The Intel Level Up was a series of annual video game competitions organised by Intel to support independent video game development, with winning games receiving monetary rewards in addition to the award.[1] The first competition, titled the Intel Game Demo Contest, was held in 2006.[2][3] It was restarted in 2009 as the Intel Level Up Game Developer Contest.[4] The competition has not been held after 2017.[5]
| Intel Level Up Game Developer Contest |
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| Country | United States |
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| Formerly called | Intel Game Demo Contest |
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| Status | Inactive |
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| First awarded | 2006 |
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| Last awarded | 2017 |
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A distinctive feature of the contest was the participation of game-industry luminaries as judges. At different times, the judges were Sid Meier, Will Wright, Chris Avellone, Todd Howard, Tim Schafer, Chris Taylor, etc.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
| Award[13] |
Category |
Winner |
Developer |
Notes
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| Best Threaded Game
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1st Place
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Command: Operation Winter Storm
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Koios Works
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| 2nd Place
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Gun Dragon
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Avocado Overboard
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| 3rd Place
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Tiki Lounge Blackjack
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The Jelly Filled Games
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| Honorable Mention
|
Insanipaint
|
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| Honorable Mention
|
El Condor Pasa
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Sweet Mobility
|
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| Best Game on the Go
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1st Place
|
Toblo
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Steve Chiavelli, John Jensen, Brad Rasmussen, Ben Smith, Zach Peterson
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DigiPen
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| 2nd Place
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Insanipaint
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|
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| Award[14] |
Category |
Winner |
Developer |
Notes
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| Best Threaded Game
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1st Place
|
Harmotion
|
Erik Chan
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Bottomless Pit Games
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| 2nd Place
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Burning Tires
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Rasmus Barringer
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| 3rd Place
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AntiPlanet
|
Lev Dymchenko
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| 4th Place
|
Synaesthete
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Zach Aikman, Andy Maneri, Will Towns, Joe Tkach
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DigiPen
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| 5th Place
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Red Assault
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Andreas Papathanasis
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| Best Game on the Go
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1st Place
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Penguins Arena
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Cristophe Canon
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Frogames
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| 2nd Place
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Empyreal Nocturne
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Reed Gonsalves, Chad Taylor
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Double Hawk Games
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| 3rd Place
|
Hexaxis XXI
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Tim Hackett
|
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| 4th Place
|
Othello³
|
Alain Labrie
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Ware-Wolf Games
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| 5th Place
|
Helicomaster
|
Jean-Philippe Doiron, Simon Ampleman
|
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| Award[15] |
Category |
Winner |
Developer |
Notes
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| Best Threaded Game
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1st Place
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Goo!
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Tommy Refenes
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Pillowfort Games
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| 2nd Place
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Xenus II: White Gold
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Sergey Zabaryansky
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Deep Shadows
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| 3rd Place
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Winding Trail
|
Elena Sagalaeva
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| 4th Place
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Predtechi
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Sergey Zabaryansky
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Deep Shadows
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| 5th Place
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Deadly Light
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Yakov Sumygin
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| Best Game on the Go
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1st Place
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Magic Worlds
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Dmitry Dobryak
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|
| 2nd Place
|
I’m Lulu King!
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Cheng Chen
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| 3rd Place
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Sub0
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Bradley Wesson
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| 4th Place
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Army of Earth
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Tom Spencer-Smith
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| 5th Place
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Protozoa
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Mauro Persano
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| Best Game on Intel Graphics
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1st Place
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Pixel and Vega in: Crunch Time!
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Aaron Murray
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Tandem Games
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| 2nd Place
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Protozoa
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Mauro Persano
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| 3rd Place
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Goo!
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Tommy Refenes
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Pillowfort Games
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| 4th Place
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Winding Trail
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Elena Sagalaeva
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| 5th Place
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Army of Earth
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Tom Spencer-Smith
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| Judge's Choice
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1st Place
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Deadly Light
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Yakov Sumygin
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| 2nd Place
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Lens Flare Programming using 3D plains instead of sprites
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Alip Kumar Saha
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| 3rd Place
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Army of Earth
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Tom Spencer-Smith
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Judges: Sid Meier, Will Wright, Rick Raymo, Brad Wardell, Christophe Canon, Mathieu Mazerolle, Mary Beth Haggerty, Dmitry Oganezov, Gina Bovara, Jeff LaFlam, Brad Werth, Steve Winburn.[12]
| Award[5] |
Category |
Winner |
Developer
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| Judges' Choice
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Rise of Flight: The First Great Air War
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Albert Zhiltsov
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| Best Game Optimized For Intel Graphics
|
1st Place
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I Know Your Deeds
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Yakov Sumygin
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| 2nd Place
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Spin Tires
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Pavel Zagrebelnyy
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| 3rd Place
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Infersus
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Infersus
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| Best Threaded Game
|
1st Place
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Infersus
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Infersus
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| 2nd Place
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I Know Your Deeds
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Yakov Sumygin
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| 3rd Place
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The Ray Tracing Game
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Eugene Klyuchnikov
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| Best Game on the Go
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1st Place
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Spin Tires
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Pavel Zagrebelnyy
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| 2nd Place
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Germination
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Bradley Wesson
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| 3rd Place
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Rise Of Pirates
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Stefans Keiss
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Judges: Chris Avellone, Vic Davis, Todd Hollenshead, Todd Howard, Rod Humble, Raph Koster, Rick Raymo, Bill Roper, Tim Schafer, Adam Sessler, Jeff Vogel.[16][11]
| Award[5] |
Category |
Winner
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| Best Game on a Laptop
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1st Place
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Purple
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| 2nd Place
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Icebreakers
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| 3rd Place
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Car Washer: Summer Of The Ninja
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| Honorable Mention
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Billichess
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| Honorable Mention
|
Gladius
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| Best Game on a Desktop
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Have Time Will Travel
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| Best Game on a Netbook
|
1st Place
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Cycle
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| 2nd Place
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Mechanism III
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| 3rd Place
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Karttoon Rally
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| Honorable Mention
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Bullzeye
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| Honorable Mention
|
Heliride
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| Honorable Mention
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Spellbinder
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| Judges Choice
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Best Art Design
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Mechanism III
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| Best Character Design
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Icebreakers
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| Best Graphics Performance
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Purple
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| Best Sound Design
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Have Time Will Travel
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Judges: Andy Schatz, Jeff Vogel, Wolfgang Engel, Chris Taylor, Jim Rossignol.[10]
| Award[5] |
Category |
Winner |
Developer
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| Game of the Year
|
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Blackwell's Asylum
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Blackpipe
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| Best Adventure/Role Playing
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Blackwell's Asylum
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Blackpipe
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| Student Game Of The Year
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The White Laboratory
|
Tao Xin
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| Best Strategy Game
|
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The White Laboratory
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Tao Xin
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| Best Casual Game
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Divo
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Logic Droids
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| Best Educational Game
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Atooms To Moolecules
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Bitsits Games
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| Best Puzzle Game
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Splice
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Cipher Prime Studios
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| Best Shooter Game
|
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MilitAnt
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Xibalba Studios
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| Best Simulation Game
|
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Imagine Earth
|
Serious Brothers
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| Best Strategy Game (tie)
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Plutonic Repulse: A Tale Of Limerence
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Blackcow Studios
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| Judges Choice
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Best 3D
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Thunderwheels
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G-Boot Games
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| Best Physics
|
Thunderwheels
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G-Boot Games
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| Best Art
|
Beatbuddy
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Threaks
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| Best Sound
|
Beatbuddy
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Threaks
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| Best Character
|
Trash TV
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Lawrence Russell
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Judges: Andy Schatz, Wolfgang Engel, Rami Ismail, Jordan Weisman.[9]
| Award[5] |
Category |
Winner |
Developer
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| Game of the Year
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Perfection.
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Dumb and Fat Games
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| Best Puzzle/Physics Game
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Perfection.
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Dumb and Fat Games
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| Best Adventure/Role Playing
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Lilly Looking Through
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Geeta Games
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| Best Action Game
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Assault Android Cactus
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Witch Beam
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| Best Platformer Game
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Protocell
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Team Primordia
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| Best “Other” Game
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Cube & Star: A Love Story
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Doppler Interactive
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| Skill and Craft
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Best Art Design
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Lilly Looking Through
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Geeta Games
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| Best Game Physics
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Torquel
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FullPowerSlideAttack.com
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| Best Sound
|
Beatblasters III
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Chainsawesome Games
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| Best Character Design
|
Life Goes On
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Infinite Monkeys
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| Best 3D Graphics
|
Forced
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BetaDwarf Entertainment
|
Judges: Chris Avellone, Wolfgang Engel, Rami Ismail, Marc Saltzman, Tim Schafer, Chris Taylor, Nathan Vella, Tyrone Rodriguez.[8]
Judges: Chris Avellone, Kate Edwards, Wolfgang Engel, Rami Ismail, Tim Schafer, Chris Taylor, Tyrone Rodriguez.[7]
| Award[17][5] |
Category |
Winner |
Developer
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| Game of the Year
|
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The Franz Kafka Videogame
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Denis Galanin
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| Best Adventure/Role Playing
|
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The Franz Kafka Videogame
|
Denis Galanin
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| Best Action Game
|
|
Synchrom
|
Morphiks
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| Best Linux Game
|
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Spacejacked
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Rotten Mage
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| Best Platformer Game
|
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Bean Dreams
|
Kumobius
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| Best Puzzle Game
|
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Tumblestone
|
The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild
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| Best “Other” Game
|
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Galactic Missile Defense
|
Blacksheep Games
|
| Skill and Craft
|
Best Art Design
|
Karma, Incarnation 1
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AuraLab
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| Best Sound
|
Karma, Incarnation 1
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AuraLab
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| Best 3D Graphics
|
Steamfarer
|
Igor Rashkuev
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| Best Character Design
|
Bulb Boy
|
Bulb Boy Team
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| Best Game Physics
|
Super Adventure Pals 2
|
Massive Monster
|
Judges: Chris Avellone, Kate Edwards, Wolfgang Engel, Rami Ismail, Tim Schafer, Tyrone Rodriguez, Anne Toole.[18][19]
| Award[5] |
Category |
Winner |
Developer
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| Game of the Year
|
|
Ellipsis
|
Salmi Games
|
| Best Action Game
|
|
Ellipsis
|
Salmi Games
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| Best Adventure/Role Playing
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Elsinore
|
Golden Glitch Studios
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| Best Platformer Game
|
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Little Bug
|
Buddy System
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| Best Puzzle Game
|
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She Remembered Caterpillars
|
Jumpsuit Entertainment Ug (haftungsbeschränkt)
|
| Best “Other” Game
|
|
Duskers
|
Misfits Attic
|
| Skill and Craft
|
Best Art Design
|
Overland
|
Finji
|
| Best 3D Graphics
|
Guns Of Icarus Alliance
|
Muse Games
|
| Best Character Design
|
Tooth and Tail
|
Pocketwatch Games
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| Best Game Physics
|
Goatpunks
|
Studio Canvas
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| Best Sound
|
Animated Puzzles Star
|
Mexond Games
|
Judges: Chris Avellone, Kate Edwards, Wolfgang Engel, Rami Ismail, Tim Schafer, Gary Rowe, Tyrone Rodriguez, Laila Shabir.[6]
| Award[5] |
Category |
Winner |
Developer
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| Game of the Year
|
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Resynth
|
Polyphonic LP
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| Best Puzzle/Physics Game
|
|
Resynth
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Polyphonic LP
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| Best Adventure/Role Playing
|
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Cat Quest
|
The Gentelbros
|
| Best Platformer Game
|
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Pepper Grinder
|
Riv Hester
|
| Best Action Game
|
|
Megaton Rainfall
|
Pentadimensional Games
|
| Best Open-Genre Game
|
|
Paperbark
|
Paperhouse Games
|
| Skill and Craft
|
Best Art Design
|
Cat Quest
|
The Gentelbros
|
| Best 3D Graphics
|
Stardrop
|
Joure Visser
|
| Best Character Design
|
The Adventure Pals
|
Massive Monster
|
| Best Game Physics
|
Pepper Grinder
|
Riv Hester
|
| Best Sound
|
Yankai’s Peak
|
Kenny Sun
|
