Last night, the 2016 Australian Game Developer Awards were held in Melbourne celebrating some incredible developers in the Australian gaming industry and the brilliant titles that they have produced over the last 12 months.
Agent A, by Yak & Co won awards for Excellence in Art, Excellence in Audio and the Game of the Year Award.
Killing Time at Lightspeed: Enhanced Edition by Gritfish won Award for Innovation and the Representation award.
Assault Android Cactus by Wicked Witch which has seen success worldwide on PC and PS4 won Technical Excellence. Tennis Bits by Playside won Excellence in Design and Tangent by Lampshade Games won the Accessibility award.
THE NOMINEES
EXCELLENCE IN ART
The Eyes of Ara
Assault Android Cactus
Agent A: A puzzle in disguise
HONOURABLE MENTIONS:
Pandora’s Books, Wildfire, Submerged: Miku and the Sunken City
EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN
Tennis Bits
Knuckle Sandwich
Resynth
HONOURABLE MENTIONS:
Puzzlepops!, Outfolded, Agent A: A puzzle in disguise
EXCELLENCE IN AUDIO
Disney Crossy Road
Resynth
Agent A: A puzzle in disguise
HONOURABLE MENTIONS:
Pandora’s Books, Obliteracers, Assault Android Cactus
TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE
Obliteracers
Assault Android Cactus
Whacky Ball
HONOURABLE MENTIONS:
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD, Agent A: A puzzle in disguise, Disney Crossy Road,
INNOVATION
Defect
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain
Killing Time at Lightspeed: Enhanced Edition
HONOURABLE MENTIONS:
Wildfire, Engineerium, Resynth
ACCESSIBILITY
Tangent
Assault Android Cactus
Agent A: A puzzle in disguise
HONOURABLE MENTIONS:
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, Outfolded, Puzzelepops!
REPRESENTATION
Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire
Killing Time at Lightspeed: Enhanced Edition
Pandora’s Books
HONOURABLE MENTIONS:
Agent A: A puzzle in disguise, Tennis Bits, Submerged: Miku and the Sunken City
GAME OF THE YEAR
Assault Android Cactus
Agent A: A puzzle in disguise
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain
HONOURABLE MENTIONS:
Submerged: Miku and the Sunken City, Pandora’s Books, Tennis Bits