The Imirt Irish Game Awards are back! We are running a big catchup awards show covering games released in 2022, 2023 and 2024. We will return to a yearly awards show after that.
Teams should nominate themselves for awards, and can put forward multiple games in multiple categories as appropriate. Submissions open 6th Feb and close on Fri 21st February at midnight. Judging will follow and an awards ceremony will be announced after that.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Game must be submitted by an Imirt member (individual member from the game studio, or in future once corporate membership is available, by a member studio)
- Game must be largely developed in Ireland (either RoI or NI)
- If your game is only partly made in Ireland, please submit only for categories where that discipline was largely based in Ireland (e.g if art was largely completed in Ireland, then submit for best art). Largely should mean more than 50%.
- Game must have released between 1/1/2022 - 31/12/2024
- Games which were launched in early access in 2022-2024 are eligible, but may not be submitted as a full release game in subsequent years (i.e. decide when it’s best to submit it for you, each game should be considered for one Imirt Irish Game Awards).
- Games launched on new platforms in 2022-2024 are eligible, but may not be submitted again under another platform (i.e. decide which platform is best for you, each game should be considered for one Imirt Irish Game Awards).
- Expansions released in 2022-2024 to games released prior to January 1, 2022 are eligible as their own submissions.
- Experimental games are encouraged to apply.
- Games must be made available to judges free of charge for evaluation.
We ask that all submissions include a five minute video showcasing the game in the category being applied for. This can be gameplay with developer commentary. For example if submitting for best narrative, use the video to showcase writing & narrative.
Categories
Our show will contain thirteen awards categories in total, with three categories being user voted.
Developers can submit themselves for six categories, and will be automatically submitted to four categories as a result. Developers can also submit their game for Best Upcoming Game and the community can submit individuals for the Rising Star and Community Hero awards.
Developers can submit to one of these categories:
- Best Game Design
- Best Game Narrative
- Best Game Art
- Best Game Audio
- Best Technical Achievement
- Best Analogue Game
All submissions to the above will also be automatically included in the following categories:
- Game of the Year 2022
- Game of the Year 2023
- Game of the Year 2024
- Best Debut
You may submit to multiple categories by including additional submissions with different videos.
Submissions
Developers can submit their game for the awards by clicking the following link - submission form here
Submissions for the user voted categories are linked below;
- Best Upcoming Game - submission form here
- Rising Star & Community Hero - nominate someone here
If you have questions about submitting, please contact Imirt via contact@imirt.ie or on the Imirt discord server.