🏆 AGS Awards 2022 - Awards are over!

cat · Fri 10/03/2023 09:53:11

Nominations are over - please stand by while we prepare the results for presentation.

Thanks to everyone who nominated and thus helped to make the awards happen!

cat · Sat 11/03/2023 21:18:25

Nomination results

Best Game Created with AGS

Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard
Nightmare Frames
Perfect Tides
Space Quest: A Son of Xenon - Full Version (2022)
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

Best Freeware Game Created with AGS

Clotilde Soffritti in: Never Double Park your Spaceship
Highland Spirit
Space Quest: A Son of Xenon - Full Version (2022)
The Witch's Lullaby
Where Did the Humans Go?

Best Writing

Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard
Nightmare Frames
Perfect Tides
Space Quest: A Son of Xenon - Full Version (2022)
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

Best Character

"Alan Goldberg" from Nightmare Frames
"Clotilde Soffritti" from Clotilde Soffritti in: Never Double Park your Spaceship
"Finn" from Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard
"Mara Whitefish" from Perfect Tides
"Thomasina Bateman" from The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

Best Gameplay

Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard
Clotilde Soffritti in: Never Double Park your Spaceship
Nightmare Frames
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
The Witch's Lullaby

Best Background Art

Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard
Nightmare Frames
Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die!
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
The Witch's Lullaby

Best Character Art

Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard
Clotilde Soffritti in: Never Double Park your Spaceship
Nightmare Frames
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
The Witch's Lullaby

Best Animation

Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard
Nightmare Frames
Perfect Tides
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
Zid Journey (demo)

Best Music & Sound

Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard
Nightmare Frames
Space Quest: A Son of Xenon - Full Version (2022)
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

Best Voice Work

Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard
Challenge of the Tentacle
SPHONX
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

Best Demo

Castle Dornstein - DEMO
Menial; a Utopian Bagel Simulator (demo)
Signal & Echo: Iris is Missing (demo)
Zid Journey (demo)

Best Non Adventure Game Created with AGS

Beat the Buzzer
Don't Give Up the Cat
Mr. Tijerakis
Snow Problem

Best Short Game

Clotilde Soffritti in: Never Double Park your Spaceship
Don't Give Up the Cat
The Witch's Lullaby
There's Something in the Pipes
Where Did the Humans Go?

Best Programming

Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard
Don't Give Up the Cat
Nightmare Frames
Snow Problem
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

Best Puzzles

Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard
Nightmare Frames
Signal & Echo: Iris is Missing (demo)
Space Quest: A Son of Xenon - Full Version (2022)
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

Congratulations!

Stupot · Sun 12/03/2023 07:19:57

Congratulations to the nominees.

Here's a condensed alphabetical list of all the nominated games:

Beat the Buzzer
Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard
Castle Dornstein - DEMO
Challenge of the Tentacle
Clotilde Soffritti in: Never Double Park your Spaceship
Don't Give Up the Cat
Highland Spirit
Menial; a Utopian Bagel Simulator (demo)
Mr. Tijerakis
Nightmare Frames
Perfect Tides
Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die!
Signal & Echo: Iris is Missing (demo)
Snow Problem
Space Quest: A Son of Xenon - Full Version (2022)
SPHONX
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
The Witch's Lullaby
There's Something in the Pipes
Where Did the Humans Go?
Zid Journey (demo)

Amir · Sun 12/03/2023 22:08:03

Thank u so much. I'm very happy to see my game on the list

Kini Games · Sun 12/03/2023 22:32:20

I'm also delighted to see my demo nominated in a couple of categories

Huge thanks to everyone who voted, and to @cat, and anyone else helping organise all this. And congrats to all the other nominees!

cat · Mon 13/03/2023 07:26:03

Thanks for the list (including links, very convenient), @Stupot !

Voting will start soon.

Kastchey · Mon 13/03/2023 07:55:04

Congratulations to all the nominees!

If someone would like to become a presenter in this year's award ceremony, please reach out to me

It's okay not to be certain at this stage whether or not you will be able to attend, we will sort it out when the ceremony date is revealed.

CrashPL · Mon 13/03/2023 11:34:02

Oh wow, I had no idea demos could also become nominees in categories other than 'best demo', what a pleasant surprise!

Very solid lineup this year, congratulations to all the nominees!

Dave Gilbert · Mon 13/03/2023 17:38:41

Yayyy! Congrats Hob's Barrow team!

Danvzare · Mon 13/03/2023 19:19:26

Congratulations to everyone who got nominated.

Like CrashPL said, a very solid lineup.

Ramorama · Mon 13/03/2023 21:36:24

Congratulations eveeyone!

Postmodern Adventures · Mon 13/03/2023 22:35:56

Congratulations to all the nominees!
What a bunch of amazing titles! The ceremony of this year will be interesting and exciting!

Chomba · Tue 14/03/2023 08:20:26

Congratulations to the nominees! Already sent my votes!

Good luck to everyone, this year the bar has been set high!

cat · Tue 14/03/2023 08:37:16

Voting has started!

Voting will be open until 23:59 on Sunday 9th April (GMT).

Click here to cast your votes
(and let me know if something is not working)

TheFrighter · Tue 14/03/2023 18:30:32

Voted!

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cat · Fri 24/03/2023 21:02:38

How are you getting along with playing the nominated games and voting?

Ponch · Sun 26/03/2023 19:25:01

Quote from: cat on Fri 24/03/2023 21:02:38How are you getting along with playing the nominated games and voting?

Going as fast as I can. This is taking even longer than playing all the MAGS games did.

Snarky · Mon 27/03/2023 10:23:06

I'm also trying to finish up a few games before the deadline. I played all of the nominees during the nomination stage, but there were too many full-length ones to complete them all. So now I still have three full-length games that I need to see through (one I'm a good bit into, the two others only at the start).

It probably isn't the best way to enjoy these games—I'm a fairly impatient player in the first place, and even more so when under time pressure, so I think it makes me more intolerant of games that "waste my time." Naming no names, there was one I gave up on because of the character walking speed.

But on the positive side, it does help the ones I think are particularly good stand out.

Kastchey · Wed 29/03/2023 11:47:13

I'm a bit swamped this year, but trying my best to play what I didn't manage to play during the nominations phase.

To everyone who also struggles to play through all the games, or even most of the games, but still wants to vote - remember that you can help yourself with playthrough videos a bit, and also that you don't HAVE to play all the nominated games to vote. It's ideal if you do, but it's not cheating if you don't.

Also, if you find some extra time to play more games and change your mind, you can change your votes until the end of the voting phase.

cat · Wed 29/03/2023 12:38:01

Also, don't forget that you don't have to vote in every category. For example, if you can't afford to buy commercial games, you could still vote in the Best Freeware game category.
Likewise, if you don't have enough time to play all those full-length games, maybe you can play at least the nominees for best short game.