The winners for the 2nd IMGA SEA awards has been announced last October 13, 2017. Let us all congratulate our Filipino brothers and sisters for snagging two awards out of thousands of submissions from all over the countries within South East Asian region.
Mayari (Jury’s Honorable Mention – IMGA 2nd SEA)
Mayari is a mystery-adventure game set in a fantastical version of South-East Asia. Developed by Ingenuity Games, Philippines.
Flippy Bottle Extreme! (Guilty Pleasure Award – IMGA 2nd SEA)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipN2z65UWmA
Flippy Bottle Extreme! is a simple addictive game that requires you to swipe the screen to flip a bottle across a range of environments. It’s developed by Most Played Games. A Philippine-based game studio.
IMGA 2nd SEA Winners List
Winners of IMGA special category prizes include:
- Best Multiplayer Game: TORIKO: Puzzle PVP, GameHappy Labs, Singapore
- Best Quickplay Game: Desert Island Fishing, Springloaded Ltd., Singapore
- Excellence in Gameplay: Alien Path, Appxplore Sdn Bhd, Malaysia
- Best Meaningful Play: 陽春白雪(Lyrica), 阿諾瓦工作室(RNOVA Studio), Taiwan
- Excellence in Storytelling: Simulacra, Kaigan Games, Malaysia
- Best Technical Achievement: DEAD TARGET VR: Zombie Intensified, VNG Game Studios, Vietnam
- Excellence in Visual Art and Design: Cat Quest, The Gentlebros, Singapore
- Guilty Pleasure: Flippy Bottle Extreme!, Most Played Games, Philippines
- Best Upcoming Game: Kings Play, Mintsphere, Indonesia
- Excellence in Art: OPUS: Rocket of Whispers, SIGONO Inc., Taiwan
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- People’s Choice Award: Valiant Force, XII Braves, Singapore
- Jury’s Honorable Mention: Mayari, Ingenuity Games, Philippines
- Grand Prix: Postknight, Kurechii, Malaysia
The jury of the 2nd IMGA SEA commented: “Generally speaking we are happy to see important improvements in the quality of games created in Southeast Asia and we are hoping to see and award real innovation from the region in the future. The winning games achieved a high level of polish and we expect that to be a standard for games that are released be it from big or small teams. This can avoid early failure in the marketplace, build success and win awards!”.