Para muchos el mundo indie es la gran salvación de la industria porque es la cuna de grandes ideas local y originales, las cuales afortunadamente cuentan con una instancia especifica para ellas donde podrán ser premiadas llamada The Indie Game Awards.
Six One Indie ha confirmado que el próximo 19 de diciembre se celebrará The Indie Game Awards 2024, evento que contará con presentadores de Black Salt Games, Innersloth, Raw Fury, Toge Productions, Wishes Unlimited, y Yacht Club Games, y que podrá ser visto por el canal de YouTube de Six One Indie a las 21:00 hora de Chile. Les dejamos el listado de categorías y nominados a continuación:
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)
Estos serán anunciados durante el evento.
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
Estos serán anunciados durante el evento.
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)
El jurado para escoger los nominados estuvo compuesto por Six One Indie, Women-Led Games, Latin American Games Showcase, Wholesome Games, Dames-4-Games, The Indie Informer, MinnMax, Giant Bomb, Spawn on Me, Wanderbots, AshSaidHi, Playcrafting, y otros espacios que están ganando notoriedad dentro del mundo indie.
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