The second day of India Game Developer Conference (IGDC) witnessed the much-awaited IGDC Awards 2023.
The 15th edition of IGDC took place at HICC Hyderabad from 2 to 4 November 2023. Organised “By the Industry, For the Industry,” the three-day conference is led by industry volunteers, aided by corporates and industry leaders.
Celebrations followed on Day 2 as the IGDC Awards 2023 was announced. The awards honoured game developers and studios across 10 categories. (See full list below).
Building up momentum was the BYOG initiative (Build Your Own Game) – one of the categories in the awards – which saw a record number of 700 plus participants. They collectively made 170 plus game submissions for the judges to evaluate.
IGDC 2023 winners:
PC/Console GOTY
Crimson Tactics: The Rise of The White Banner (runner-up)
Arunabh Hazarika, Black March Studios
1971: Indian Naval Front (winner)
Neosphere Interactive Studios
Mobile GOTY
Carrom Cricket: Premier League (runner-up)
Tejas Jasani, TheAppGuruz
Bloom (winner)
Chirag Chopra, Lucid Labs
AR/ VR GOTY
If You Are Not Dumb (runner-up)
Kishor Berde, DopaMind Games
Down and Out (winner)
Abhinav Chokhavatia, Zatun
Upcoming GOTY
Fishbowl (runner-up)
Rhea Gupte & Prateek Saxena, imissmyfriends.studio
Sojourn Past (winner)
Pekrukhrietuo Pienyu, ReDimension Games
Student GOTY
1 Dash – Idle Survivor (runner-up)
Anuj Debnath, National Institue of Design, Bangalore
Laser Tanks: Pixel RPG (winner)
Abhishek Singh, AbhiTechGames
Jury Award for Game with a Climate Conscience
Climate And Sin
Zher Blast, Artemisia College of art and design
Best Game Play
Carrom Cricket: Premier League
Tejas Jasani, TheAppGuruz
Best Visual Art
Bloom
Chirag Chopra, Lucid Labs
Indie GOTY
Bloom
Chirag Chopra, Lucid Labs
Artifice: War Tactics
Neeraj Kumar, Silvine Game Studios
Popular Game Award
Indus
Roby John, CEO and founder, and Team SuperGaming
Over 4,000 plus attendees including game developers, publishers, investors, game developers, and gaming buffs had converged to attend IGDC 2023.
