Feb 18, 2009

The spectacular 2008 AGS Awards ceremony

AGS Awards 2008 ceremonyDestroying what had almost become an annual tradition (mostly due to lack of time and alarmingly rising anxiety levels, I'm afraid), I will not go on and post dozens of links to all those lovely AGS Awards nominees, winners, runner-ups and games. Sorry for that. I'll just repost the results as SSH compiled them over at the excellent and aptly named AGS blog. Oh, well, guess I'll just throw in a few links for your downloading pleasure, remind everyone that what follows is a selection of some of the finest freeware-indie games around, and suggest you all have a look at the AGS Awards Ceremony. Ah, yes, the winners:

Lifetime Achievement Award
ProgZMax

Best Innovation
Colourwise, by bicilotti

Category Best Game Created with AGS
A Second Face - The Eye of Geltz is watching us, by Le Woltaire

Category Best Gameplay
Nanobots, by The Ivy

Category Best Original Story
A Second Face - The Eye of Geltz is watching us, by Le Woltaire

Category Best Dialogue Writing
Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 7 - The Cardinal Sins, by Grundislav

Category Best Puzzles
Nanobots, by The Ivy

Category Best Player Character
"Limey Lizard" from Limey Lizard: Waste Wizard! by ProgZMax

Category Best Non-Player Character
"Magic Smiling Cat" from Little Girl in Underland, by The Ivy

Category Best Background Art
A Second Face - The Eye of Geltz is watching us, by Le Woltaire

Category Best Character Art
Once Upon A Crime, by Ghost

Category Best Animation
Quest for Glory II VGA: Trial By Fire, by AGDI

Category Best Programming in an Adventure
Nanobots, by The Ivy, programming by Vince XII

Category Best Sound Effects
Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 7 - The Cardinal Sins, by Grundislav

Category Best Music
Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 7 - The Cardinal Sins, by Grundislav, Music by Pete Gresser

Category Best Tutorial or Documentation
ColourWise, by bicilotti

Category Best Short Game
Beauties And Beasts, by MashPotato

Category Best Demo
Dust to Water (DEMO), by Le Woltaire

Category Best Non-Adventure Game Created with AGS
ColourWise, by bicilotti

Category Best Programming in a Non-Adventure
ColourWise, by bicilotti

Category Best Voice Work
Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 7 - The Cardinal Sins, by Grundislav
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10 comments:

  1. There are some great looking games there. Do you think it's worth reviewing a couple for the mag? Oh, and feel free to post a link to this blog in our forum pages.

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  2. Well, these are excellent games indeed, but frankly I'm not sure there's a lot of retro feeling. Well, besides the QfG II remake that is. I could cover that mind...

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  3. I thought that [A Second Face - The Eye of Geltz is watching us] looked pretty impressive.

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  4. Also artistically intriguing I'd add.

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  5. Yes, feel free to post a link to my blog EVERYWHERE! ;)

    Thanks for the shout out, Mr Gnome

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  6. Already painted your web address all over central Athens deas SSH. Hopefully new riots will get inspired by it and demand AGS classes for the masses.

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  7. I really need to play some of these sooner rather than later...

    Hope your anxieties start to wane soon, Gnome.

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  8. You really do my friend, and I really do need to relax a bit. Oh, well...

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  9. Definitely quite a show that was..and fun(and two characters from hhgtg appeared so that made it more fun!!) However not too much of a retro games, yes.

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  10. The stars of HHGttG were indeed radiant. They might also be considered quite a bit on the retro side of things too...

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