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[Frodo]

Hey everyone     

Reloaded is proud to announce its very first Game Of The Year Awards.    



HUH?
These awards will feature the best games of 2009, in several different catagories (shown below).  

Anyone can nominate a game or games by either posting here, or by sending me a Private Message.  You must state the game title, a link, and the catagory you nominate it for.  Nominations will be accepted up until midnight on 31 December 2009, after which, nominations will be closed.  



TELL ME MORE!
I will keep a note of what has been nominated, and for which catagory.  In the New Year, I  will compile a short-list for people to vote from, for each category.  This should give you plenty of chance to find, and nominate games.  Shortly after that, I will announce the winners for each category.  

There will be no monetary prize, but each winner will receive a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd award banner, to display wherever the please.  

As long as the game is freeware, and released in 2009, then it is eligible.  It doesn't have to be on Reloaded.  

This first post will be updated as more games are nominated.



SO WHAT CATAGORIES CAN I VOTE FOR?
Without further ado, let me announce the catagories:  

• Best Gameplay
  
• Best Main Character
  
• Best Non-Player Character
  
• Best Story
  
• Best Scene
  
• Best Puzzle (if the game has puzzles)
  
• Best Graphics
  
• Best Music
  
• Best Sound Effects
  
• Best Voice Acting (if appropriate)
  
• Best Overall Game Of The Year

AND THE GAMES?
Here is a small selection of elegible games.  Remember, you can nominate as many, or as few games as you like.  They don't have to be featured on Reloaded, but they do have to be freeware. amd they do have to be released in 2009.  This list will be updated as necessary.

So... get nominating.  


78641 - A Targ Adventure

Abandon

Alien Arena 2009

America's Army 3

Barn Runner Xmas 0:  Future Present

Ben There, Dan That    

Blob Wars: Blob And Conquer

Blood Frontier

Broken Brothers

Crimelife

Dead Like Ants

Devil's Tuning Fork

Duzz Quest 2

Dyson

Easter Crisis    

Era Of Magic    

Exit Fate

Ferrari Virtual Race

G Speed    

Dizzy:  Knightmare Dizzy  
  
DUOTris    

Legend Of Princess

Liberta

Marionette, The

Mightier

Moki Combat

Naev

Opera Omnia

Orbital Snake

Pandora's Gearbox

Rigs Of Rods

Risen

Rosemary

Runes Of Magic

Spelunky

Spheres Of Chaos  

Umbrella Adventure  

Underworld Apprentice  

Edited by Frodo, 04 January 2010 - 01:02 PM.
Added game to list.

[Nick]

I'd like to nominate Transcendence.
http://reloaded.org/...anscendence/69/

[Frodo]

Um, sorry Nick.  Transcendence wasn't released in 2009.  The games you nominate have to be released this year.  

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As long as the game is freeware, and released in 2009, then it is eligible. It doesn't have to be on Reloaded.

[Nick]

Damn.

But Frodo, I think you should take "Crack Attack" off the list. It wasn't released in 2009 either.

[Frodo]

You're right.  Crack Attack was released in 2008.
Thanks for pointing that out.  

*removes from list*

[Nick]

I'd like to nominate my own game. Even though it was not too successful, it was still a game built by the Reloaded community.

Liberta
http://liberta.eu.pn/

[Frodo]

Thanks Nick  

Liberta has been added to the list (see first post)  

[Nick]

Cool. At least after my 5 months of hard work, Liberta gets nominated for something.

[Frodo]

Hehe.  Go Liberta  

[TotalAnarchy]

IGF finalists and freeware at the same time (and downloadable):

-Dyson
-Between
-Mightier

http://www.igf.com/02finalists.html All three games are released in 2009, just check Gametunnel if you have doubts. I haven't played a single one of them so I can't nominate them for specific categories, but it will be nice to have them as candidates.

[Frodo]

Thanks Anarchy  


Dyson & Mightier have been added to list in the first post.  
It seems that Between was released in December 2008, so it's not eligible for 2009 awards here.  Sorry.

[Nick]

Another note Frodo, Mental Repairs was released in 2008...

Now, let's add to the list! All of the following games reached new release milestones in the year 2009. I'd like to nominate:

Alien Arena 2009
http://icculus.org/alienarena/rpa/

America's Army
http://www.americasarmy.com/

Armagetron Advanced
http://armagetronad.net/

AssaultCube
http://assault.cubers.net/

Blob Wars: Metal Blob Solid:
http://www.parallelr...ts/blobWars.php

Blob Wars: Blob And Conquer:
http://www.parallelr...bAndConquer.php

FlightGear:
http://www.flightgear.org/

Hedgewars:
http://www.hedgewars.org/

LinCity-NG:
http://lincity-ng.be...x.php/Main_Page

Orbiter (Preview-beta release was released in 2009)
http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/

The Battle for Wesnoth:
http://www.wesnoth.org/

Underworld Apprentice (I had to throw this one in. )
http://www.reloaded....showtopic=10759

[Frodo]

Removed Mental Repairs from the list.  


About the games you nominated... a small version update or patch doesn't make it a new game, I'm afraid.  And a lot of these were not released this year.  

Armagetron     - 2006
Assault Cube     - 2007
Blob Wars: Metal Blob Sold     - 2008
Flight Gear     - 2005
Hedgewars     - 2006
LinCity     - 2007
Orbiter     - 2006
Battle For Wesnoth     - 2005

[Nick]

Well, at least some of them were nominated.

Thanks for sorting through them.

I'm glad to see Alien Arena and America's Army were nominated.

[Nick]

I'll nominate NAEV. The project was started in 2009.
http://code.google.com/p/naev/