The theme of this year's contest is "Attention to Detail! Japan Game Awards 2023 "Amateur Division" Honorable Mention, Excellence Award, and Grand Prize!
The " Tokyo Game Show 2023 " (TGS2023) , Japan's largest game festival, opened on September 21, 2023 (Thursday). The first two days of the Business Days were also extremely exciting! Perhaps in response to this, the temperature at the venue was also extremely hot! The TGS is packed with major events, but the one that attracts the most attention is the announcement of the " Japan Game Awards ". On the first day of the event, the "Game of the Year" and "Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award" were announced, and many masterpieces that colored the past year were awarded, but the Japan Game Awards 2023 is not limited to that! The results of the "Amateur Division" of the Japan Game Awards 2023 have been announced!
The theme is "persistence"! Introducing the finalists!
The Japan Game Awards 2023 "Amateur Division" is a contest for games created by "amateurs" of any age. The "Amateur Division" has a theme for each year's contest, and this year's theme is " Attention to detail! This year's theme will be "Dedication! The theme can be interpreted and handled in any way you like, so it will be interesting to see how you interpret "persistence" in your work. Now, without further ado, let me introduce the 10 finalists for the Japan Game Awards 2023 "Amateur Division" and the award-winning titles! I will now introduce the 10 finalists for the Japan Game Awards 2023 "Amateur Division" and the award-winning titles! They are in alphabetical order of the order in which they were announced at the awards ceremony, but here they are in order of Grand Prize, Excellence Award, Excellence Award, and Honorable Mention!
Grand Prize and Excellence Award
Three seconds before the New Year
School Name
Nippon Kogakuin College
Creator/Production Team
we have a playful spirit
Platform
Personal Computer
Award of Excellence
PanicQ
Name of School
HAL Osaka
Creator/Production Team Name
PicaSoft
Platform
Personal Computer
Kirika Area
Name of School
Nippon Kogakuin College
Name of creator/production team
Animaru Nambaaz
Platform
Personal Computer
Kougo No Toujin
Name of School
HAL Osaka
Creator/Production Team Name
12FPS
Platform
Personal Computer
Screw Dive
Name of School
HAL Osaka
Creator/Production Team Name
Poketto Palette
Platform
Personal Computer
Honorable Mention
Gabarry Travels
Name of School
Nihon Kogakuin College of Technology
Name of creator/production team
3CLUB
Platform
Personal Computer
ComicaRhythm
Name of School
HAL Nagoya
Name of creator/production team
Single winner 1.9 times
Platform
Personal computer
Hanarenka
School Name
HAL Nagoya
Name of creator/production team
Tonchidot☆Tonchidot☆Community Center
Platform
Personal Computer
Haneru Bubble
School Name
Nippon Kogakuin College
Name of creator/production team
Fully Automatic Soap Bubble Splitter
Platform
Personal computer
Let's Parry
School Name
ECC Computer College
Name of creator/production team
Pearly Knights
Platform
Personal Computer
You can play the game at TGS2023!
The grand prize goes to we have Playful Spirit' s " 3 seconds before the New Year "! Congratulations to all the finalists! However, all of the 10 finalists' games are very attractive and "particular, " and many of you may say that it is difficult to choose the best one. As gamers, we are the ones who pay attention to these games, and when we see a game that looks interesting, we want to play it, don't we? Here is good news for all of you! You can try out the games at TGS2023! As announced at the end of the award ceremony, the "Amateur Division" will be succeeded by the NHK Enterprises-sponsored "God Game Creator Evolution" from 2024. In other words, this is the last time the Japan Game Awards 2023 "Amateur Division" will be held! We invite you to try out the finalists' games! For more information on the Japan Game Awards 2023 "Amateur Division," please visit the official website of the Japan Game Awards!
