Freeplay 2011, a five day long festival celebrating the local Australian games industry was jam packed with people (over 1800) and featured workshops, debates, discussions panels and all manner of events centered around the theme ‘handmade’ . I wouldn’t know for sure, since I couldn’t make it, but it appears as though a great time was had by all. Freeplay also had a set of awards, aimed at representing the very best games development both locally and overseas.
“The awards reflect both the values of the festival and the wide range of projects being created locally and overseas,” said event organiser Paul Callaghan. “We were incredibly impressed with the diversity, experimentation, vision, and creativity of all the entries, and look forward to seeing that continue in 2012.”
The winners were as follows…
Best Australian Game
• Solar 2 – Jay Watts
• Antichamber – Alexander Bruce
• Rocket Bunnies – Defiant Development
Winner: Antichamber – Alexander Bruce
Best International Game
• Kromaia – Kraken Empire
• Gemini Rue – Joshua Nuernberger
• The Swapper – Facepalm Games
Winner: The Swapper – Facepalm Games
Best Design
• Warco – Defiant Development
• Antichamber – Alexander Bruce
• Solar 2 – Jay Watts
Winner: Antichamber – Alexander Bruce
Best on paper design
• The Adventures of MonkeyGuy – Josip Ivancic
• The Factory – Ariel Magnes
• Dead Eye – Kristian David Terry
Winner: Dead Eye – Kristian David Terry
Best Art
• Kingspray – Michael Sharpe
• Rocket Bunnies – Defiant Development
• Warco – Defiant Development
Winner: Warco – Defiant Development
Best Concept Art
• The Adventures of MonkeyGuy – Josip Ivancic
• The Factory – Ariel Magnes
• Firo – Daniela Hammer
Winner: Firo – Daniela Hammer
Best Technical Innovation
• Beat Booster – Current Circus
• Kingspray – Michael Sharpe
• Antichamber – Alexander Bruce
Winner: Kingspray – Michael Sharpe
Best Game Writing
• Warco – Defiant Development
• Solar 2 – Jay Watts
• MacGuffin’s Curse – Brawsome
Winner: MacGuffin’s Curse – Brawsome
Best Audio
• Solar 2 – Jay Watts
• Warco – Defiant Development
• Battle Group – Bane Games
Winner: Solar 2 – Jay Watts
Congrats to all the winners!
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