Award Winners & Runner ups - 2024
Game Name |
Studio Name |
Position |
| PC/Console Game of the Year | ||
| The Palace on the Hill | Niku Games Studio | Winner |
| Fears to Fathom – Woodbury Getaway | RAYLL STUDIOS PRIVATE LIMITED | Runner |
| Mobile Game of the Year | ||
| Once upon a merge | TheAppGuruz | Winner |
| Dream Cricket 2024 | Dream Game Studios | Runner |
| AR/VR Game of the Year | ||
| Sportsverse | Zudo Labs (Yudiz Solutions Limited) | Winner |
| Hammer Heads | DopaMind Games Studios | Runner |
| Upcoming Game of the Year | ||
| Winds of Arcana: Ruination | Brewed Games | Winner |
| Detective Dotson | Masala Games Private Limited | Runner |
| Indie Game of the Year | ||
| The Palace on the Hill | Niku Games Studio | Winner |
| Kamla | Mad Mantra Games | Runner |
| Student Game of the Year | ||
| Shotgun-Tact | Studio Noori | Winner |
| Sangam | National Institute of Design | Runner |
| International Game of the Year | ||
| The Star Named EOS | Silver Lining Studio | Winner |
| Best Gameplay Game of the Year | ||
| Fears to Fathom – Woodbury Getaway | RAYLL STUDIOS PRIVATE LIMITED | Winner |
| Best Visual Art Game of the Year | ||
| Once upon a merge | TheAppGuruz | Winner |
| Popular Choice Award | ||
| The Demon’s Exorcism | Snow Star Games | |
| Women in Game of the year | ||
| Shruti Verma | ||
| Laxmi Khanolkar | ||
| Hal of fame | ||
| Rajesh Rao | ||
IGDC 2024 Awards
Nominees - Game of the Year
PC/Console
- Brocula
- Fears to Fathom – Woodbury Getaway
- Project F
- The Demon’s Exorcism
- The Palace on the Hill
Mobile
- Wizard World: Magic Merge
- Dream Cricket 2024
- Once upon a merge
- Hospital Rush
- Shri Ram Mandir Game
AR/VR
- Get the Duck
- Hammer Heads
- Spacey’s Adventure (Mobile AR)
- Sportsverse
- SubmergedVR
Upcoming
- Detective Dotson
- Last Day Lockdown
- Where Did My Hair Go?
- Winds of Arcana: Ruination
- పల్లెటూరు-Palm Sugar: A Village Story
Student
- DISENGAGE
- Sangam
- Shotgun-Tact
- Slunkey
- Warbound
International
- Footgun: Underground
- Hollywood Animal
- TerraScape
- The Star Named EOS
- Toy Tactics
Indie
- Hospital Rush
- Fears to Fathom -Woodbury Getaway
- Kamla
- The Demon’s Exorcism
- The Palace on the Hill
Best Gameplay
- Dream Cricket 2024
- Fears to Fathom – Woodbury Getaway
- Project F
- The Palace on the Hill
Best Visual Art
- Once upon a merge
- Dream Cricket 2024
- Fears to Fathom – Woodbury Getaway
- The Palace on the Hill
Paavan Nanda
WinZO
Paavan Nanda
WinZOPaavan Nanda is the CEO and Co-founder of WinZO, India’s largest social gaming platform with over 200 million registered users. Paavan is continuously looking for creative ideas to grow the interactive gaming ecosystem and create memorable gaming experiences for its users. He has established a $50 million developer fund at WinZO to fund and promote gaming, game technology and web3 projects around the world.
Inderpal Singh
Moonfrog Labs
Inderpal Singh
Moonfrog LabsInderpal has over 12+ years experience in the gaming industry and leads Moonfrog in its vision to build superior gaming experiences. With a passion for product, engineering and being an avid gamer himself, he has been instrumental in Moonfrog's success in becoming a market leader for games like Ludo & Teenpatti, which are India's leading games in the board & card game genre. Other than playing games, he is a sports enthusiast, loves watching Cricket & enjoys cycling in his free time.
Saumya Singh Rathore
WinZO
Saumya Singh Rathore
WinZOSaumya Singh Rathore is the Co-founder of WinZO, India's largest vernacular social gaming platform with over 200 million registered users. Saumya is one of the tech industry’s few female founders. In 2021, she received the ‘Women Entrepreneurship Award’ from BW Disrupt, a Business World platform that promotes young entrepreneurs with disruptive ideas. Keenly interested in generating memorable gaming experiences, Saumya is always on the lookout for novel ideas that can grow the interactive gaming ecosystem. She has established a$50 million Developer Fund at WinZO to fund and promote gaming, game technology and web3 projects around the world.
Roby John
Super Gaming
Roby John
Super GamingRoby is the CEO and CoFounder of SuperGaming, a 180 person games studio based in Pune,India and supported by investors like A16Z, Bandai Namco, 1UpFund and SkyCatcher. SuperGaming is building Indus, a Battle Royale Shooter themed in an Indo-Futuristic setting that folks have called the “Wakanda of India”. Indus has been in development for 3 years and soft launched recently in India.
Kartik Prabhakara
Aream & Co.
Kartik Prabhakara
Aream & Co.Kartik is the co-founder of Aream & Co., a premier boutique investment bank specializing in gaming and interactive entertainment. Under his leadership, Aream & Co. has successfully executed over 55 transactions, totaling more than $32 billion in deal value within the sector. Prior to founding Aream & Co., Kartik served as a Partner at CODE Advisors and was a Director in the Technology Investment Banking division at UBS. With two decades of experience in mergers & acquisitions and the technology sector, Kartik is a seasoned expert in navigating complex transactions and driving strategic growth.
Sudhir Kamath
Nazara Technologies
Sudhir Kamath
Nazara TechnologiesSudhir Kamath is the Chief Operating Officer of Nazara Technologies. Nazara is India’s only listed gaming company, with interests in multiple gaming studios, esports, sports content, and adtech. Nazara had a successful IPO in 2021 and has consistently grown revenues while maintaining strong profitability. He is a Computer Science graduate from the Delhi Institute of Technology and a post-graduate from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He is an established leader who has built high-performing teams across businesses and brings deep operating expertise, an entrepreneurial mindset, and a wide network of relationships in the gaming world.
The awards are spread across the 12 categories:
Mobile Game of the Year
Awarded to the game that exemplifies overall excellence as a Mobile Game
PC/ Console Game of the Year
Awarded to the game that exemplifies overall excellence in the PC & Console Category of games
AR/ VR Game of the Year
Awarded to the best game in the AR/ VR Category.
Indie Game of the Year
Awarded to the game that exemplifies overall excellence made by an Indie/ Indie Team
Best in Visual Arts
Awarded to the game that is visually outstanding
Student Game of the Year
Awarded to the game that exemplifies overall excellence made by a Student/ Student Group
Best in Game Play
Awarded to the game that has the best game play in the game
Upcoming Game of the Year
Awarded to the game that exemplifies overall excellence that is unreleased/ under development
International Game Award
Awarded to the game made by a Non-Indian Entity
Popular Choice Award
Awarded to the game which gets most votes by attendees and viewers
Woman in game of the Year
Jury Award to a stellar performer in the Industry
Hall of Fame
Jury Award to an Industry Veteran
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