http://tigsource.com/articles/2008/02/26/ags-awards-2007-winners en-us 40 <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tigsource/2294541331/" title="AGS Awards 2007 by tigsource, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3205/2294541331_3eb8e3a46c_o.png" width="500" height="200" alt="AGS Awards 2007" /></a></p> <p>The results for the <a href="http://americangirlscouts.org/agswiki/AGS_Awards_2007">2007 Adventure Game Studio Awards</a> are out! The big winners this year are <a href="http://tigsource.com/articles/2007/09/13/nelly-cootalot">Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy!</a> (5 awards), <a href="http://new.bigbluecup.com/games.php?action=detail&#38;id=905">A Tale of Two Kingdoms</a> (4 awards), and Yahtzee, who won 4 awards (2 for <a href="http://tigsource.com/articles/2007/01/28/6-days-a-sacrifice">6 Days a Sacrifice</a> and 2 for <a href="http://tigsource.com/articles/2007/11/13/trilby-the-art-of-theft">The Art of Theft</a>). The award show can also be experienced as an <a href="http://ssh.me.uk/AGS_Awards_2007.zip"><span class="caps">AGS</span> game</a> (direct download), which is pretty awesome.</p> <p>Holy crap, I had no idea there were so many awards for adventure games! Congratulations to all the winner!</p> <p><span style="color: #F26522"><strong>Best Game Created with <span class="caps">AGS</span></strong></span> <a href="http://tigsource.com/articles/2007/09/13/nelly-cootalot">Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy!</a></p> <p><span style="color: #F26522"><strong>Best Innovation</strong></span> <a href="http://new.bigbluecup.com/games.php?action=detail&#38;id=862">_Access</a></p> <p><span style="color: #F26522"><strong>Lifetime Achievement</strong></span> <a href="http://americangirlscouts.org/agswiki/Ashen">Nick &#8220;Ashen&#8221; Mallon</a></p> <p><span style="color: #F26522"><strong>Best Gameplay</strong></span> <a href="http://tigsource.com/articles/2007/09/13/nelly-cootalot">Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy!</a></p> <p><span style="color: #F26522"><strong>Best Story</strong></span> <a href="http://tigsource.com/articles/2007/01/28/6-days-a-sacrifice">6 Days a Sacrifice</a></p> <p><span style="color: #F26522"><strong>Best Dialogue Writing</strong></span> <a href="http://tigsource.com/articles/2007/09/13/nelly-cootalot">Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy!</a></p> <p><span style="color: #F26522"><strong>Best Puzzles</strong></span> <a href="http://new.bigbluecup.com/games.php?action=detail&#38;id=905">A Tale of Two Kingdoms</a></p> <p><span style="color: #F26522"><strong>Best Player Character</strong></span> <a href="http://tigsource.com/articles/2007/09/13/nelly-cootalot">Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy!</a></p> <p><span style="color: #F26522"><strong>Best Background Art</strong></span> <a href="http://new.bigbluecup.com/games.php?action=detail&#38;id=901">Infinity String</a></p> <p><span style="color: #F26522"><strong>Best Character Art</strong></span> <a href="http://tigsource.com/articles/2007/09/13/nelly-cootalot">Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy!</a></p> <p><span style="color: #F26522"><strong>Best Short Game</strong></span> <a href="http://new.bigbluecup.com/games.php?action=detail&#38;id=941">Murder in a Wheel</a></p> <p><span style="color: #F26522"><strong>Best Non-Player Character</strong></span> <a href="http://tigsource.com/articles/2007/01/28/6-days-a-sacrifice">Trilby (6 Days a Sacrifice)</a></p> <p><span style="color: #F26522"><strong>Best Animation</strong></span> <a href="http://new.bigbluecup.com/games.php?action=detail&#38;id=905">A Tale of Two Kingdoms</a></p> <p><span style="color: #F26522"><strong>Best Programming</strong></span> <a href="http://tigsource.com/articles/2007/11/13/trilby-the-art-of-theft">The Art of Theft</a></p> <p><span style="color: #F26522"><strong>Best Music</strong></span> <a href="http://new.bigbluecup.com/games.php?action=detail&#38;id=948">Blackwell Unbound</a></p> <p><span style="color: #F26522"><strong>Best Documentation</strong></span> <a href="http://new.bigbluecup.com/games.php?action=detail&#38;id=905">A Tale of Two Kingdoms</a></p> <p><span style="color: #F26522"><strong>Best Non-Adventure Game Created with <span class="caps">AGS</span></strong></span> <a href="http://tigsource.com/articles/2007/11/13/trilby-the-art-of-theft">The Art of Theft</a></p> <p><span style="color: #F26522"><strong>Best Use of Sound</strong></span> <a href="http://new.bigbluecup.com/games.php?action=detail&#38;id=905">A Tale of Two Kingdoms</a></p> <p><span style="color: #F26522"><strong>Best Demo</strong></span> <a href="http://new.bigbluecup.com/games.php?action=detail&#38;id=842">The Marionette</a></p> <p>(Source: <em>The Gnome</em>, via <a href="http://gnomeslair.blogspot.com">The Random Gnome&#8217;s Lair</a>!)</p> Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:33:00 +0000 urn:uuid:388a7204-3407-49f4-b69c-756ed1784d82 Derek Yu http://tigsource.com/articles/2008/02/26/ags-awards-2007-winners Adventure Community Competitions <p>The AGS version of the awards ceremony is painful to watch. congrats to everyone though</p> Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:50:09 +0000 urn:uuid:f0ff367f-40a9-4334-9b28-236eee24b19d http://tigsource.com/articles/2008/02/26/ags-awards-2007-winners#comment-15440 <p>The Infinity String had terrific background art too, another deserving award perhaps.</p> Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:02:48 +0000 urn:uuid:2b7166d2-9e89-4565-9888-f9b5e2ad561b http://tigsource.com/articles/2008/02/26/ags-awards-2007-winners#comment-15412 <p>I haven&#8217;t played a lot of the AGS games released this year but I played Nelly Cootalot and found it completely beguiling.</p> Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:01:29 +0000 urn:uuid:1f73296e-fc5c-44c3-b05c-109d85c42d19 http://tigsource.com/articles/2008/02/26/ags-awards-2007-winners#comment-15411 <p>Congrats to the winners :) I really enjoyed Nelly and Art of Theft.</p> <p>I&#8217;m surprised Gesundheit didn&#8217;t win anything though!</p> Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:04:43 +0000 urn:uuid:4824ce94-af97-4180-8bb4-5c53a6fdab75 http://tigsource.com/articles/2008/02/26/ags-awards-2007-winners#comment-15401