The nominees for the first ever Scottish Games Awards have been announced

The longlist of nominees for the first Scottish Games Awards has been released.

The awards, which are designed to celebrate the best talent in Scotland, will take place in Dundee on October 27 and will mark the end of the first ever Scottish Games Week.

A total of 12 awards will be given out on the night, bringing together a wide range of disciplines and specialities from across the games ecosystem and beyond.

The full list of nominees is as follows:

Art and Animation

• Just Take Your Left (Mehrdad Rezaei)
• Cloudpunk (ION LANDS)
• Galaxy Fight Club (Interference Pattern)
• Train Sim World 2: Island Line 2022 (Rivet Games)
• Autonauts vs Piratebots (Denki)

Audio

• SOLAS 128 (Amicable Animal)
• Train Sim World 2: Island Line 2022 (Rivet Games)
• A Bonnie Odyssey (Astrodreamer Studio)
• Agatha Christie – Hercule Poirot: The First Cases (Blazing Griffin)
• Autonauts vs Piratebots (Denki)

Best Educational Programme

• Glasgow Caledonian University: 3D Art and Animation
• University of the West of Scotland Games Development Programme
• Robert Burns’ Farm at Ellisland in Minecraft
• Dundee & Angus College: HN Games Development
• Glasgow School of Art: MSc Visualisation

Best Educator

• Daisy Abbott
• Dr Thomas Methven
• Jane Draycott
• Erin Hughes
• Dr Lynn Love

Best Large-Budget Game

• From the Depths (Brilliant Skies Ltd.)
• Cloudpunk (ION LANDS)
• Mystery Match Village (Outplay Entertainment Ltd)
• Autonauts vs Piratebots (Denki)
• Island Saver (Stormcloud)

Best Small-Budget Game

• Temple of Snek (Aetheric Games)
• The Black Iris (Jamie Ferguson)
• SOLAS 128 (Amicable Animal)
• The Baby in Yellow (Team Terrible)
• Ultimate Supremacy (GameExplosion)

Creativity

• SOLAS 128 (Amicable Animal)
• Cloudpunk (ION LANDS)
• Playhead (Lowtek Games)
• Temple of Snek (Aetheric Games)
• Strange Sickness (Common Profyt Games)

Diversity Champion

• Joanne Lacey
• Searra Dodds
• Tanya Laird
• Lauren Aitken
• Charly Harbord

Lifetime Achievement

• Colin Anderson
• Tanya Laird
• Stuart Martin
• Dave Jones
• Chris Sawyer

Stewart Gilray Award (Community Spirit)

• Malath Abbas
• Colin Macdonald
• Colin Anderson
• Dr Amanda Ford
• Paddy Burns

Technical Achievement

• Conquest.eth (Etherplay)
• Monstrum 2 (Team Junkfish)
• Ultimate Supremacy (GameExplosion)
• A Bonnie Odyssey (Astrodreamer Studio)
• From the Depths (Brilliant Skies Ltd.)

Tools and Technology

• Dislectek
• Murder Mystery Machine
• Kythera AI
• Zappaty
• AdInMo
  

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The longlist will now to go a judging panel, chaired by VGC’s Chris Scullion, which will be tasked with picking a shortlist and winners from each of the categories.

The judging panel consists of:

• Brian Baird: Technical Director at Bethesda Games Studios Austin
• Joe Donnelly: Feature Writer at GamesRadar+
• Alisdair Gunn: Director at Glasgow City Innovation District
• Steven Hamill: COO at Scottish Edge
• Keza MacDonald: Video Games Editor at The Guardian
• Jim Trinca: Games journalist and video producer
• Jo Twist: CEO of UKIE

Further reading

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The first ever Scottish Games Awards will take place this year

The ceremony will conclude the inaugural Scottish Games Week

In a statement, Brian Baglow, director of Scottish Games Week and founder of the Scottish Games Network, said: “As the founder and director of the Scottish Games Network, I am lucky enough to see on a daily basis the incredible work being carried out in Scotland and meet the people, the pioneers and the games which are shaping the future of the games ecosystem.

“However, not every game – or person – doing this work gets the visibility they need or deserve. The Scottish Games Awards are designed to address this and showcase the people, the organisations and the games which make Scotland such a wonderful place to create, publish, teach, learn, love (or even play!) games.

“We were thrilled to get such a wide range of entries and such a high level of excellence across each of the categories. I don’t envy the judges trying to select the winners from such a superb range of entries. Good luck to every entrant!”