Creative Gaming Awards 2020: Apply Now

The Creative Gaming Awards 2020 serve as a call for submissions for the PLAY – Creative Gaming Festival, an event focused on exploring the boundaries between digital gaming and the real world. The awards aim to recognize excellence in game design and innovation, specifically targeting the indie development community. The submission period for the awards concluded on July 31, 2020, with the festival itself scheduled for November 4–8, 2020, in an accessible, online-only format.

The competition is divided into two distinct categories: Most Creative Game and Most Innovative Newcomer. The Most Creative Game category is designed for experienced indie developers and accepts both finished projects and beta versions. Conversely, the Most Innovative Newcomer category is tailored for students and developers who have not previously published a commercial video game, allowing for the submission of prototypes, alpha versions, and beta versions.

These awards are organized under the auspices of Gamecity Hamburg, an initiative dedicated to supporting the local games industry through funding, incubation, and networking programs. By highlighting creative media productions and innovative gameplay, the festival seeks to foster discourse on the limitations and invisible lines inherent in modern gaming. The initiative underscores a broader commitment to providing platforms for emerging talent and established studios to showcase their work to a global audience.