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Studio Category Results

Winner

Shatterline

Frag Lab

Finalist

Danghost

Umeshu Lovers

Finalist

Hamster Playground

WeDigGames

Finalist

Space Tail: Every Journey Leads Home

Longterm Games

Finalist

Peglin

Red Nexus Games

Indie Category Results

Winner

Space Wreck

Pahris Entertainment

Finalist

All Hands on Deck

Studio Mantasaur

Finalist

Once Upon a Jester

Bonte Avond

Finalist

Kaiju Wars

Foolish Mortals Games Inc.

Finalist

Vlad Circus: Descend into Madness

Indiesruption

Hobby Category Results

Winner

Seeking Light

ESAT - Lucky Dodo Games

Finalist

Mumble: A Tumble in Time

Lumen Studios - AIE Student Team

Finalist

RUKIMIN's Disappointing Adventure!

rukimin

Finalist

Unsolved Case

Eleven Puzzles

Finalist

Overlapped

Screenshakes

Mobile Category Results

Winner

Roto Force

Accidently Awesome

Finalist

Railbound

Afterburn

Finalist

Dungeons of Dreadrock

Christoph Minnameier

Finalist

Just Take Your Left

Mehrdad Rezaei

Finalist

NERF Superblast

NITRO GAMES - NERF Superblast

Game Jam Category Results

Winner

The Curse of Tencond

Harry Alisavakis

Finalist

ONE - The Legend of 1000

Riccardo Canton

Finalist

Last Christmas

polytely games

Finalist

A Hero's Fudging Quest

Hastily Assembled

Finalist

Last In Space

Darenn Keller

Student Category Results

Winner

SIR LONG LEGS

SIR LONG LEGS

Finalist

Umiko

Kodomo Studio

Finalist

Han'yo

DigiPen Bilbao - Hangover Studios

Finalist

Witchpunk

99% Funk

Finalist

Root of all evil

Hello World

Xsolla Category Results

Winner

Lost In Play

Happy Juice

Finalist

Cognition Method

Team Cognition

Finalist

Memory Lost

Magic Hazard

Finalist

Rogue Legacy 2

Cellar Door Games

Houdini Category Results

Winner

Outshine

Fishing Cactus

Finalist

Airship : Kingdoms Adrift

Revolution Industry

Finalist

BoF1LL: A Withering World

Parti Games Inc.

Finalist

The Last Taxi

ZenFri Inc.

Finalist

Shores of Plunder

Snowchimp Interactive

Brainwave Category Results

Winner

Road Redemption Mobile

Pixel Dash Studios

Finalist

Jade Order

Tortuga Xel

Finalist

Broken Universe

Jinthree Studio

Finalist

Roto Force

Accidently Awesome

Finalist

1 Bit Survivor (Roguelike)

Acheronti Games

Best Estonian Game Category Jury Choice Results

Winner

Haiku, the Robot

Mister Morris Games

Studio Category Fan Choice Results

Winner

Two Falls (Nishu Takuatshina)

Unreliable Narrators

Finalist

Blue Wednesday

Buff Studio

Finalist

NERF Superblast

NITRO GAMES - NERF Superblast

Finalist

Noch

Fair Games Studio

Finalist

Asym Altered Axis

ASYM TEAM

Indie Category Fan Choice Results

Winner

Lifespace Traveler

Dino Trnka

Finalist

Card Survival: Tropical Island

Winterspring Games

Finalist

COGNAC | Photorealistic Metaverse

COGNAC TEAM

Finalist

Berserk Boy

Berserkboy Games

Finalist

Bob: A thousand lives

Putnai Csaba

Hobby Category Fan Choice Results

Winner

Aces in the Dust

ESAT - DUV Studios

Finalist

Jacktus Green: The Fluffy, the Spiky and the Spicy

ESAT - The Bronchos - Games

Finalist

Just Take Your Left

Mehrdad Rezaei

Finalist

Seeking Light

ESAT - Lucky Dodo Games

Finalist

The Defense of Trewel Towers

Trewel Towers

Mobile Category Fan Choice Results

Winner

Light On Light off

DT Corp

Finalist

Card Survival: Tropical Island

Winterspring Games

Finalist

Just Take Your Left

Mehrdad Rezaei

Finalist

Eldrum: Red Tide

Act None

Finalist

Duality: An Era of Stone

Duality: An Era of Stone

Game Jam Category Fan Choice Results

Winner

Morse Mania

Thom Craver Games

Finalist

Origami Lovers

Lone Flower Games

Finalist

Last Christmas

polytely games

Finalist

Tales of Grumville

Mushroomallow Studio

Finalist

Siege of Stamplands

Team OnionStamps

Championship Categories
The 2022 Championship has multiple categories to compete in offering fair and even field for developers of all backgrounds and goals. Check out which categories are best match for you.
STUDIO
CATEGORY
For Indie Studios with 8 or more members, commercial project, and more funding.
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INDIE
CATEGORY
For Indie Teams with less than 8 members, commercial project, and less funding.
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HOBBY
CATEGORY
For non-commercial hobbyist projects.
Click for details.
GAME JAM
GAME OF THE YEAR
For games made during game jam events.
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MOBILE
GAME OF THE YEAR
For mobile games.
Click for details.
For Student Games and Projects
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XSOLLA
GAME OF THE YEAR AWARD
For all commercial games.
BRAINWAVE
AWARD
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Winner picked by Player Brainscan from all games.
Bonus Prize for Games made using Houdini!
Rewards & Giveaways
GDWC and our Sponsors & Partners will provide a wide selection of valuable rewards across multiple categories in the 2022 Championship. Check out category pages for specific rewards.
Trip to Finland for team representative to 6 winning teams
$28,000
gross value
Houdini Core Licenses for 11 winning teams across multiple categories
$22,000
gross value
250 GB of Free storage on Mudstack for all new GDWC competitor Teams
$19,000
gross value
Rider 1-year licenses for 30 Top 5 teams across multiple categories
$5,400
gross value
$5,000 USD Cash Prize
$5,000
gross value
Free Lifetime Personal Odin Inspector & Odin Validator Licenses
$7,700
gross value
3 months of Free Mudstack Indie subscription for all Studio Category participants
$23,000
gross value
Rider 6-month licenses giveaway for 70 fastest developers
$6,300
gross value
Brainwave scan analysis playtesting session for winner of Brainwave Award
$5,000
gross value
Autodesk® 3ds Max® or Autodesk® Maya® software licenses
$0
gross value
Career coaching session by an industry professional
$0
gross value
Exclusive developer interviews on Autodesk AREA community
$0
gross value
Cool Autodesk Swag!
$0
gross value
2-month Platform Fee waiver to 10 winning teams across multiple categories
$0
gross value
Option to be featured in Helpshift Showcase for Top 5 teams in multiple categories
$0
gross value
4 pairs of Valco ANC Headphones drawn between all teams who answer the Development Survey
$900
gross value
Free 1-Year IGDA Membership for five team members for Jury Choice Winning teams in multiple categories
$1,500
gross value
20% discount to 1-Year and 2-Year IGDA Memberships for members of Winning and Finalist Teams across multiple categories
$2,700
gross value
Care Package filled with goodies to 4 winning teams
$4,600
gross value
Trophies and Certificates to all 50 top 5 teams
$4,600
gross value
Highly Limited Edition GDWC Swag to all 50 top 5 teams
$4,600
gross value
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