Game Dev Heroes has confirmed the shortlist of its 2019 awards. From 550 nominations, the shortlists have been whittled down to eight nominees for each of the 11 award categories.
The finalists will be announced at a free event at the Komedia Theatre, Brighton, UK, on July 9th, 2019.
“With all the shortlisted nominees notified the Game Dev Heroes judges will now pour over the nominations and determine the winner of each category,” a press release states. “All our shortlisted devs and their guests will be invited to the awards evening, alongside the Game Dev Heroes sponsors, Square Enix, nDreams, Creative Assembly, Ditch The Label, Articy and fellow industry professionals for drinks, pizza and celebrations.”
To pick up a free ticket to attend the upcoming Game Dev Heroes awards, sign up to the mailing list at Gamedevheroes.co for more information.
Here are the nominations in full:
Art & Animation
Kristrun Fridriksdottir – Technical Animator, Sports Interactive
Shayleen Hulbert – Character Artist, Freelance
Conrad Hughes – VFX Artist, nDreams
Amy Pearson – Lead/Senior Artist, Mediatonic
Xin Ran Liu – Art Director & Co-Founder, Kitfox Games
Nick Rodgers – Head of Animation, Frontier Developments
Li Sheng – Principal Animator, Rockstar North
Danny Sweeney – Senior Character Artist, Creative Assembly
Design
Ian Ball – Design Director, Rocksteady
Jai Bunnag – Project Lead, Finifugu & Friends
Alejandro Arque Gallardo – Game Designer, Square Enix Europe
Joanna Haslam – Senior Designer, Snap Finger Click
Mihai Irimescu – Level Design Director, Fun Labs
Shelley Preston – Senior Designer, Rare
Melissa Prosser – Technical Designer, Flix Interactive
Jonathon Wilson – Level Designer, Hangar 13
Writing & Narrative Design
Ed Fear – Senior Writer/Designer, Mediatonic
Chris Gardiner – Narrative Director, Failbetter Games
Rebecca Haigh – Writer, Freelance
Jon Ingold – Narrative Director / Co-Founder, Inkle
Xalavier Nelson Jr – Writer / Narrative Designer, Freelance
Ed Sibley – Lead Narrative Designer, Fusebox Games
Peter Stewart – Writer, Creative Assembly
Olivia Wood – Narrative Editor, Writer & Content Editor, Failbetter Games
Programming
Reece Banbury – Programmer, Bossa Studios
Alex Darby – Lead Developer, darbotron
Dave Ducker – Senior Web Programmer, Lockwood Publishing
Lauren Filby – Lead Developer, National Insecurities
Louise Malinowski – Senior Technical Animator, EA Ghost Games
Hugo Millet – Senior Game Programmer, Sony London Studio
Neil Millstone – Lead Developer, Maze Theory
Charlie Scott-Skinner – Programmer, Infinite State Games
Sound
Jim Croft – Audio Director, Frontier Developments
David Garcia Diaz – Audio Lead, Ninja Theory
Graham Gatheral – Senior Sound Designer, Rebellion
Niamh Houston (Chipzel) – Game music composer, Freelance
Edward Lau – Audio Programmer, Codemasters
Meg Rice – Production Manager & Voice Director, OMUK
Graham Schroeter – SFX Designer, Freelance
Bogdan Vera – Audio Programmer, Media Molecule
Production
Dan Bergin-Holly – Producer, Fortitude Games
Lottie Bevan – Producer & Co-Founder, Weather Factory
Rachael Gregg-Smythe – Producer, Playstation Manchester Studio
Wajhi Jafri – Senior Producer, Remedy Entertainment
Elizaveta Kostyukhina – Product Manager, Supersolid
Chris Murphy – Producer, Square Enix Collective
Caoimhe Roddy – Producer, Freelance
Richard Wood – Producer, Firesprite
QA
Abby Flores – QA Lead, UsTwo Games
Holly Gordon – Senior QA Tester, Rocksteady Studios
Jack Joyce – Senior QA Lead, Sports Interactive
Niamh Thompson – Senior Functional Tester, Sony Liverpool Studio
Daniel Schofield – QA Analyst, Team 17
John Strine – QA , Improbable
Katie Weeks – Embedded Tester, Rare
Lee Wood – Senior Tester, Cloud Imperium Games
Marketing & Community
Tom Dent – Community Manager, Media Molecule
Hannah Flynn – Communications Director, Failbetter Games
Ben Maltz-Jones – Social Media & Marketing Executive, Rebellion
Sally Morgan-Moore – Product Manager, Frontier Developments
Claire Sharkey – Head of Marketing & PR, Weather Factory
Gina Peach – People & Culture Manager, Studio Gobo
Bee Wakefield – Marketeer, Freelance
Jo Worrall – EMEA and ANZ Brand Manager, Bethesda Softworks
Leadership
Adam Chapman – Director, Liquid Violet
Aj Grand-Scrutton – CEO, Dlala Studios
Adam Myers – CEO, Failbetter Games
Patrick O’Luanaigh – CEO, nDreams
Marilena Pamacosta – Head of Communications, Frontier Developments
Neil Ralley – CEO, 505 Games
Tim Woodley – Head of Publishing, Hello Games
Lily Zhu – Art Lead, Splash Damage
Progression Advocate
Max Downton – Content Marketing Manager, Splash Damage
Kate Edwards – CEO, Geogrify
Kirsty Fraser – Programmer, VooFoo Studios, Co-organiser, Rainbow Game Jam
Loukia Kyriakidou – Games Artist, Freelance, Co-Founder, Women Making Games NE
Robin Milton – Games Lead & Course Manager, Access Creative College
Vikki Neale – HR Manager, nDreams
Chella Ramanan – Games Writer, 3-Fold Games, Co-Founder, POC in Play
Anisa Sanusi – UI Designer, Hutch Games, Founder, Limit Break Mentorship
Unsung Hero
Annie Clare – Studio Coordinator, Sony London Studio
Amy Cross – Studio Coordinator, Sumo Digital
George Corner – Event Manager, Resonate Total Gaming
Adam Da Rocha – Operations Manager, Tenhut Games
Georgina Felce – Studio Operations Manager, Big Pixel Studios
Silvana Greenfield – Operations Director, 505 Games
Tina Lauro Pollock – Director, Brain and Nerd
Michelle Rendall – Director of Business Operations, Polystream
Tom Rothamel – Lead Developer, Ren’Py
Bruce Slater – Founder, Radical Forge