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Winners Announced For Scottish Games Awards 2023

The most awaited event in the Scottish gaming industry, the Scottish Games Awards, concluded on Thursday 2 November with a spectacular celebration of excellence, innovation, and extraordinary talent.

This year's awards ceremony, held at Platform, Glasgow, and opened by Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, showcased the industry's finest achievements in various categories and recognised the exceptional contributions of those making an impact across the Scottish games ecosystem.

The winners list for the 2023 Scottish Games Awards is as follows:

Art and Animation

  • WINNER - Skye Tales - Puny Astronaut
  • Super Stretchy Chicken Legs - Ping Creates 
  • Tray Racers - Bitloom

Audio

  • WINNER - Eschaton - Jabuga
  • 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
  • Operation: Pinkeye - Stormplay
  • Nugget Run - Ping Creates

Best Large-Budget Game

  • WINNER - Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot - The London Case - Blazing Griffin
  • Skye Tales - Puny Astronaut
  • Scathe - Damage State

Creativity

  • WINNER - Marion’s Journey - Chimera Tales
  • 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
  • Venture’s Gauntlet - Bearhammer Games
  • Takenoko (Tilt 5) - Blazing Griffin

Spirit Of Scotland

  • WINNER - Skye Tales - Puny Astronaut
  • Red Rampant - Eclectic Synthesis
  • Aonar - Glasgow School of Art

Pure Quality

  • WINNER - BLINNK and the Vacuum of Space - Changing Day
  • The Longest Walk - Alexander Tarvet
  • Beat Blocks - Playable Tech

Best Educational Programme

  • WINNER - Online Diploma Programme (Game Design) - Robert Gordon College
  • BSc (Hons) Games Development - Glasgow Caledonian University
  • CodeCraft - NESCOL

Best Educator

  • WINNER - Dr Thomas Hainey - University of the West of Scotland
  • Hamid Homatash - Glasgow Caledonian University
  • Sarah Herzog - Fife College

Diversity Champion

  • WINNER - Searra Leishman - Hyper Luminal Games
  • Jon Mortimer - Napier University
  • Professor Ruth Falconer - Abertay University

Lifetime Achievement

  • WINNER - Mike Dailly
  • Paul Farley
  • Chris Sawyer

Community Spirit Award (Stewart Gilray)

  • WINNER - Luci Holland
  • Neon Hive
  • Dr Amanda Ford

Tools and Technology

  • WINNER - GameMaker
  • CaptionAssist3D - Arboreta Games
  • PURE4D - DI4D

Rising Star

  • WINNER - Rach Macpherson - Neon Hive
  • Kayla Wallace - Puny Astronaut
  • Phoebe Anderson - Hyper Luminal Games