Swedish Game Awards

Swedish Game Awards

Company type	Non-profit organization
Industry	Video game awards
Founded	2002
Headquarters	Stockholm, Sweden
Parent	Excitera
Website	www.gameawards.se

Swedish Game Awards is Sweden's largest video game development competition. It has been held annually since 2002 and is organized by the student-driven, non-profit entrepreneurship association at the Royal Institute of Technology, Excitera. The competition's audience is students at Swedish universities and high schools, particularly those studying game development and software engineering. Funding is handled through partnerships with various software and game development companies, e.g. Digital Illusions CE and Sun Microsystems.

Swedish Game Awards started in 2002 as a PC-only game competition under the name KTH Game Awards, and was targeted mainly at students in the Stockholm area. KTH Game Awards was founded by the KTH students Yashar Moradbakhti, Bartek Gudowski, Mikael Pommert and Andreas Harju.^[1] In 2004, KTH Game Awards was merged with another competition organized by Excitera, called the Excitera Mobile Award. This led to the creation of special class for mobile phone games. After its first iteration, the name was changed to Swedish Game Awards to reflect the increase in scope from local to national competition, as well as the fact that the competition had grown to be the largest of its kind in Sweden.^[2]

In 2014 the competitions hosts changed from students of Royal Institute of Technology to students of Södertörn University (while still maintaining its cooperation with Excitera).

In 2015 the competition added the category Best Diversity Effort as a result of their co-operation with Diversi to reflect the games industry's increasing interest in variation of its developers and consumers. The final day of the competition also had its first livestream on YouTube by cooperating with students of Medieinstitutet to make the announcement of the winners available directly to the public. It also broke the previous record of submitted games in 2014 (which was 98) with 104 games.

The competition has gradually gained recognition from Swedish game development companies and universities as a way for students to show their game development capabilities and thus increase their chances of getting employment within the video game industry.

2017: Rope's Adventure

2016: Notes of Obsession

2015: Adventure on Clover island

2014: Defunct

2013: Epigenesis

2012: Secrets of Grindea

2011: Dead Meets Lead

2010: Dwarfs!?

2009: Bloodline Champions

2008: Magicka

2007: Puzzlegeddon

2006: Dawnspire: Prelude

2005: CrazyBall

2004: Saga of Ina

2003: Xazzon

2017: Pump the Frog

2016: Super Neon Drifter

2015: Adventure on Clover island

2014: Piggy

2017: Pick your potion

2016: Notes of Obsession

2015: Sons of Eye Championship

2014: Beat It

2017: Softa med Oss: the last assignment

2016: Sam and Nicole

2015: Iris & Earl

2017: Rope's Adventure

2016: Cryptogram

2015: Frog Climbers

2014: Cubetrip

2018: Cateau

2017: Eyes Align

2016: Cryptogram

2015: Adal's Vikings

2014: Siege of Stockholm

2017: Pick your Potion

2016: Cryptogram

2015: Rymdstenar

2014: Magnetic [1]

2018: Cosette's Cassettes

2017: Penny's Farm

2016: Lance A Lot

2015: Frog Climbers

2014: Flash and crash

2013: Fly or Die

2012: Build 'n' Break

2010: Eggnappers

2009: Conquer the Hood

2008: Boingo

2013: Little Warlock

2012: ---

2011: ---

2010: Br00t4l Qwest

2009: Imperii

2008: Boingo

2013: Dungeon Heroes

2012: Forlorn

2011: Block Breaker

2010: Phoenix Spirit

2008: Swarm by Kian Bashiri

2007: Magnotix

2006: Quantum

2005: Ice Cakes

2013: King of the Thrill

2012: Blobbz Online

2011: Zap the Bugs

2010: Block Tower Wars

2009: Carpet Wrestling

2008: Blueberry Garden

2007: Fret Nice

2006: Sumo

2005: Promqueen

2004: War, Siege & Conquest

2015: Game of the Year Nominees: The Hungry Maw From Outer Space, Frog Climbers, Rymdresa

2013: Best Scenario: Grief

2011: Jury honour nomination: Unmechanical

2010: Best Web Game: Continuity

2009: Best XNA game: Bloodline Champions

2009: Best Java FX: Imperii

2007: Best XNA game: Gravitron Ultra

2007: Jury honour nomination: Streambolt Desero, Boiler, Raven Tale

2007: Best PC game runner up: Harvest: Massive Encounter

2007: Best mobile game runner up: Heximon

2006: Jury honour nomination: Deadbolt

2005: Sony Ericsson Mobile Java 3D Award: 3D Cube

2004: Jury honour nomination: Hockey

The 2014-2015 competition is organized by a team of Stockholm-based university students in various fields related to game design.
In its 13th year, the Swedish Game Awards continues annually to draw greater numbers of entries from student-development teams across Sweden.

The parameters to the competition have remained relatively stable over the years, aimed toward providing a launching pad for talented, independent, student game developers to develop new and marketable games.
The official rules are available at http://gameawards.se/competition/rules.

The process of the Swedish Game Awards spans the majority of each academic year. Beginning in October with the SGA Kickoff, previous winners, current jury members, and corporate sponsors are invited to present their perspectives of the game industry and the Swedish Game Awards in particular to the upcoming year's participants. Also at this time, the various award categories are announced. The competition submissions are developed by independent teams during the year, culminating in a Jury Weekend and Grand Finale party in late May.

In the early months of the competition, the SGA Tour also occurs. During the tour, representatives from the Swedish Game Awards visit universities and technical schools across the country to engage with competition participants.

King (company), DICE, Arrowhead Game Studios, Sweden Game Arena Autodesk

MAG Interactive

Paradox Interactive, Epic Games

Rovio Entertainment, Avalanche Studios

Game of the Year

Gamers' Choice

Best Diversity Effort

Best Execution in Art

Best Execution in Audio

Best Execution in Design

Best Execution in Narrative

Best Technical Execution

Here is a list of previous partners that have sponsored the Swedish Game Awards in some way in the past.

HP, Intel, ARM, Epic Games, King (company)

DICE, Arrowhead Game Studios, Rovio Entertainment, Mali DEVELOPER CENTER

Paradox Interactive, DICE, Wooga, Stardoll, Fondia, Grand Cru Games

Autodesk, Easy Studios, Junebud, Gamers Gate, Swedish National Defence College, Avalanche Studios, Bitsquid, Hansoft

EasyTryck.se

The Square (publication)

Best Execution

Best Innovation

Best Mobile Game

Best Scenario

Best Serious Game

• YouTube Channel - YouTube Channel (since 2015).
• YouTube Channel - Old YouTube Channel (2009-2010).
• Facebook Page - Official Facebook Page.
• Twitter Page - Official Twitter Page (since 2015).
• Swedish Game Awards - Official Site
• Swedish Game Awards Concept Art Challenge - Mini-challenge, Concept Art Challenge, Official Site
• Swedish Game Awards Warmup Competition - Mini-challenge, Warmup Competition, Official Site
• SGA TV - Videos, Interviews, and More