AGS Awards

AGS Awards
Awarded for Outstanding AGS games and game developers
Location United Kingdom
Presented by Adventure Game Studio
First awarded 2001
Website Adventure Game Studio

The AGS Awards are a set of annual awards for video games made with the Adventure Game Studio (acronym AGS) engine to recognize the best graphic adventure games of the year as assessed by AGS video game developers and artists. The awards show celebrates the best developers and achievements in the AGS video-games community, and features top gaming choices by creators and artists. Categories for the awards may vary year from year but overall include Best Game, Best Writing, Best Animation, Best Voice Acting, Best Puzzles, Best Gameplay and Best Music.

History

The AGS Awards were founded in 2001 and are awarded annually to the best indie point-and-click adventure games of the year. Categories include Best Game, Best Writing, Best Animation, Best Voice Acting, Best Puzzles, Best Background Art, Best Gameplay and Best Music. The AGS Awards are an important barometer for indie adventure games, receiving regular international coverage by sites like Destructoid.,[1] Rock, Paper, Shotgun,[2][3] IndiesGames[4][5] and GameSetWatch.[6][7] Some winners have become immensely popular and commercially successful, such as Primordia by Wormwood Studios,[8][9][10] Resonance by XII Games[11] and Gemini Rue by Joshua Nuernberger.[12] Serving as a springboard for talent.

In 2006 the founders of the AGS Awards announced the nominees and winners on the website www.americangirlscouts.org. Playing into the communities running joke of claiming to be the American Girl Scouts.

In 2014, after considerable discussion and voting, the AGS Awards revamped the categories to reflect the community's increasing interest in variation.[13] Introducing a new category structure:

Overall awards: Best Game Created with AGS, Best Gameplay, Best Writing, Best Puzzles, Best Character. Category awards: Best Short Game, Best Demo, Best Non-Adventure Game Created with AGS. Sound awards: Best Music & Sound, Best Voice Acting. Technical awards: Best Background Art, Best Character Art, Best Animation, Best Programming. Committee decided: Lifetime Achievement, Best Innovation.

Competition Award History

The game developer with the most AGS Awards won in total is Benjamin Croshaw, with 19 awards won and totaling 44 nominations. The most awards won by any one game was 12 for Resonance.[14]

2016 Awards

The 2016 nominees were announced on February 6, 2017 via the official website. The videogame with the most nominations was Shardlight by Wadjet Eye Games with a total of 12 nominations, including Best Game Created with AGS. Wormwood Studio's Until I Have You was nominated in 9 categories and Tales, which won an AGS Award in 2014 for Best Tech Demo,[15][16] was nominated in 7 categories. Double nominees for Best Voice Acting include actor Vincent van Ommen,[17] known for The Dark Knight Rises with Until I Have You and Tales, and actress Shelly Shenoy,[18] known for The Walking Dead: A New Frontier with Shardlight and Kathy Rain.

Award Nominees[19]
Best Game Created with AGS
Best Freeware Game Created with AGS
  • Among Thorns, Sniper and spotter being patriotic, Stair Quest, The Man From Fugue State, Toffee Trouble in Creamville
Best Gameplay
Best Animation
Best Music and Sound
Best Voice Acting
Best Programming
Best Character
  • Kathy Rain (Kathy Rain), Shardlight (Amy Wellard), Tales (The Cheese Seller), The Journey of Iesir Demo (Bjorn), Toffee Trouble in Creamville (Toffee)
Best Puzzles
  • Kathy Rain, Shardlight, Tales, The Journey of Iesir Demo, The Man From Fugue State
Best Non Adventure Game Created with AGS
  • Columbus Lander, Monkeys to the Moon!, Predators Prey For Plants, Space Tunneler, Until I Have You
Best Short Game
  • Among Thorns, GNRBLEX, Graveyard, Stair Quest, Toffee Trouble in Creamville
Best Writing
  • Fallen soldier, Kathy Rain, Shardlight, Tales, The Journey of Iesir Demo
Best Character Art
  • Kathy Rain, Shardlight, The Journey of Iesir Demo, Toffee Trouble in Creamville, Until I Have You
Best Background Art
  • Kathy Rain, Shardlight, The Journey of Iesir Demo, Toffee Trouble in Creamville, Until I Have You

2015 Awards

In 2015, Technobabylon won the most awards of all the nominees, taking home 9. Troll Song: Verse One - Completely Stoned won the Best Demo Awards at the AGS Awards 2015. This was the second time Troll Song has won an AGS Award for Best Tech Demo, with the original tech demo claiming the prize at the 2013 AGS Awards.[23] The Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded to indie developer Peder Johnsen "for his services with AGS archives, hosting and many other contributions over the years".

Award Winners[24]
Best Game Created with AGS
Best Gameplay
Best Animation
Best Music and Sound
Best Voice Acting
Best Programming
  • Rogue State
Best Character
  • The Jimi Hendrix Case
Best Puzzles
Best Freeware Game Created with AGS
  • Camp 1
Best Non Adventure Game Created with AGS
  • Rogue State
Best Writing
Best Character Art
Best Background Art
Best Demo
  • Troll Song: Verse One - Completely Stoned[25]

2014 Awards

In 2014, the RPG game Quest for Infamy won in 4 categories including Best Gameplay and Best Puzzles. After the award ceremony the developers of Quest for Infamy announced they'd making a prequel and a sequel to the game.[26]

Award Winners[27]
Best Game Created with AGS
Best Gameplay
  • Quest for Infamy
Best Animation
Best Music and Sound
  • Quest for Infamy
Best Voice Acting
Best Programming
  • Red Hot Overdrive
Best Character
  • Quest for Infamy
Best Puzzles
  • Quest for Infamy
Best Short Game
  • A Date in the Park
Best Non Adventure Game Created with AGS
  • Red Hot Overdrive
Best Writing
Best Character Art
Best Background Art
Best Demo
Best Freeware Game Created with AGS
  • Mudlarks

2013 Awards

In 2013, Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok developed Crystal Shard by won a total of 11 AGS Awards.[28] A month later the game was published on Valve Steam.[29]

Award Winners[30]
Best Game Created with AGS
Best Gameplay
  • Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok
Best Animation
  • Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok
Best Music and Sound Effects
  • Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok
Best Voice Acting
  • Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok
Best Programming
  • The Art of Dying
Best Player Character
  • The Bum
Best Non-player Character
  • Educating Adventures of Girl and Rabbit
Best Puzzles
  • Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok
Best Short Game
  • Time Stone
Best Non Adventure Game Created with AGS
  • The Art of Dying
Best Dialogue Writing
  • Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok
Best Character Art
  • Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok
Best Background Art
  • Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok
Best Demo
  • Troll Song - Verse One - Tech Demo

2012 Awards

In 2012, Resonance developed by Wadjet Eye Games won 12 AGS Awards. Setting a record for most AGS Awards ever won by a single game.

Award Winners[31][32]
Best Game Created with AGS
Best Gameplay
  • Resonance
Best Animation
  • Resonance
Best Music and Sound Effects
  • Resonance
Best Voice Acting
  • Resonance
Best Original Story
  • Resonance
Best Programming
  • Resonance
Best Player Character
Best Non-player Character
  • Ben Jordan Paranormal Investigator Case 8: Relics of the Past
Best Puzzles
  • Resonance
Best Short Game
  • ^_^
Best Non Adventure Game Created with AGS
  • RAM Ghost [BAKE SALE 2012]
Best Dialogue Writing
  • Resonance
Best Character Art
  • Resonance
Best Background Art
  • Resonance
Best Demo
  • Captain Disaster in Death Has A Million Stomping Boots - Demo

References

  1. ↑ "Destructoid revies AGS Winners". Destructoid. 2011-04-29. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
  2. ↑ "AGS Awards 2010 down to finalists". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. 2011-02-07. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  3. ↑ "Point-click-Vote for the AGS Awards". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. 2013-02-25. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
  4. ↑ "In-Depth: The AGS Awards 2009". www.indiegames.com. 2010-01-26.
  5. ↑ "The 2012 AGS Awards". www.indiegames.com. 2013-03-28.
  6. ↑ "Adventurers get AGS Awards". gamesetwatch.com. 2006-03-03.
  7. ↑ "AGS Awards 2007 Winners". gamesetwatch.com. 2007-02-02.
  8. ↑ "Primordia - Wormwood Studios interview". adventuregamers.com. Retrieved 2012-11-13.
  9. ↑ "Primordia review". www.indiegamebundles.com. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
  10. ↑ "The 2012 AGS Awards". www.indiegames.com. 2013-03-18.
  11. ↑ "Brand-New Indie Game Resonance is the Best 1990s Adventure Game I’ve Played in Years" kotaku.com
  12. ↑ "Gemini Rue review". PC Gamer. 2013-10-26. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  13. ↑ AGS Awards 2014 Category Reshuffle Indie Game News
  14. ↑ AGS Awards 2012 Results adventuregamestudio.co.uk
  15. ↑ Best Demo crown for Tales www.indiegames.com
  16. ↑ AGS Award - Best Tech Demo for Tales, 2014 adventuregamestudio.co.uk
  17. ↑ Vincent van Ommen double nomination AGS Awards imdb.com
  18. ↑ Shelly Shenoy videogame credits imdb.com
  19. ↑ "AGS Awards 2016: The Full List of Video Game Award Nominees". adventuregamestudio.co.uk.
  20. ↑ "9 AGS Awards Nominations for Unit I Have You". steamcommunity.com.
  21. ↑ "Haagse acteur Vincent van Ommen twee keer genomineerd voor internationale prijs". denhaagfm.
  22. ↑ "Nederlandse acteur Vincent van Ommen maakt kans op stemprijzen". noordhollands dagblad.
  23. ↑ Troll Song wins AGS Award 2015
  24. ↑ "AGS Awards 2015: The Full List of Video Game Award Nominees". adventuregamestudio.co.uk.
  25. ↑ Troll Song wins AGS Award www.gamejolt.com
  26. ↑ Developer Infamous Quests Has Announced Two New Point-And-Click Adventures gamingonlinux.com
  27. ↑ "AGS Awards 2014: The Full List of Video Game Award Nominees". adventuregamestudio.co.uk.
  28. ↑ Heroine's Quest wins 11 AGS Awards www.indiedb.com
  29. ↑ Heroines Quest now on Steam indiegamenews.com
  30. ↑ "AGS Awards 2013: The Full List of Video Game Award Nominees". adventuregamestudio.co.uk.
  31. ↑ "AGS Awards 2012: The Full List of Video Game Award Nominees". adventuregamestudio.co.uk.
  32. ↑ The 2012 AGS Awards indiegames.com
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