We had an amazing group of finalists to choose from. Here are the winners along with the Game of Show, as selected by the audience.
Indie Prize London 2019 has come to a close and we're happy to unveil the winners below. If you haven't looked over all the finalists from Indie Prize London, be sure to also check out the talent from Asia & Oceania, Latin America, North America, Eastern Europe, and Western Europe.
Some of our partners will be providing prizes to winning studios as well.
- Unity will be giving the winner of Best Audio tickets to a future Unite Conference
- Unreal is providing swag
- Hatch is giving away a new phone to the Best Game Design winner
- Inlingo will be offering localization for one selected language up to 30k words for the Best Game Narrative winner
- Photon is providing a coupon worth $10k to the Best Multiplayer Game winner
- Kwalee is providing a Nintendo Switch to the Best Kids and Family Game winner
- Tenjin is offering the Best Mobile Game winner a level up marketing kit with a year of Tenjin service worth about $36k
Best Game Design
Unheard (NEXT Studios)
Letters - a written adventure (5am Games)
BOMBARIKA (Street Lamp Games)
[WINNER] Aggressors: Ancient Rome (Kubat Software)
Best Game Audio
Unheard (NEXT Studios)
Depths of Sanity (Bomb Shelter Games LLC)
Harmonie (ISART DIGITAL, the Video Game and 3D Animation / VFX School)
[WINNER] Seers Isle (Nova-box)
Best Game Art
BOMBARIKA (Street Lamp Games)
Seers Isle (Nova-box)
Demoniaca: Everlasting (Fabio Consorti - Federico Della Bona)
[WINNER] Mutropolis (Pirita Studio)
Best Game Narrative
Seers Isle (Nova-box)
60 Parsecs! (Robot Gentleman)
Save Koch (Wooden Monkeys)
[WINNER] Unheard (NEXT Studios)
Best Multiplayer Game
Duel of Signs (Vyde Entertainment)
Chapeau (Salt Castle Studio)
Insane Robots (Playniac)
[WINNER] NeuroSlicers (Dream Harvest)
Best Kids and Family Game
Pushy and Pully in Blockland (Resistance Studio)
Exactamundo: World Trivia (Tumblecrate)
Mini Kawaii (kickAlive)
[WINNER] Bee Simulator (VARSAV Game Studios)
Best Mobile Game
Grand Mountain (Toppluva)
Wingy Shooters (PigCell Studio)
Pocket Forest (Battlemango)
[WINNER] BOMBARIKA (Street Lamp Games)
Most Innovative Game
BOMBARIKA (Street Lamp Games)
Unheard (NEXT Studios)
Letters - a written adventure (5am Games)
[WINNER] Liff (ISART DIGITAL, the Video Game and 3D Animation / VFX School)
Best in Show: Audience Choice
The winner of Best in Show, as voted on by Casual Connect London attendees goes to: A Fold Apart (Lightning Rod Games)
Thanks to our Indie Prize sponsors: Unreal Engine, Unity, Kwalee, Hatch, and Gismart!
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