Gotland Game Conference (GGC), previously known as the Gotland Game Awards, is an international conference, game exhibition and -competition for students. The event is held annually and marks the end of the academic year for the students at the Department of Game Design at
Campus Gotland,
Uppsala University
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. Here they can showcase everything that they have learned during the year to a jury consisting of professionals from the game development industry, the gaming press and academia.
History
The Department of Game Design on Gotland, Visby, has hosted a public event for displaying student projects since at least 2002. The event found a stable structure and was branded "Gotland Game Awards" in 2006 and re-branded "Gotland Game Conference" in 2011, when a presentation track was added and the event opened to public participation. In 2017 the GGC added an international summit for game educators — with the intention of annually gathering game educations from across the world to collaborate and share experiences.
* Theme Park / Revive 2002
* Public exhibition 2004
* Gotland Game Convention 2006
* Gotland Game Awards 2007
* Gotland Game Awards 2008
* Gotland Game Awards 2009
* Gotland Game Awards 2010
* Gotland Game Conference 2011
* Gotland Game Conference 2012
* Gotland Game Conference 2013
* Gotland Game Conference 2014
* Gotland Game Conference 2015
* Gotland Game Conference 2016
* Gotland Game Conference 2017 + Game Educators Summit
* Gotland Game Conference 2018 + Game Educators Summit
* Gotland Game Conference 2019 + Game Educators Summit
* Gotland Game Conference 2020 + Game Educators Summit (cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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The event
The event can be seen as consisting of four separate parts (spanning over multiple days);
*Public presentation of student projects to an international jury of developers, designers, academics, journalists etc.
*Followed by The Gotland Game Conference + showfloor, where all student games are made available to the jury and general audience.
**The conference + show floor is roughl
modeled after the Game Developers Conference but features only a single track of lectures.
*The Award Ceremony
*The GGC Party where students, jury and faculty celebrate their work and end of the school year.
Game Awards
The Department of Game Design maintains a public database of all games and students that have been awarded at the Gotland Game Conference. It is not uncommon for students recognized at the GGC to go on and win other national- and international awards.
Game Awards (2018–)
* Best Presentation
Take My Shift* Best Arcade Experience
Coal Rush* Student Choice
Momentum Drift* Alumni of the Year
Max Tiilikainen* The Social Game Award
Twined* Public Choice
Bench WarmersNeon Nemesis
(tie)
* The Almedalen Library Award
Symbio
* The Innovation Award
Nova Factor
* The Woke Award
Re Leap
* Expression in Game Design
Momentum Drift
* Jury Spotlight
Bolt and Bobby
* Jury Spotlight
Symbio
Game Awards (2006–2017)
People's Choice Awards
Special awards
Computer Animation Awards
Student Effort Awards
References
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External links
Gotland Game Conference
- Gotland Game Conference official website
Department of Game Design blog
- the informal department blog
Department of Game Design at Uppsala University
- the formal department website
Campus GotlandFacebook Page for Gotland Game Conference
Steven Milous blog
Anders "Saint" Ekermo blog
- Starbreeze Studios
- Starbreeze Studios
Video game awards
Video game festivals
Swedish awards
Video gaming in Sweden
2006 establishments in Sweden
Awards established in 2006