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On Sunday evening, the Freeplay Independent Games Festival awards were announced at a special event hosted by comedian Lawrence Leung. As in previous years, the Freeplay awards proved to highlight an interesting and diverse array of upcoming indie Australian games worth keeping an eye on. The highlight of the night was certainly the acceptance video from Cipher Prime Studios, who won the Best International Game, which you can see above.

The event capped off a long weekend of events at the festival, my wrap-up of which is coming later in the week.

Best Technical Innovation

WINNER:

Automation — Camshaft Software

RUNNERS UP:

[tesseract] – Douglas Warouw, Jason Fernandez

Lunar Flight – Sean Edwards

HIGHLY COMMENDED:

Colour Bind – Finn Morgan

Spirit Hunters – Nnooo

Best Audio in a Game

WINNER:

Lunar Flight – Sean Edwards

RUNNERS UP:

Expand – Christopher Johnson, Christopher Larkin

They Love You – Zac Duff, Henrik Pettersson, Paul Annesley, and Nathan Antony

Best Concept Art

WINNER:

Peleda – Vishus Productions / Fiasco Studios

RUNNERS UP:

DEATHSPUDS – Josh Sacco / Adam Taylor

One Seed – Ariel Magnes

Best Art in a Game

WINNER:

Toybox – Barrel of Donkeys

RUNNERS UP:

Little Things Forever – Matthew Hall

The Last Stand: Dead Zone – Con Artist Games

HIGHLY COMMENDED:

Vector

Puzzle Puppets – Byte Sized Wombat

Best Writing in a Game

WINNER:

Flatland: Fallen Angle – See Through Studios

RUNNERS UP:

AUTHENTIC IN ALL CAPS – Christy Dena

Gamebook Adventures 8: Infinite Universe – Andrew Drage

HIGHLY COMMENDED:

Muddle Farm

Alone in the Park – Cheap Drunk Games

Best Design in a Game

WINNER:

They Love You – Zac Duff, Henrik Pettersson, Paul Annesley, and Nathan Antony

RUNNERS UP:

escapeVektor – Nnooo

Stickets – Wanderlands

HIGHLY COMMENDED:

Little Things Forever – KlickTock

Beans Quest – Kumobius

Rad Skater Apocalypse – MuzBoz

Best International Game

WINNER:

Splice – Cipher Prime

RUNNERS UP:

HUEBRIX – Yellow Monkey Studios

The Fourth Wall – Logan Fieth

HIGHLY COMMENDED:

Nihilumbra – Beautifun Games

Best Australian Game

WINNER:

Stickets – Wanderlands

RUNNERS UP:

Little Things Forever – Matthew Hall

Toybox – Barrel of Donkeys

HIGHLY COMMENDED:

Flatland: Fallen Angle

They Love You

Vector

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