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
Anúncio será feito durante o The Indie Game Awards 2024.
Game of the Year
- 1000xRESIST (sunset visitor)
- Animal Well (Billy Basso)
- ARCO (Franek, Max Cahill, Bibiki, Fayer)
- Balatro (LocalThunk)
- Crypt Custodian (Kyle Thompson)
- Lorlei and the Laser Eyes (Simogo)
- Mouthwashing (Wrong Organ)
- Neva (Nomada Studio)
- Nine Sols (RedCandleGames)
- UFO 50 (Mossmouth)