The Scottish Games Awards 2023 winners have been revealed
Lemmings co-creator Mike Dailly wins the lifetime achievement award
The winners of the second Scottish Games Awards have been announced.
The event, which took place at Platform in Glasgow on Thursday night, was held to celebrate the best talent in Scotland.
A total of 15 awards were given out on the night, including new awards designed to acknowledge games that feature Scottish culture, and Scottish-made games that have made an impact.
Lemmings and Grand Theft Auto co-creator Mike Dailly was given the Lifetime Achievement award.
Meanwhile, the Best Large Budget Game and Best Small Budget Game awards were won by Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot – The London Case and The Longest Walk respectively.
The full list of winners is as follows:
Art and Animation
WINNER – Skye Tales – Puny Astronaut
Runners-up:
Super Stretchy Chicken Legs – Ping Creates
Tray Racers – Bitloom
Audio
WINNER – Eschaton – Jabuga
Runners-up:
Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot – The London Case – Blazing Griffin/Calum Robb
Skye Tales – Puny Astronaut/Ged Grimes/Chris D’Arcey
Best Small-Budget Game
WINNER – The Longest Walk – Alexander Tarvet
Runners-up:
Operation: Pinkeye – Stormplay
Nugget Run – Ping Creates
Best Large-Budget Game
WINNER – Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot – The London Case – Blazing Griffin
Runners-up:
Skye Tales – Puny Astronaut
Scathe – Damage State
Creativity
WINNER – Marion’s Journey – Chimera Tales
Runners-up:
Voyage of a Lifetime (Sea of Thieves) – Disk Two/Production Attic
Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot – The London Case – Blazing Griffin
Technical Achievement
WINNER – Viewfinder – Matt Stark
Runners-up:
Venture’s Gauntlet – Bearhammer Games
Takenoko (Tilt 5) – Blazing Griffin
Spirit Of Scotland
WINNER – Skye Tales – Puny Astronaut
Runners-up:
Red Rampant – Eclectic Synthesis
Aonar – Glasgow School of Art
Pure Quality
WINNER – BLINNK and the Vacuum of Space – Changing Day
Runners-up:
The Longest Walk – Alexander Tarvet
Beat Blocks – Playable Tech
Best Educational Programme
WINNER – Online Diploma Programme (Game Design) – Robert Gordon College
Runners-up:
BSc (Hons) Games Development – Glasgow Caledonian University
CodeCraft – NESCOL
Best Educator
WINNER – Dr Thomas Hainey – University of the West of Scotland
Runners-up:
Hamid Homatash – Glasgow Caledonian University
Sarah Herzog – Fife College
Diversity Champion
WINNER – Searra Leishman – Hyper Luminal Games
Runners-up:
Jon Mortimer – Napier University
Professor Ruth Falconer – Abertay University
Lifetime Achievement
WINNER – Mike Dailly
Runners-up:
Paul Farley
Chris Sawyer
Community Spirit Award (Stewart Gilray)
WINNER – Luci Holland
Runners-up:
Neon Hive
Dr Amanda Ford
Tools and Technology
WINNER – Game Maker Studio 2
Runners-up:
CaptionAssist3D – Arboreta Games
PURE4D – DI4D
Rising Star
WINNER – Rach Macpherson – Neon Hive
Runners-up:
Kayla Wallace – Puny Astronaut
Phoebe Anderson – Hyper Luminal Games
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