Develop Brighton 2021 saw the triumphant return of the Game Dev Heroes Award Ceremony IRL; a celebration of individual accolades and an amalgamation of talent, the event shone a light on the unsung heroes and often overlooked members of our industry.
Our Game Dev Heroes for 2022 have been crowned! This year’s awards saw 280 devs and industry professionals come together to celebrate the unsung heroes of the games industry.
Thank you to everyone who helped make Game Dev Heroes happen this year, all of you who entered a nomination, our judges, everyone who came along on the night to whoop and cheer and of course the support of our event partners, Airship, Cloud Imperium, CMD:Studio, Creative UK, Etch.Play, Aardvark Swift, nDreams, Square Enix London Mobile, Games Jobs Direct, EPOS, Creative Assembly, King, Aardvark Swift and Analog.
We received over 850 nominations this year across 12 categories, resulting in shortlists full of highly talented and worthy individuals, making thing the job of our judges all that more difficult!
Shining the spotlight on the brilliant devs and games industry professionals year on year shows just how talented the industry is. And without further ado, the winners of Game Dev Heroes 2022 are…
Senior UI Artist, Ubisoft Dusseldorf
Community Engagement Manager, Uplift Games
Advanced Game Designer, Supermassive Games
Game Director at Supermassive Games
Senior PR Specialist, Raw Fury
Producer, Plucky Bytes
Lead Programmer, Silver Rain Games
Legal Executive, SEGA
Senior Quality Software Engineer, Improbable
Post-Production Lead, Liquid Violet
CEO, Code Wizards
Editorial Manager, Media Molecule
Thank you and congratulations to everyone, from all of us at Game Dev Heroes.
Develop Brighton 2021 saw the triumphant return of the Game Dev Heroes Award Ceremony IRL; a celebration of individual accolades and an amalgamation of talent, the event shone a light on the unsung heroes and often overlooked members of our industry.
Last night we crowned our 2021 Game Dev Heroes! It was an awesome night and we’d like to say a massive thank you to everyone who attended for making it such a great night!
Thank you to everyone who has helped make it happen this year, from the huge support we’ve received from our event partners at Splash Damage, Creative Assembly, Creative England, Square Enix, Etch Play, Aardvark Swift, Games Jobs Direct, Analog the tireless work from our team of judges, and of course the several hundred of you that sent in nominations for your game dev heroes.
We received almost 600 nominations this year and creating the final shortlists was no easy task, let alone choosing the winners. There are a huge amount of talented and valued people working across the games industry, far more than appear in just our list, so it’s a privilege that we can bring more attention to many of those people behind the games we all love.
With so many nominations this year, the shortlists this year were packed with amazing people, genuinely causing a lot of tough decisions for our judges. For many of the categories it was close right up to the final votes.
And so… the winners of Game Dev Heroes 2021 are:
Lead Environment Artist, Roll7
UI/UX Designer, Game UI Database
Composer & Sound Designer
Principal Gameplay Engineer, Rare
Senior Live Producer, Turtle Rock Studios
Writer, FRAG Games
Community Manager, Netspeak Games
Senior Producer, Robot Teddy
Founder, Save Point Social
Game Director, Altered Gene
D&I Consultant, Balance Patch
EDI Manager, Sumo Group
Thank you and congratulations to everyone, from all of us at Game Dev Heroes. We’ll be looking at our winners in more depth soon, showing you just why they mean so much to people, and why they have truly deserved their awards.
It’s time to reveal our judging team for 2021! As with previous years, our panel is a mix of previous GDH winners and industry experts who will be helping us to find the Game Dev Heroes for 2021!
Alex Darby
Fawzi Mesmar
Hannah Flynn
Holly Gordon
Ian Hamilton
Jade Leamcharaskul
Laure De Mey
Loukia Kyriakidou
Marina Díez
Oliver Hindle
Olivia Wood
Sally Morgan-Moore
Chris Filip
Ed Perkins
Ian Goodall
+ Partner representatives
View the full list here & read all about our 2021 judges
Huge thanks also to our partners at Splash Damage, Square Enix, Creative Assembly, Etch.Play, Creative England and the Creative UK Group, plus founding partners Aardvark Swift, Analog & Games Jobs Direct. We massively appreciate their support!
There was a point where we considered not having a Game Dev Heroes this year. I’m very glad we were able to go ahead. For many people, ourselves included, it’s really helped to celebrate the positivity and work that’s kind of just holding everything together. It has been an honour and a pleasure to read through all of this year’s nominations, seeing the warmth, love and appreciation you have for the work of your peers and colleagues across the games industry.
Thank you to everyone who has helped make it happen this year, from the huge support we’ve received from our event partners at Creative Assembly, No Brakes Games, EPOS, Etch Play, Aardvark Swift, Games Jobs Direct, the tireless work from our team of judges, and of course the several hundred of you that sent in nominations for your game dev heroes.
We received almost 700 nominations this year and creating the final shortlists was no easy task, let alone choosing the winners. There are a huge amount of talented and valued people working across the games industry, far more than appear in just our list, so it’s a privilege that we can bring more attention to many of those people behind the games we all love.
With so many nominations this year, the shortlists this year were packed with amazing people, genuinely causing a lot of tough decisions for our judges. For many of the categories it was close right up to the final votes.
And so… the winners of Game Dev Heroes 2020 are:
Artist & Character Designer
Head of Design, EA DICE
Composer & Sound Designer
Programmer at ustwo Games
Associate Producer, Rocksteady Studios
Producer, No Brakes Games
Writer, Narrative Designer & Editor, Failbetter Games
Community Director, Mediatonic
Accessibility Consultant
Technical Director, Rare Ltd
CEO, 3ofCups Games
Studio Head, Rare Ltd
Thank you and congratulations to everyone, from all of us at Game Dev Heroes. We’ll be looking at our winners in more depth soon, showing you just why they mean so much to people, and why they have truly deserved their awards.
We’re very excited to reveal our judging team for 2020! As ever, the panel is an amalgam of games industry expertise, stocked with previous GDH winners and all-round good people who will be helping us to find the Game Dev Heroes for 2020!
Hey everyone,
By now you may have seen the news that the Develop:Brighton conference has been rescheduled to the 2nd – 4th November 2020 has been cancelled as a physical event and will now be moving to a digital event. As one of the conference’s unofficial fringe events, we’ve now confirmed new arrangements and will also be moving the date of the Game Dev Heroes awards.
Game Dev Heroes will now take place on Monday 2nd November 2020 at Komedia in Brighton.
Update : Game Dev Heroes will no longer be held as a physical event, and the winners will be revealed online, in the week commencing 12th October
What does this change mean for you, our potential attendees?
Further information about the event and its delightful contents will be made available later in the year.
It is also sensible to mention that we do not know what the outside world will hold for any of us seven months into the future. If we feel there is a need for further changes to our schedule, we will continue to keep you informed.
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Hey now, how does this affect the nominations!?
The nomination period for Game Dev Heroes 2020 has been extended until June 30th 2020.
You now have an extra two months to shout about your game dev heroes; the unsung heroes of the games industry who excel at what they do and have helped to inspire, lead and support those around them.
You can find out more about the award categories
and how to nominate your heroes over at gamedevheroes.co
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Stay safe 💜
Dan
We made a little zine-style programme for the awards event instead of a slick event brochure, because of course we did. There’s a digital version now available for everyone!
A short showcase video of Year Two of the Game Dev Heroes Awards, bringing hundreds of people together from across the games industry.