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5th International A MAZE. Awards 2016 - the nominees are…
210 games from 31 countries have been submitted over the last 6 months - After weeks of playing, close to 150 experts, professionals and journalists selected the nominees.Now, we present you the 20 nominated games. An international jury will decide the winners of the four award categories: The Most Amazing Game Award, Human Human Machine Award, WTF! Award and Other Dimensions Award.
The award show is on April 22, 2016, 19:00 at Haubentaucher, Music by TinTin.
(Entrance only for ticket holders)
The nominees of the A MAZE. Awards at A MAZE. / Berlin 2016 - 5th International Independent Videogames Festival are:
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Killbox (US/UK) - http://www.killbox.info
Killbox is an online game and interactive installation that critically
explores the nature of drone warfare, its complexities and consequences.
It is an experience which explores the use of technology to transform
and extend political and military power, and the abstraction of killing
through virtualisation. Killbox involves audiences in a fictionalized
interactive experience in virtual environments based on documented
drones strikes in Northern Pakistan. The work is an international
collaboration between U.S. based artist/activist, Joseph DeLappe and
Scotland-based artists and game developers, Malath Abbas, Tom Demajo and
Albert Elwin.
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Cosmic Top Secret (DK) - http://cosmictopsecretgame.com
A unique documentary adventure game about family secrets. You play T
who wants to know what her father did for the Danish intelligence during
the cold war.By flicking T through an authentic Cold War flotsam and playful
mechanics, you ask yourself: Who am I? Did I inherit anything important
from my parents that I’m not aware of?You will help T master her fragile paper existence by training
military disciplines like spy flying and code breaking and T will
gradually move closer to the heart of the story and her personal
revelation. The work is a collaboration between Trine Laier, Mads Lyngvig Jespersen, Lise Saxtrup and Bjørn Svin.
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DYO (DE) - https://waterman7.itch.io/dyo
A co-op puzzle platformer for two players.
Play as minotaurs trying to escape their maze.
Merge your screens to rearrange the level’s structure and form a new path to the exit.
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Land’s End (UK) - http://www.landsendgame.com
Land’s End is a Virtual Reality adventure from the creators of Monument
Valley. Set against spectacular landscapes, the player is tasked with
awakening an ancient civilization using the powers of their mind. Land’s
End combines Ustwo Games’ award-winning approach to interactive
storytelling with Samsung Gear VR, creating an incredible virtual
reality experience that you can take anywhere.
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NORTH (DE) - http://www.outlands-games.com
Apply for asylum in a city filled with strange creatures. This game is made by Tristan Neu and Gabriel Helfenstein from Outlands Games.
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Vignettes (FR) - http://vignettesga.me
A toyish surprise-o-rama without text nor characters, where an object shapeshifts as the player spins it around, revealing the underlying story. A game by Pol Clarissou and Armel Gibson.
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W.U.R.M: Escape From _A_ Dying Star (ES) - http://www.escapefromadyingstar.com
2 player immersive space survival game that takes place in a future
where the Sun is dying. Custom wearable electronics, a life-size space
pod, and a generative audio-visuals place each player inside a
psychedelic, interactive experience based around the transfer of
information between the two participants. This experimental game is created by Mónica Rikić, Jessica Blanchet, Grayson Earle, Dawn Hang Yue Wong and Peter van Haaften.
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Diorama No. 3 - The Marchland (NL) - http://www.theshoeboxdiorama.com/themarchland.htm
The Marchland is the third installment in Dutch artist
Daniël Ernst’s ongoing Diorama series. For Marchland Ernst puts the
viewer inside a toll booth where the unseen passes by. Using motion
controllers the viewer can interact with the beautifully handpainted
environment. Spectres of cars only visible by drops of rain drive
through the toll barrier. Are these apparitions, or has the viewer
become a ghost?
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Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist (UK/DE) - http://crowscrowscrows.com
A 15 minute heist game by Crows Crows Crows & Directed by William
Pugh (The Stanley Parable). Slip into the soft-soled shoes of the
mastermind responsible for the greatest heist- oh god I can’t do this
any more, i’m joining the strike. good luck writing the game
description.
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Wheels of Aurelia (IT) - http://www.wheelsofaurelia.com
Wheels of Aurelia is a narrative road trip game set in the roaring
Italian 70s. Half racing game, half interactive fiction, it tells the
story of Lella, a restless woman driving on the roads of the western
coast of Italy, the famous Via Aurelia. A game by Santa Ragione.
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Codex Bash (UK) - http://www.alistairaitcheson.com
One physical space, four big buttons and codes to be cracked! Decipher
the on-screen clues and run around to bash the buttons in the hidden
sequence. You may have to decrypt symbols, unpick circuit diagrams or
rifle through spy photos, but one thing’s for sure: the best
codebreakers work as a team! A game by Alistair Aitcheson.
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Lucid Trips - Whateverland (DE) - http://www.lucidtrips.com
Lucid Trips is a virtual reality project which takes place in planetary dreamworlds. Every planet will be an individual “trip” in the constantly expanding universe of dreams. All interaction and navigation like walking, jumping, climbing, swimming and flying is possible through our handwalking character controller. On the first Dreamplanet Whateverland it´s all about Art Exploration. A vr game by VR Nerds, which includes Nico Uthe, Sara Lisa Vogl and Sebastian Hinz.
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GNOG (CA) - http://www.gnoggame.com
GNOG is a puzzle game set across a universe of playfully interactive
monster heads. Explore a myriad of unique interconnected heads and the
worlds they carry within, as you try to decipher each one’s quirks and
advance to the next. Game is created by KO_OP.
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Lieve Oma (FR) - http://lieveoma.tumblr.com
My grandmother is probably the most important person ever to me, as she
provided me with the stability and care a child needs growing up.
We all have or have had people helping us become a responsible and
caring person, and this short narrative game is an ode to these people,
and more specifically, to my grandmother. The game is developed by Florian Veltmann.
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Genital Jousting (SA/ NO) - http://www.genitaljousting.com
A (slightly) adult themed competitive local multiplayer game for up to 8 players.The game is up to 8 dicks playing around in an actual rumpus. Add 8
dildoshaped Joy-s-dicks, friends and alcohol, and it will be a fun event
in itself! Game is created by Evan Greenwood and Martin Kvale.
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Esper 2 (UK) - http://coatsink.com
You will become an agent of the enigmatic ESPR organisation. ESPR was
set up to deal with the outbreak of telekinetic abilities among
‘special’ citizens and consequences of the event. You’ll venture to
exotic locations, including the outer reaches of your mind, as you
attempt to thwart a villain’s quest to obtain a mysterious artefact. Created by Coatsink Software.
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A Normal Lost Phone (FR) - http://gamejolt.com/games/a-normal-lost-phone/123864
You’ve just found a smartphone. Find out the truth. This game is made by Accidental Queens.
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DYG (US) - http://www.brgss.com
Labor in the field. Art piece by Burgess Voshell.
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Antioch (FR) - http://antiochgame.com
Antioch is an online cooperative interactive fiction game. You’ll play as one of two detectives working together to solve a
intriguing crime. The adventure will bring you to the city of Antioch, a
dark metropolis surrounded by moutains and sea. A game by Mi-Clos Studio.
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Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (CA) - http://www.keeptalkinggame.com
One player is trapped in a virtual room with a ticking time bomb they
must defuse. The other players are the “Experts” who must give the
instructions to defuse the bomb by deciphering the information found in
the bomb defusal manual. But there’s a catch: the experts can’t see the
bomb, so everyone will need to talk it out – fast! A game by Steel Crate Games.