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** [[Castle Tintagel]] | [[The Keyper]] | [[Post Hero]] | | ** [[Castle Tintagel]] | [[The Keyper]] | π [[Post Hero]] | [[Resonant Tale]] | ||
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** [[Gun Trails]] | [[Root Bear]] | [[Skew]] | π [[YOYOZO]] | ** [[Gun Trails]] | [[Root Bear]] | [[Skew]] | π [[YOYOZO]] |
Revision as of 19:19, 9 March 2024
Community Awards 2023 | ||
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Date: | March 8th | |
Time: | 11am PST | |
Hosts: | Guv_Bubbs GantProdux | |
Video: | YouTube |
The 2023 Playdate Community Awards is a Game of the Year show run by the Playdate Squad Discord server.
The show is a swanky affair, with hosts Guv_Bubbs & GantProdux dressing up for the event.
Awards
This year we have 20 awards to hand out to developers.
All games first released between November 1 2022 & November 30 2023 are eligible.
All Season One games and any Catalog games that previously released elsewhere before November 2022 are not eligible.
If you're unsure whether a game is eligible, you can check whether it was previously nominated in The 2022 Playdate Community Awards.
Categories
Presentation Awards
- Best Soundtrack
- π Direct Drive | Gun Trails | Resonant Tale | Sparrow Solitaire
- Best Sound Design
- Gun Trails | Reel-istic Fishing | π Root Bear | Sparrow Solitaire
- Outstanding Visual Achievement Award in a Pulp Game
- Hidey Spot | π Quest For The X | Resonant Tale | Swap Machina
- Outstanding Visual Achievement Award in an SDK Game
- π Grand Tour Legends | Gun Trails | P-Racing | Space-Rat Miner
- Best Launch Experience
- CARVE JR. | Platform 10 | Post Hero | π Reel-istic Fishing
- Best Playdate Game Trailer, presented by Tiny Yellow Machine
- Baito Fight | Cranky Dog | Gotta Bounce | π Outside Parties
Genre Awards
- Best Puzzle Game
- Chew Chew Mimic | Four Corners | Platform 10 | π Sparrow Solitaire
- Best Action Game
- Castle Tintagel | π Gravity Express | Gun Trails | Space-Rat Miner
- Best Adventure Game
- Castle Tintagel | The Keyper | π Post Hero | Resonant Tale
- Best Arcade Game
- Gun Trails | Root Bear | Skew | π YOYOZO
- Best Sim/Strategy Game
- Best Narrative Game
- The Botanist | The Keyper | π Nightingale | Resonant Tale
- Best App or Nicknack
- Kicooya MP3 | π Playmaker | Poser | Scrapbook
General
- Most Anticipated Game
- Comet | Eyeland 2 | π Mars After Midnight | RowBot Rally
- Accomplishment in Accessibility
- The CRANKY Award (AKA outstanding use of crank)
- Outstanding Technical Achievement in a Pulp Game
- Outstanding Technical Achievement in an SDK Game
- Factory Farming | Gun Trails | Net Tac Toe | π P-Racing
- Outstanding Pulp Game of the Year
- Froguelike | The Keyper | Nightingale | π Resonant Tale
- 2023 Playdate Game of the Year
- Gun Trails | π Reel-istic Fishing | Resonant Tale | Root Bear
Award Badges
Applied to your Playdate Squad Discord Account and to place proudly on your winning gameβs store or page thumbnail. There will be 4 nominees total in each category. One nominee will be the winner.
Art by the wonderful Alastair Low of Lowtek Games.
Updated by Rae.
Community Heroes
The Playdate community has a lot of heroes.
People who make cool content or tools.
People who are helpful and encouraging.
Once again, we want to highlight some awesome people.
The Process
- Community nominates games for awards via the Community Nomination Form.
- The Judging groups can optionally choose to add extra games into the into the Judging conversation.
This is for games that may be missed or not be represented in a community popular vote. - We then take the The top 6 community games for each awards + all judge games to land at internal nominee list to be voted on by the judges.
- At this time Judges are free to squabble, debate, and pull each others hair to make a case for who they think should win.
Then they vote. - In the case of tiebreaks (Winners or runner up), then judges will need to hash it out until they can decide on one winner and three unranked nominees.
The results are handed over to Guv_Bubbs.
The Judges
This year we will have 3 judging groups so we can have specialists for presentation & technical categories.
Judging groups | Categories | Judges |
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Presentation | Best Soundtrack Best Sound Design Artistic Visual Achievement Award in a Pulp Game Artistic Visual Achievement Award in an SDK Game Best Launch Experience |
FoundSoundLofi Budpikmin Bibikigarcia Majeed0010 Choosh Sphodromantis Neven |
Technical | Outstanding Technical Achievement in a Pulp Game Outstanding Technical Achievement in an SDK Game |
Strupf RobC The3dprintist NickSr Gregmaletic |
General | Best Puzzle Game Best Action Game Best Adventure Game Best Arcade Game Best Sim/Strategy Game Best Narrative Game Best App or Nicknack Accomplishment in Accessibility The CRANKY Award Outstanding Pulp Game of the Year 2023 Playdate Game of the Year |
Negatron524 Callmesteam 8_bit_bear Iarumas Kiwi_04 RobC Sphodromantis NickSr Arisa |
Special | Most Anticipated Game Best Playdate Game Trailer, presented by Tiny Yellow Machine |
The Community (100% Popular vote) GantProdux |
FAQ
Why doesn't the community vote on everything?
- At first, we asked ourselves βWhy canβt the community just vote on all the awards?β Well, after we thought about this, we realized that this would put some games and creators at a severe disadvantage and turn the awards show into more of a popularity/visibility contest if the community was able to decide everything. The community will still have a huge part in deciding the nominees, but weβve created a diverse set of judges that will also offset any chance of games or creators winning due to their ability to market their game or obtain more visibility. Some developers simply do not have the resources other companies and games have, so it is possible that their game may not receive a popular vote. With our judging committee active, they will be able to bring these games and creators to the forefront that may be more deserving of the award than a game that could win due to high visibility or a popular vote.
Why didn't you do the process another way?
- We feel the process above was the best way forward based on the time we and the judges have.
We are open to feedback next year.
- We feel the process above was the best way forward based on the time we and the judges have.
How did you decide on the award categories?
- The awards were iterated on over a two week period with input from members in the Playdate Squad Discord server in 2022. Then updated this year.
For the most part, our Genre Categories have been modeled off of The Game Awards, but were tweaked to fit the current Playdate catalog.
- The awards were iterated on over a two week period with input from members in the Playdate Squad Discord server in 2022. Then updated this year.
For Your Consideration
A fun part of the awards this year is a bunch of devs making campaign images. If you have any, feel free to add them below.