The award show for Dutch game developers takes place during Dutch Media Week in Sound and Vision on 7 October. Today the organization makes announced its nominations for the 10 categories and the special awards!
Nominations
Over the past month, the 10-member jury has been busy judging all the games and there is a
selection made of potential winners of the Dutch Game Awards. Below is shown which 3
games are nominated by category. For the Best Studio, Inclusion Award, and Lifetime Award there are no
nominations, the winner will be announced during the award show.
Best game:
Good Job! – Paladin Studios
The Falconeer – Tomas Sala
The White Door – Rusty Lake
Best Art:
Kanai – TurtleBlaze
The Falconeer – Tomas Sala
Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer’s Legacy – Ludomotion
Best Audio:
Disc Room – Kitty Calis, Jan Willem Nijman, Terri Vellmann & Doseone
Minit Fun Racer – Kitty Calis, Jan Willem Nijman, Dominik Johann & Jukio Kallio
Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer’s Legacy – Ludomotion
Best Innovation:
Good Job! – Paladin Studios
Touzani Ballie – Hulan
Traffic Jams – Little Chicken Game Company
Best Technology:
Peuterpakket – Springlab
Touzani Ballie – Hulan
Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer’s Legacy – Ludomotion
Best Game Design – Powered by Cool Games:
Disc Room – Kitty Calis, Jan Willem Nijman, Terri Vellmann & Doseone
Good Job! – Paladin Studios
The White Door – Rusty Lake
Best Commercial Achievement:
Monopoly Poker – Azerion
Touzani Ballie – Hulan
The White Door – Rusty Lake
Best Applied Game:
Birthplace – Studio Birthplace & Little Chicken Game Company
Kumara Challenge – &ranj
Sparky – LungGames
Best Debut Game:
Deliver Us The Moon – KeokeN Interactive
Juiced! – Timothy van der Hoeven
Mighty Goose – Blastmode
Best Student Game:
Arid – Sad Viscacha Studios (BUAS)
Melodramatica – Team Actors (BUAS)
Til Nord – Moose Attack Studios (BUAS)
Dutch Game Awards 2021
This year the Dutch Game Awards are taking place during the Dutch Media Week in the form of a scalable hybrid event. The ceremony is completely free and available via the official Dutch Games Association live-stream, combined with an online network platform. During the stream, there will be a few spots for invitees on location.
Reserve your FREE tickets for the Livestream using this link. See you there!