Excellence in Accessibility – Presented by VicScreen

• Wylde Flowers

• Raw: Emotions Unite Us

• Lost and Hound

Excellence in Mobile Games

• Dream Hopper

• Wylde Flowers

• Hot Lap League

 Excellence in AR/VR

• Flush Back

• Raw: Emotions Unite Us

• Table of Tales: The Crooked Crown

 Excellence in Serious Games (Applied/Impactful)

• Kinder World

• Wayward Strand

• Raw: Emotions Unite Us

 Excellence in Emerging Games (Student or Early Career)

• Fantasy Town Regional Manager

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• Born Punk

 Excellence in Ongoing Games (Games as a Service)

• The Oregon Trail

• It’s Literally Just Mowing

• Crash of Cars

This year the AGDAs will be held on 5 October, 7:00 pm AEDT at The Forum Melbourne. The event will also be streamed live via the IGEA Twitch channel for those who can’t attend in person.