Freeplay Independent Games Festival announces Freeplay Awards Finalists

Freeplay 2010 is shaping up to be the *biggest* Independent Games Festival in Australia yet! If you haven't booked your tickets or flights yet, be sure to do so soon as it's not too far off now! Head on to the Freeplay website for all the details, including the speakers who'll be there, the conference schedule, and a whole lot more! www.freeplay.net.au

The Freeplay Independent Games Festival will be held at the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne, on the 14th and 15th August 2010. Tickets are $22, and are on sale now through www.moshtix.com.au.

Here are the finalists for the first inaugural Freeplay Awards - best of luck to all nominees!

(Press Release)

29th July 2010 – Freeplay Independent Games Festival announces Freeplay Awards Finalists!

Since submissions opened in June, Freeplay organisers were swamped with a massive amount of entries for all the categories. With many submissions coming from overseas, the Freeplay judges added an extra category, Best International Game.

“We were pleasantly surprised at the large number and high quality of the entries,” said Mark Flanagan, one of the Freeplay judges. “It meant a lot of work, and it was difficult to choose winners, but we didn’t mind at all because the games were so entertaining to play.”
Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony at the Freeplay Independent Games Festival, on Sunday 15th August.

The Finalists in each category are as follows:

Best Australian Game
Sword Lady & The Viking - Up Down Ready
Brawsome - Jolly Rover
Finn Morgan – Colourbind

Best International Game
Mahdi Bahrami (Iran) - Bo
Anders Højsted (Denmark)- TryFail
Yellow Jam (Brazil) – Last Hope

Best Design in a Game
Sword Lady & The Viking - Up Down Ready
Alexander Bruce Hazard: The Journey Of Life
The Voxel Agents: Train Conductor

Best On-Paper Design
Tobye Ryan - Epic Adventure
Timothy Ryan - iCrazy Man
Katie Murphy – Galaqua

Best Art in a Game
Farbs - Captain Forever (series)
Alexander Bruce - Hazard: The Journey Of Life
KlickTock - Doodle Find

Best Concept Art
Fiasco Studios - Exodus
Evan Raynor - City Ruins
CatBus Interactive - Speed Demon

Best Technical Innovation
Farbs - Captain Forever (series)
Finn Morgan - Colourbind
Sword Lady & The Viking - Up Down Ready

Best Game Writing
Farbs - Captain Forever (series)
Alexander Bruce - Hazard: The Journey Of Life
PVI Collective – Transumer

Best Audio
The Voxel Agents - Train Conductor
Tin Man Games - Gamebook Adventures 1: An Assassin in Orlandes
Brawsome - Jolly Rover