Source: Games for Change
For years, Games for Change has been empowering game creators and innovators to drive real-world change using games and immersive media, and the 19th iteration of the festival is only a month away.
Today, Games for Change announced their award finalists based on over 400 submissions across nine categories, and the list includes:
Most Innovative:
- Before Your Eyes from GoodbyeWorld Games
- The Vale: Shadow of the Crown from Falling Squirrel
- Inua – A Story in Ice and Timefrom Iko – The Pixel Hunt ARTE France
- Unpacking from Witch Beam
Best XR for Change:
- The Choice from Joanne Popinska
- DIAGNOSIA from Mengtai Zhang and Lemon Guo
- Gravitational from Electric Monkeys
- Steps of Privilege from REM5 Studio
Best Civics Game:
- Svoboda 1945: Liberationfrom Charles Games
- VOXPOP from Gigantic Mechanic
- Dot’s Home from Weathered Sweater & Rise Home Stories Project
- MadeVR: Take me to the end of the Assembly Line from Singing Cicadas
Best Gameplay:
- Road 96 from DigixArt
- Before Your Eyes from GoodbyeWorld Games
- Midnight Protocol from LuGus Studio & Sixty Four
- Lost Recipes from Schell Games
Best Learning Game:
- Lingo Legend from Hyperthought Games Inc.
- Ava from Team Ava
- Culture Overlord from Lucas Vially
- Math Makers from Ululab
Most Significant Impact:
- Svoboda 1945: Liberationfrom Charles Games
- Blackhaven from Historiated Games
- Dot’s Home from Weathered Sweater and Rise Home Stories Project
- MadeVR: Take me to the end of the Assembly Line from Singing Cicadas
Best Health Game:
- Smileyscope MRI from Smilescope
- REThink Game from Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca
- BeatNic Boulevard from skillsgapp
Best Narrative Game:
- Before Your Eyes from GoodbyeWorld Games
- Dot’s Home from Weathered Sweater and Rise Home Stories Project
- The Vale: Shadow of the Crown from Falling Squirrel
- UNSIGHTED from Studie Pixel Punk
Best Student Game:
- There You Are from Funky Dango
- P.A.N.I.K.O. from Bluv Studio
- The Social Engineer from Pascal Jansen & Fabian Fischbach (Zefwih)
- Project Anomaly: Urban Supernatural Investigator from Dark Science
“Since 2011, the Games for Change Awards have highlighted the best social impact games from around the world,” said Games for Change President Susanna Pollack. “We have seen such fantastic growth over the past decade, and this year we had a record number of submissions from indie and AAA studios, solo developers, and more,”
The Games for Change Awards will be streamed at 7:00 pm EDT on July 15, 2022, as part of the first-ever hybrid Games for Change Festival, July 13–16. For more information, visit the Festival site.
