BAFTA Ones to Watch Award

10 March 09

The Award in 2011

The 2011 BAFTA Ones to Watch Award nominees were announced at Dare ProtoPlay on Sunday 15 August 2010. Each year Dare to Be Digital run a video games development competition, where the three winners then go on to become the Ones to Watch. The BAFTA Ones to Watch Award was created to encourage and reward innovation from emerging games designers

Teams of five art and science students/recent graduates are filtered through a rigorous industry selection process to work together for ten weeks from June to August. Three winning games are presented with cash prizes and go forward to form the shortlist for the BAFTA Ones to Watch Award.

The top three teams - as chosen by a panel made up of some of the top names in the computer gaming industry including Charles Cecil, Managing Director of Revolution Software and Gareth Edmonson from Ubisoft, as well as representation from BBC, Blitz Games Studios, Codemasters, Denki, Develop, Rare, Realtime Worlds, Rockstar North and Sony - are Angry Mango, Team Tickle and That Game Studio.

Charles Cecil said: "The quality of this year’s entries is exceptionally high. It was our opinion that the winning projects, as well as some that came close, could have considerable commercial potential."

These three shortlisted teams are now given a number of weeks to address the panel’s comments and produce a final version of their game which combines best use of technology, market potential and innovation. The winner will then be announced at the GAME British Academy Video Games Awards on Wednesday 16 March 2011.

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The BAFTA Ones to Watch Nominees for 2011

Angry Mango

Team Tickle

That Game Studio

The Games

Mush by Angry Mango This atmospheric 2D platform puzzler takes full advantage of the Windows Phone 7 tactile inputs, including touch-screen and accelerometer technology. Players can stretch Mush’s facial features with their fingertips to alter his emotions, shake him into a blind destructive rage and tilt the phone to move him around the world.
Sculpty by Team Tickle Sculpty is a unique physics based platform game for the iPad. It is the only game where users can use their hands to mould Sculpty through the lush jungle environment.
Twang! by That Game Studio Twang! Is a multiplayer platform racing game, developed for Xbox 360, supporting up to four local players. Offering a cute and colourful visual style and a mixture of fun and simple gameplay mechanics, it is aimed at all ages. Click the image to view Twang! trailers on YouTube

Previous Winners

• The Ones to Watch Award in 2010
• The Ones to Watch Award in 2009
• The Ones to Watch Award in 2007

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