The first ever Scottish Games Awards have just finished, and the winners have been announced.
The inaugural event, which was designed to celebrate the best talent in Scotland, took place in Dundee as part of the first ever Scottish Games Week.
A total of 12 awards were given out on the night, bringing together a wide range of disciplines and specialities from across the games ecosystem and beyond.
ION Lands’ Cloudpunk, whose writer is from Glasgow, won three awards on the night, while Dave Jones – who designed Lemmings, produced Grand Theft Auto and directed Crackdown – won the Lifetime Achievement award.
The full list of winners is as follows:
Winner – Cloudpunk (ION Labs)
Runners-up: Just Take Your Left (Mehrdad Rezaei) Train Sim World 2: Island Line 2022 (Rivet Games)
Winner – SOLAS 128 (Amicable Animal)
Runners-up: Train Sim World 2: Island Line 2022 (Rivet Games) A Bonnie Odyssey (Astrodreamer Studio)
Winner – Dundee & Angus College: HN Games Development
Runners-up: University of the West of Scotland Games Development Programme Robert Burns’ Farm at Ellisland in Minecraft
Winner – Dr Lynn Love
Runners-up: Erin Hughes Daisy Abbott
Winner – Cloudpunk (ION LANDS)
Runners-up: Island Saver (Stormcloud) From the Depths (Brilliant Skies Ltd.)
Winner – The Baby in Yellow (Team Terrible)
Runners-up: SOLAS 128 (Amicable Animal) The Black Iris (Jamie Ferguson)
Winner – Cloudpunk (ION LANDS)
Runners-up: SOLAS 128 (Amicable Animal) Temple of Snek (Aetheric Games)
Winner – Tanya Laird
Runners-up: Searra Dodds Joanne Lacey
Winner – Dave Jones
Runners-up: Tanya Laird Chris Sawyer
Winner – Colin Macdonald
Runners-up: Malath Abbas Dr Amanda Ford
Winner – From the Depths (Brilliant Skies Ltd.)
Runners-up: Monstrum 2 (Team Junkfish) A Bonnie Odyssey
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