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