devcom Indie Awards go to Germany, USA and Saudi Arabia
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At yesterday's opening dinner event for devcom, the Indie Awards have been given to four studios, among them Munich professor Christoph Minnameier for Dungeons of Dreadrock and Starvania from Saudi Arabia. The results of the speaker's survey have also been revealed.
The devcom Developer Conference 2024 has only officially begun today, but the Speaker & VIP Networking Dinner on Sunday marked the true start of the conference activities. At the evening event, the first awards of the devcom and gamescom week have already been given. Here are the winners and nominees:
Mobile Marvels (Powered by G5 Entertainment)
- Winner: Dungeons of Dreadrock, The Dead King’s Secret – Christoph Minnameier, Germany
- Potion Punch Rivals – Monstronauts Inc., Philippines
- The Horticulturists – Idun Studio, Denmark
Creative Overkill (Powered by Accelbyte)
- Winner: SWAP/MEAT – One More Game, USA
- Pieced Together – Glowfrog Games, UK
- The Midnight Crimes – DeadlyCrow Games, Chile
Graphics Galore
- Winner: Bahamut and the Waqwaq Tree – Starvania, Saudi Arabia
- Replaceable – THE PACK, Belgium
- Nightmare Circus – Fair Play Studios, Thailand
Blockbuster (Powered by astragon Entertainment)
- Winner: Zombie Rollerz: The Last Ship – Zing Games Inc., USA
- Holiday Party – Namson Digital, Thailand
- Cozy Dungeons – Them Handsome Fellas, Chile
At the event, the answers from the devcom’s speaker survey have also been presented. The around 100 speakers had been given a questionnaire about relevant topics of the industry. Among the answers were thoughts given on AI (for example, 31 per cent of speakers prefer minimal AI usage in game development), layoffs (where 57 per cent anticipate the same volume of layoffs continuing onwards into the future) and other topics. The results can be found on the devcom website.
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