The Indie Game Awards 2024 acontece em 19 de dezembro

A Six One Indie anunciou o The Indie Game Awards 2024, uma cerimônia exclusiva para premiações dedicada a celebrar jogos e desenvolvedores independentes. A cerimônia inaugural irá ao ar em 19 de dezembro às 21h (horário de Brasília) e homenageará conquistas em categorias como inovação, narrativa, arte e muito mais. Você poderá assistir no YouTube.

O Indie Game Awards contará com apresentadores da Black Salt Games, Innersloth, Raw Fury, Toge Productions, Wishes Unlimited e Yacht Club Games. Os indicados em 15 categorias foram selecionados por um júri de curadoria que inclui Six One Indie, Women-Led Games, Latin American Games Showcase, Wholesome Games, Dames-4-Games, The Indie Informer e MinnMax. O comitê de jurados também inclui Giant Bomb, Spawn on Me, Wanderbots, AshSaidHi, Playcrafting e outras vozes proeminentes do espaço de jogos independentes.

Veja as categorias e os indicados:

Debut Game

Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure (Furniture & Mattress)
Lil’ Guardsman (Hilltop Games)
Little Kitty, Big City (Double Dagger Studio)
Loddlenaut (Moon Lagoon)
MULLET MADJACK (HAMMER95)
Worldless (Noname Studios)

Notable Achievement in Accessibility

Another Crab’s Treasure (AggroCrab)
Elsie (Knight Shift Games)
Periphery Synthetic (shiftBacktick)
Pine Hearts (Hyper Luminal Games)
SteamWorld Heist II (Thunderful Development)
Surmount (Jasper Oprel and Indiana-Jonas)

Music

Core Keeper (Pugstorm)
Flock (Hollow Ponds)
Pacific Drive (Ironwood Studios)
The Cub (Demagog Studio)
THRASHER (Puddle)
Wild Bastards (Blue Manchu)

Visual Design

Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus (Squid Shock Studios, Christopher Stair, Trevor Youngquist)
Crow Country (SFB Games)
Harold Halibut (Slow Bros.)
Hauntii (Moonloop Games)
The Plucky Squire (All Possible Futures)
ULTROS (Hadoque)

Bite-Sized Game

Buckshot Roulette (Mike Klubnika)
Clickholding (Strange Scaffold)
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami (Happy Broccoli Games)
Minami Lane (Doot, Blipbloop)
Please Touch the Artwork 2 (Thomas Waterzooi)
Thank Goodness You’re Here! (Coal Supper)

Innovation

Cryptmaster (Paul Hart, Lee Williams, and Akupara Games)
KarmaZoo (Pastagames)
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes (Simogo)
ODDADA (Sven Ahlgrimm, Mathilde Hoffman, Bastian Clausdorff)
Rusty’s Retirement (Mister Morris Games)
UFO 50 (Mossmouth)

Emotional Impact

In Stars and Time (insertdisc5)
Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop) (Popcannibal)
Neva (Nomada Studio)
Selfloss (Goodwin Games)
Thirsty Suitors (Outerloop Games)
Until Then (Polychroma)

Gameplay Design

Balatro (LocalThunk)
Grunn (Sokpop Collective)
Minishoot’ Adventures (SoulGame)
Nine Sols (Red Candle Games)
Tiny Glade (Pounce Light)
Victory Heat Rally (Skydevilpalm)

Community Management

Aggro Crab
Black Tabby Games
LocalThunk
Massive Monster
NPC Studio
Pounce Light

Narrative

1000xRESIST (sunset visitor)
ARCO (Arco Team)
Caravan SandWitch (Studio Plane Toast)
Fear the Spotlight (Cozy Game Pals)
Last Time I Saw You (Maboroshi Artworks)
Mouthwashing (Wrong Organ)

Storyteller

Anúncio será feito durante o The Indie Game Awards 2024.

Women-Led Game

Gourdlets (AuntyGames)
Keylocker: Turn Based Cyberpunk Action (Moonana)
Love, Ghostie (Janbeh Games, LLC)
Mexico, 1921. A Deep Slumber. (Macula Interactive)
Nightmare Kart (LWMedia)
The Crimson Diamond (Julia Minamata)

Solo Development

Aerial_Knight’s We Never Yield (Aerial_Knight)
Animal Well (Billy Basso)
Children of the Sun (Rene Rother)
Crypt Custodian (Kyle Thompson)
Knuckle Sandwich (Andy Brophy)
Magical Delicacy (Skaule)

Industry Impact