We have the Finalists in all categories for GDWC 2022! Winners will be revealed in an Awards Show in Tallinn, Estonia, on April 22nd! If you want to join the event, check out details and grab your tickets here!

You can also watch the reveal home on the GDWC Youtube Channel. Remember to subscribe to not miss it!

Studio Category Finalists in the GDWC 2022
Danghost by Umeshu Lovers
Hamster Playground by WeDigGames
Peglin by Red Nexus Games
Shatterline by Frag Lab
Space Tail: Every Journey Leads Home by Longterm Games

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GDWC 2022 Fan Choice voting is now open! Cast your vote and help us crown the fan favorite games of 2022!
Five of our main categories: Indie, Studio, Hobby, Mobile, and Game Jam, have a the title of Fan Choice Winner and awesome prizes available! Check out the Nominees below and vote your favorite here!

INDIE CATEGORY FAN CHOICE NOMINEES
COGNAC | Photorealistic Metaverse by COGNAC TEAM
BACKPACK HERO by Jaspel
A World of Little Legends by Artimus
Berserk Boy by Berserkboy Games
Bob: A thousand lives by Putnai Csaba
Game Of Seven by Game Of Seven
Card Survival: Tropical Island by Winterspring Games
One Last Breath by Moonatic Studios
Lifespace Traveler by Dino Trnka
Soulstone Survivors by Game Smithing

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GDWC 2022 has closed submissions and Nominees have been passed onto judges for evaluation. See list of Nominees below!

Finalists will be contacted directly in early April and winners will be announced in the GDWC 2022 Awards Show in Tallinn, Estonia on April 22nd. Want to join us? Get your tickets here while they last!

The show will also be streamed live to the GDWC Youtube channel here!

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A World of Little Legends by Artimus has won the monthly games ranking for March. Congrats!

A World of Little Legends sends you back to the 90s, but with open-world crafting and catboy vikings. The game combines all the best elements of classic Zelda games, Minecraft and Stardew Valley to create it's own flavour of adventure and exploration. Check it out yourself, the game is currently in early access on Steam, or pick up the demo for free.

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Bob: A Thousand Lives by a trio from Hungary has won the monthly games ranking for January. Congrats to the winning team!

Bob: A Thousand Lives is a dark themed action platformer where you play as the titular Bob. Throughout your adventure, Bob must overcome his biggest challenge, overcoming his past. Do no wait for help or guidance here, you are completely alone.


NERF Superblast by Nitro Games
Mobile multiplayer action shooter

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Bob: A Thousand Lives by a trio from Hungary has won the monthly games ranking for January. Congrats to the winning team!

In Bob: A thousand lives the classic HARD and PRECISE TASKS platformer characteristics come to life, where our age's 'I'll do it for you' principles don't apply. Out now on itch.io and Microsoft Store


Avani by DigiPen Bilbao - Kyuut Kats
Isometric action-adventure game.

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We're excited to announce Sequence as a new supporter of GDWC 2022! If you've been thinking about taking your current or future project into the web3 realm, check how Sequence can help you.



Sequence is the all-in-one developer platform and smart wallet that makes building web3 games and applications easy. With a seamless smart wallet, Token and NFT APIs, Indexer, Relayer for gasless transactions, Onramps, Node Gateway, SDKs for mobile, Unity, Unreal Engine, and Marketplaces and more, Sequence gives you the tools to deliver a seamless web3 experience to your users. Plus Sequence is entirely modular, so you can use whichever components you specifically need for your game.

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We're super happy to welcome Gcore on board as one of the supporters of GDWC 2022!

Gcore is one of the international leaders in cloud computing, content delivery, hosting, and security solutions. They manage a global infrastructure with first-class edge and cloud-based services spanning six continents with 150+ points of presence around the world. With one of the best network performances in Europe, North America, Asia or Latin America, Gcore provides speeds of 3-5 milliseconds in several regions.

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The Defense of Trewel Towers by a student development team Trewel Towers from Quinnipiac University in Connecticut has won the monthly games ranking for December. Congrats to the winning team!

The Defense of Trewel Towers, or Trewel Towers, is a VR tower defense game. It contains a story mode as well as a 1-4 player endless mode. Still in development with student team.

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We're drawing four sets of Valco ANC Headphones between all teams that fill out the technical survey.

First two headphone winners have been drawn and they are Murdock, the developer behind game Everyone Moves With You, and XAEONGAMES, the developer of The Nightmare Catcher. Congrats to the winners!

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IndieLand is back this year with a hybrid streaming & live event! The event is once again hosted by Jirard Khalil, also known as the Youtuber The Completionist, and will celebrate indie games while fundraising to support dementia research.

IndieLand will feature an army of great indie games, many of which once again come from the ranks of GDWC participants. We're super excited for this chance to again collaborate with IndieLand and to help bring more awesome games to the limelight and to support the fight against dementia!

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November's top 10 games have been ranked, with the crown going to Aces in the Dust! Congrats to the winners! Check out all top 10 games below.


Aces in the Dust by DUV Studios
Take command of a team of three elite Airmen! Each of them pilots a warplane equipped with the most powerful experimental weapons to date. Shoot down enemies using machine guns, missiles, energy cannons and… a laser beam!

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David takes a deep dive into the dark pool of horror games to learn their secrets. Check it out!

David lists his favourite psychological horror games in this video.

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David lists his favourite horror visual novel and adventure games in this video.

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Another month has passed and another set of Top 10 Games have been ranked in the Game Development World Championship 2022 (GDWC). All competing games are up for the monthly ranking by public player interest. Find results on the GDWC Youtube Channel here.


Seeking Light by a student development team named Lucky Dodo Games from ESAT Innovation School in Spain took the first place in latest monthly Top 10 Ranking for GDWC 2022.

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David dove deep into the world of metafiction in gaming and media. Check out what he found out about fourth wall breaks!

David went to the Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2022 event and met lots of great developers and saw bunch of cool games. Here's David's top game picks from the event!

For those looking for something new, we have some fun indie games to check out! We have gathered all of your votes and engagement from August, which has determined the Top 10 Indie Games of September!



1. Berserk Boy by Berserkboy Games
A vibrant, retro-inspired 2D action platformer that lets you… GO BERSERK!



2. Soulstone Survivors by Game Smithing
An action roguelite where you slay hordes of foes and face titanic bosses while learning powerful skills to enhance your character.

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Awesome news to all student game developers! We've once again partnering with the awesome folks at Autodesk to bring back Student Game Award for GDWC 2022! The submissions are now open!

Student Game Award '22!
This year the Student Game Award is again open for student-developed projects on all digital platforms. You don't have to specifically be studying game development, all students are welcome as long as you have a project to show us.

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We are super excited to announce Xsolla as the latest sponsor for GDWC 2022! Together we're introducing a new award for this year's championship: The Xsolla Game of the Year Award!

This award comes with a whopping 5000 US Dollar cash prize! The award is open for all new and current GDWC 2022 competitors with a commercial game.

Xsolla is an international video game trading company with a robust and powerful set of tools and services designed specifically for the gaming industry. As our partners, they provide prizes for participants to find the right business partner and funding or business solutions for the success of their game.

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Another month has passed and another set of Top 10 games have been picked! Check this list out and you'll know what games you should be playing this month.



Two Falls (Nishu Takuatshina) took the first place for August. The game is developed by Unreliable Narrators, an independent video game studio from Quebec, Canada, who are creating narrative games with the goal of giving a voice to people that aren't heard often enough.

Two Falls (Nishu Takuatshina) is a narrative-driven game that lets you live the intertwining journeys of Jeanne, a shipwrecked girl stranded far from the French colonies, and Maikan, a young Innu forced to travel west when his people are afflicted by a strange illness. The story takes place in the wilderness of 17th Century Canada and your choices will shape the respective paths of our two protagonists, but the actions of one may have consequences for the other.

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Playdew Releases Steam Demo for its Upcoming Puzzle Title" Lost twins 2"
Playdew launched the steam demo and announced the mobile version for the Chinese audience

July 9, 2022 - Islamabad - Playdew announced some more exciting news about its upcoming game "Lost Twins 2". The developer announced the mobile version for China and will be launching the steam version during the PAX rising showcase. The demo is available for both Windows and Mac. The game has already snatched wins under its name despite being still in development. The game was the winner for PRO PC Game of the year at GDWC 2021 announced earlier this year.

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The Game Development World Championship 2022 (GDWC), one of the biggest game development competitions in the world will be giving out prizes and giveaways worth over $100,000 this year. This is the largest prize pool in the Championship's history.

Prizes are spread across multiple categories and many giveaways are available to all championship participants. Prizes and giveaways vary from software licenses and development tools to hardware, visibility, and paid-for games industry networking trips. New prizes are also constantly added. Check out prizes and giveaways here.

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For those looking for something new, we have some fun Indie games to offer! We have gathered all of your votes and engagement for the last month so we can determine the Top 10 Indie Games of July! Do you wonder how the list works? You can learn more about the Monthly Top 10 here. Also, don't forget that you can visit our website where we have recently opened up all the games to the public, so you can easily explore the games that have been submitted over the years and find new gems to play. Now let's discover what is on the list!

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We were honored to have Autodesk as our sponsor for Student Game Award in 2021. Autodesk is a multinational software corporation that makes software products and services for the architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, media, education and entertainment industries. During the Student Game Award there were five finalists that won the price of an interview with Autodesk, with one of the games being There You Are. The other four games were Astreia's Gift, Lysfangha, Postbird in Provence and Incarnation. You can find the interview with Idan Rooze, the game developer of Incarnation here.

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We are excited to announce our New Series, where we show you Indie games that were submitted to GDWC over the years that have been influenced by well-known games! Are you looking for new gems to scare you off? In this episode we are introducing our Top 5 Games inspired by Resident Evil and The Last of Us. Through this list you'll find horror vibes, environmental puzzles, strong characters who can overcome any near-death situations and zombies or some monster chasing. Keep reading to explore the depths of fear with us!

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We were honored to have Autodesk as our sponsor for Student Game Award in 2021. Autodesk is a multinational software corporation that makes software products and services for the architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, media, education and entertainment industries. During the Student Game Award there were five finalists that won the price of an interview with Autodesk, with one of the games being Incarnation. The other four games were Astreia's Gift, Lysfangha, Postbird in Provence and There You Are.

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Hey Game Developers! Be the First of the Four Winners of these Valco ANC Headphones!

The Valco ANC headphones have:
- Active Noise Cancellation
- Long-Lasting Battery
- Perfect Sound Quality
- Comfortable
- Finnish Design

Answer the Developer Survey with your Game Entry at thegdwc.com for the chance to win!
Learn More about Valco's Headphones at Valco.io

On today's episode of Games from Your Countries, we head to Scandinavia to visit Sweden. The home of IKEA, Abba, Volvo, and Spotify is also home to many famous games. Some notable games developed by Swedish game studios are: Stellaris, Crusader Kings Series and Hearts of Iron series by Paradox Interactive, The Just Cause series by Avalanche Studios, Goat Simulator, Valheim and Satisfactory by Coffee Stain Studios, Battlefield Series, Mirror's Edge and Star Wars Battlefront Series by DICE, among others. Popular Indie Games from Sweden are: Hotline Miami by Dennaton Games, TABS and Clustertruck by Landfall Games, and Passpartout by Flamebait Games. And of course, we couldn't forget the best-selling indie game ever: Minecraft.

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