Balatro Dari LocalThunk Raih The Indie Games Awards 2024

Six One Indie telah selesai menyelenggarakan The Indie Game Awards 2024 , sebuah upacara penghargaan yang didedikasikan untuk merayakan game dan pengembang independen, pada tanggal 19 Desember pukul 4:00 sore PT / 7:00 malam ET.

Game Balatro besutan Devolver LocalThunk berhasil menjadi Game Of the year di ajang The Indie Games Awards 2024. Disisi lainnya, Little Kitty ,big city dari double dagger studio keluar sebagai pemenang kategori debut game.

Berikut daftar lengkap pemenang The Indie Games Awards 2024

Game of the year 

• 1000xRESIST (sunset visitor)
• Animal Well (Billy Basso)
• ARCO (Franek, Max Cahill, Bibiki, Fayer)
• Balatro (LocalThunk)
• Crypt Custodian (Kyle Thompson)
• Lorlei and the Laser Eyes (Simogo)
• Mouthwashing (Wrong Organ)
• Neva (Nomada Studio)
• Nine Sols (RedCandleGames)
• UFO 50 (Mossmouth)
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Debut Game

• Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure (Furniture & Mattress)
• Lil’ Guardsman (Hilltop Games)
• Little Kitty, Big City (Double Dagger Studio)
• Loddlenaut (Moon Lagoon)
• MULLET MADJACK (HAMMER95)
• Worldless (Noname Studios)

Notable Achievement in Accessibility

• Another Crab’s Treasure (AggroCrab)
• Elsie (Knight Shift Games)
• Periphery Synthetic (shiftBacktick)
• Pine Hearts (Hyper Luminal Games)
• SteamWorld Heist II (Thunderful Development)
• Surmount (Jasper Oprel and Indiana-Jonas)

Music

• Core Keeper (Pugstorm)
• Flock (Hollow Ponds)
• Pacific Drive (Ironwood Studios)
• The Cub (Demagog Studio)
• THRASHER (Puddle)
• Wild Bastards (Blue Manchu)

Visual Design 

• Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus (Squid Shock Studios, Christopher Stair, Trevor Youngquist)
• Crow Country (SFB Games)
• Harold Halibut (Slow Bros.)
• Hauntii (Moonloop Games)
• The Plucky Squire (All Possible Futures)
• ULTROS (Hadoque)

Bit size Game

• Buckshot Roulette (Mike Klubnika)
• Clickholding (Strange Scaffold)
• Duck Detective: The Secret Salami (Happy Broccoli Games)
• Minami Lane (Doot, Blipbloop)
• Please Touch the Artwork 2 (Thomas Waterzooi)
• Thank Goodness You’re Here! (Coal Supper)

Inovation

• Cryptmaster (Paul Hart, Lee Williams, and Akupara Games)
• KarmaZoo (Pastagames)
• Lorelei and the Laser Eyes (Simogo)
• ODDADA (Sven Ahlgrimm, Mathilde Hoffman, Bastian Clausdorff)
• Rusty’s Retirement (Mister Morris Games)
• UFO 50 (Mossmouth)

Emotinal impact 

• In Stars and Time (insertdisc5)
• Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop) (Popcannibal)
• Neva (Nomada Studio)
• Selfloss (Goodwin Games)
• Thirsty Suitors (Outerloop Games)
• Until Then (Polychroma)

Gameplay design 

• Balatro (LocalThunk)
• Grunn (Sokpop Collective)
• Minishoot’ Adventures (SoulGame)
• Nine Sols (Red Candle Games)
• Tiny Glade (Pounce Light)
• Victory Heat Rally (Skydevilpalm)

Community management 

• Aggro Crab
• Black Tabby Games
• LocalThunk
• Massive Monster
• NPC Studio
• Pounce Light

Narative

• 1000xRESIST (sunset visitor)
• ARCO (Arco Team)
• Caravan SandWitch (Studio Plane Toast)
• Fear the Spotlight (Cozy Game Pals)
• Last Time I Saw You (Maboroshi Artworks)
• Mouthwashing (Wrong Organ)

Women LED game

• Gourdlets (AuntyGames)
• Keylocker: Turn Based Cyberpunk Action (Moonana)
• Love, Ghostie (Janbeh Games, LLC)
• Mexico, 1921. A Deep Slumber. (Macula Interactive)
• Nightmare Kart (LWMedia)
• The Crimson Diamond (Julia Minamata)

Solo development 

• Aerial_Knight’s We Never Yield (Aerial_Knight)
• Animal Well (Billy Basso)
• Children of the Sun (Rene Rother)
• Crypt Custodian (Kyle Thompson)
• Knuckle Sandwich (Andy Brophy)
• Magical Delicacy (Skaule)

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