- ‘BAFTA’s prestigious Young Game Designers award’ – The Sunday Times
- ‘The BAFTA Young Game Designers competition is such a useful mechanism to allow young people to explore careers and games and have the work looked at by industry professionals’ – BBC Radio Scotland
- ‘BAFTA’s search for Britain’s top UK gaming talent’ – Yorkshire Post
- ‘Young video gamers are incorporating the big issues that matter to them into game designs, in the hope their concepts will become a reality’ – BBC South
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BAFTA has today announced the four winners of this year’s BAFTA Young Game Designers (YGD) competition, which took place as a special digital ceremony hosted by actor, comedian and presenter Inel Tomlinson.
The categories in the competition were split into four with Games Concept (10-14 years old and 15-18 years old) and Game Making (10-14 years old and 15-18 years old).
The Game Concept Category (10-14 years old) was won by Jasmine Guan (13) from Walkergate, Newcastle for her game entitled ‘Tiled in Twilight’, made for puzzlers and nonogram puzzlers. Jasmine was the youngest winner at the ceremony and describes her game as “A pretty pixelated picross puzzle game where you illuminate the past.”
The Game Making Category (10-14 years old) was won by Alfie Wilkinson (14) for his game ‘Egglien’, Alfie is from Portsmouth and was inspired to enter after meeting a previous finalist. In the game, the player uses alien eggs to fight their foes.
The Game Concept Category (15-18 years old) was won by Jaime WIlliams (18) from Dundee for her game ‘Carrier Pigeon: World Tour’, an arcade game about exploration, community, and delivering mail. Jaime was a previous finalist in 2017 before winning this year.
The Game Making Category (15-18 year olds) was won by Andrew Ah-Weng (15) for his game ‘Space Boids’ a game set in space where the player controls a flock of boids to fight waves of enemies. Andrew is based in London and previously won the 10-14 category last year.
Kevin Price, Interim Chief Executive of BAFTA, said: “Once again we were blown away by the level of creativity and passion embodied in our four winning games this year. BAFTA Young Game Designers will continue to support the next generation of game-creators, and we are delighted that this offers young people across the UK the chance to pursue their passion at such an early stage. Congratulations to all. Bring on next year’s entries.”
BAFTA YGD host Inel Tomlinson said: “Congrats to our four fantastic winners! We were so impressed by the skill and creativity displayed by our 54 finalists across the UK. BAFTA YGD is a great way for young people to explore the craft of game design and judging by the standard of entries, Britain has a bright future!”
The winning games will be featured in the prestigious Power UP exhibition at Science and Industry Museum in Manchester. The winners and all the finalists will also have access to a range of masterclasses and mentorship from gaming industry professionals, as part of BAFTA’s ongoing commitment to accessible pathways into games.
The BAFTA YGD ceremony was streamed on BAFTA’s Kids & Teens YouTube channel. Highlights and clips from the show are available to watch on Twitter (@BAFTAGames) and LinkedIn.
Official Partners to BAFTA Young Game Designers include: Creative Assembly, Criterion Games, Epic Games, PlayStation, Tencent Games, Ubisoft, Warner Bros. Games and Wizards of the Coast. Further information can be found here.
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