Announcing the 2022 Games for Change Awards Finalists!
June 15, 2022 / by Cassie Baralis
We are thrilled to share the 2022 Games for Change Awards finalists!
This year’s awards are the most competitive and global in the Festival’s history – with over 400 submissions across nine categories. A group of 125 game developers, researchers, and experts in game design reviewed the games and selected the finalists. Game entries came from established AAA studios, indie developers, and university-level students.
The 2022 Game for Change Award finalists are:
Most Innovative:
- Before Your Eyes – GoodbyeWorld Games
- The Vale: Shadow of the Crown – Falling Squirrel
- Inua – A Story in Ice and Time – Iko – The Pixel Hunt ARTE France
- Unpacking – Witch Beam
Best XR for Change:
- The Choice – Joanne Popinska
- DIAGNOSIA – Mengtai Zhang and Lemon Guo
- Gravitational – Electric Monkeys
- Steps of Privilege – REM5 Studio
Best Civics Game:
- Svoboda 1945: Liberation – Charles Games
- VOXPOP – Gigantic Mechanic
- Dot’s Home from Weathered Sweater & Rise Home Stories Project
- MadeVR: Take me to the end of the Assembly Line from Singing Cicadas
Best Gameplay:
- Road 96 from DigixArt
- Before Your Eyes from GoodbyeWorld Games
- Midnight Protocol from LuGus Studio & Sixty Four
- Lost Recipes from Schell Games
Best Learning Game:
- Lingo Legend from Hyperthought Games Inc.
- Ava from Team Ava
- Culture Overlord from Lucas Vially
- Math Makers from Ululab
Most Significant Impact:
- Svoboda 1945: Liberation from Charles Games
- Blackhaven from Historiated Games
- Dot’s Home from Weathered Sweater and Rise Home Stories Project
- MadeVR: Take me to the end of the Assembly Line from Singing Cicadas
Best Health Game:
- Smileyscope MRI from Smilescope
- REThink Game from Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca
- BeatNic Boulevard from skillsgapp
Best Narrative Game:
- Before Your Eyes from GoodbyeWorld Games
- Dot’s Home from Weathered Sweater and Rise Home Stories Project
- The Vale: Shadow of the Crown from Falling Squirrel
- UNSIGHTED from Studie Pixel Punk
Best Student Game:
- There You Are from Funky Dango
- P.A.N.I.K.O. from Bluv Studio
- The Social Engineer from Pascal Jansen & Fabian Fischbach (Zefwih)
- Project Anomaly: Urban Supernatural Investigator from Dark Science
Additionally, games from the Best Gameplay, Most Innovative, Most Significant Impact, Best Health, Best Narrative, Best Civics, and Best Learning Game categories are eligible for the “G4C People’s Choice” Award, presented by Facebook Gaming. Voting for the People’s Choice Award will be open until 7/1. Cast your vote today!
