Games success for Scots: It’s been a week of awards and recognition for game creators in Scotland, with success in the recent TIGA Awards, The List Magazine’s Hot 100 and the 2024 UK BAFTA Breakthrough cohort.
TIGA Awards
Sad Owl Studios, the team behind the multi-award-winning Viewfinder, have yet another trophy to add to their Scottish Games Awards, BAFTA, UKIE, IndieCade, Indie Connect, A Maze and many other trophies.
In addition, Sophie Knowles, the lead Artist at Sad Owl Studios has been selected as one of the 2024 BAFTA UK Breakthrough cohort.
Other winners include Scotland-based horror game, Still Wakes The Deep (Best Audio Design and Heritage In Games), Glasgow-based PTW (Best QA/Localisation services) and local heroes Johnston Carmichael (Best Tax & Accountancy Services).
The List – Hot 100
Scottish indie developer, Sean Wenham (83), creator of breakout hit Apartment Story hit The List’s 2024 Hot 100 List, which features the 100 Scots making the biggest contribution to arts and culture. They’re joined by Consolevania creators Rab Florence and Ryan MacLeod (43), who are now running the excellent CVXX podcast and Creative Edinburgh Chief Exec Ola Wojtkiewicz (95) who’s championed games as a part of the organisation’s creative work over the last several years.
It’s fantastic to see games and people in Scotland being recognised across all of these different ceremonies, categories and groups. Far too often games are missing in action when it comes to the creative industries in Scotland, or the studios and releases from developers across the country are not even finalists in the games-specific competitions.
If we want to make games matter to players across Scotland, the UK and around the world, it’s important to highlight and celebrate the success and creativity of the amazing games community (and ecosystem) we have here.
Congratulations to all of the winners.