BGA2020 Winners
Behold, our champions! These fine games, studios & people have entered the BGA hall of fame. Let their epic achievement be an inspiration to all!
Belgian Game of the Year
NANOTALE
DEVELOPED BY FISHING CACTUS
Nanotale – Typing Chronicles is an atmospheric typing adventure RPG set in a colorful vibrant world. Follow Rosalind, a novice Archivist, as she journeys out into a valley to collect plant and rock samples for further analysis. The valley is peaceful. War is a thing of the distant past. Nothing can go wrong with such a casual task… can it?
Best Narrative
JOURNEY FOR ELYSIUM
DEVELOPED BY MYRON GAMES
ourney for Elysium is a story-driven VR game that will immerse you in a fictional setting inspired by Ancient Mythology. Use your wit & skills to overcome a series of increasingly elaborate challenges to reach Elysium and obtain redemption.
Best Applied Game
BRUKEL
DEVELOPED BY BOB DE SCHUTTER
Brukel is the first solo indie project by Belgian game designer and professor Bob De Schutter. It is narrated by his 92-year old grandmother Bie, and it tells the story behind the traumatic events she lived through as a teenage girl on the Belgian frontline during World War 2.
While the game relies on common walking simulator and horror game tropes to immerse its players in the world of young Bie, the combination of these mechanics with non-fiction oral history turns the game into an entirely different experience.
Mobile Game of the Year
BLUE
DEVELOPED BY BART BONTE
A declaration of love from me to that beautiful colour blue, in the form of a puzzle game with an accompanying song for you!
Blue was featured by Apple and Google Play and game of the week/month on Android Central, Android Police, IPhoned, Games Radar and others.
Most Anticipated Release
30 BIRDS
DEVELOPED BY RAM RAM GAMES
30Birds is a poetic and humorous adventure game which casually mixes oriental fairy tales with modern mystery. It is set in an enchanting painted world where 2D and 3D complement each others in a unique way.
The story takes place in a city made of giant lanterns floating in an everlasting night sky. Here the Magic is not atypical, but regarded more as a common everyday thing. Human beings live alongside djinns and it is told that ages ago, Simurgh, the giant bird goddess, created the city as a present for a prince…
Debut Game of the Year
BRUKEL
DEVELOPED BY BOB DE SCHUTTER
Brukel is the first solo indie project by Belgian game designer and professor Bob De Schutter. It is narrated by his 92-year old grandmother Bie, and it tells the story behind the traumatic events she lived through as a teenage girl on the Belgian frontline during World War 2.
While the game relies on common walking simulator and horror game tropes to immerse its players in the world of young Bie, the combination of these mechanics with non-fiction oral history turns the game into an entirely different experience.
Student Game of the Year
NO PLAYERS ONLINE
DEVELOPED BY BEESWAX GAMES
No Players Online is a horror game based on the abandoned FPS servers of games from the 90s. It has been described as: “It’s in a sense a playable essay about the feelings that abandoned game servers and projects can still prompt in us.”
The game has received an incredible reception. Taking the number one spot as the most popular game and best seller on itch.io during it’s release period. The game was made by Adam Pype, a student at DAE with sound design by german-based composer & sound designer Viktor Kraus.
Audience Award
BRUKEL
DEVELOPED BY BOB DE SCHUTTER
Brukel is the first solo indie project by Belgian game designer and professor Bob De Schutter. It is narrated by his 92-year old grandmother Bie, and it tells the story behind the traumatic events she lived through as a teenage girl on the Belgian frontline during World War 2.
While the game relies on common walking simulator and horror game tropes to immerse its players in the world of young Bie, the combination of these mechanics with non-fiction oral history turns the game into an entirely different experience.
Best Studio
TRIANGLE FACTORY
Founded in 2010 Triangle Factory is an independent game developer with a focus on mobile, VR and AR. Fully bootstrapped the company has grown to a team of 17 people building content for both enterprise and entertainment. With a turnover of € 1 million for 2019, Triangle Factory has shown a strong YoY growth of +50% during the last 3 years.
The mobile division of Triangle Factory has developed numerous successful titles with over 1,5 million players. Including AR Sports Basketball, Trivia Switch, and De Slimste Mens ter Wereld. Triangle Factory has also been focusing on the VR LBE market, launching 4 games for the 2 biggest VR arcades in Belgium.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Swen Vincke
LARIAN STUDIOS
In 2019, Swen Vincke accepted the award for Belgian Game of the Year with Divinity: Original Sin 2. In 2020, he was honoured with a prize for having a strong impact on the Belgian and international gaming industry. As founder of Larian Studios in 1996, Swen Vincke has been putting Belgium on the map for almost 30 years as a game development country, and with Divinity: Original Sin 2 (and now Baldur’s Gate 3) Larian Studios managed to win the hearts of millions of gamers worldwide.