The staff behind BitSummit PUNCH have announced the nominees for its annual awards. They also revealed that Shuhei Yoshida will be the judge and presenter for the awards.
Alongside the major rewards, there’s also the Popular Selection Award and Kids Selection Award that is voted by fans. The rest of the awards and nominees are as follows:
VERMILLION GATE AWARD / 朱色賞 《 Grand Prize 》
Awarded to the most outstanding title exhibited at BitSummit PUNCH.
- Denshattack! — Undercoders
- Am I Nima — HO! Games
- Algolemeth — Medium-Rare Games
- Satoyama Note: Spring Stroll (里山のおと 春さんぽ) — Satoyama Note
- City of None — Extremely OK Games, Ltd.
- Artis Impact (アーティス インパクト) — Mas
INTERNATIONAL AWARD / インターナショナルアワード賞
Awarded to the most outstanding title submitted from outside Japan.
- The King Is Watching — Hypnohead
- Sledding Game — The Sledding Corporation
- the Berlin Apartment — PARCO GAMES
- TCG Card Shop Simulator — OPNeon Games
- Surfpunk — Double Stallion Games
- Whisper Mountain Outbreak — Toge Productions
- Dungeon Clawler — Stray Fawn Studio
INNOVATIVE OUTLAW AWARD / 革新的反骨心賞
Awarded to a title pushing boundaries in technology, concept, or design.
- On Air! Taxi Detective Casebook (放送開始！タクシー推理事件簿) — 373 STUDIO
- Surface Maze Kurumab (表面迷宮くるまぶ) — KUMAZASA
- Type & Magic — Decoboco Games
- YaoyoroZOO — AlSH
- Sloppy Forgeries — Playful Systems
- Bytes and Knights – ADVENTURE — Jonathan Holmes (crait)
- Hermit Computer — VIA studio (Visual Interactive Arts)
- The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time — Coin Drop Game
EXCELLENCE IN GAME DESIGN AWARD / ゲームデザイン最優秀賞
Awarded to a title demonstrating outstanding game design.
- Lost and Found Co. — Bit Egg Inc
- Werewolf Burger (人狼バーガー) — uracon
- Astromine — Alientrap Games
- Parking Together! — Yaneuragames Co., Ltd.
- OPUS: Prism Peak — SIGONO
- NIGHTMARE OPERATOR — DDDistortion
VISUAL EXCELLENCE AWARD / ビジュアルデザイン最優秀賞
Awarded to a title with outstanding visual design.
- High Fructose — Chazak Games
- Satoyama Note: Spring Stroll (里山のおと 春さんぽ) — Satoyama Note
- FEAR FA 98 — Jacob Jazz
- Finding Polka — lidlocks
- Moldwasher — Anshar Publishing
- ダレカレ (Darekare) — yona・TearyHand Studio
- Into The Haunted Land — Kevin Lai
EXCELLENCE IN SOUND DESIGN AWARD / オーディオデザイン最優秀賞
Awarded to a title with outstanding audio design.
- Katuba’s Poacher — Joe Yu Studio
- Liquid Abyss: The Melted Jelly (リクイッド・アビス – The Melted Jelly -) — Hello Quest
- Starless Umbra — Alcuria Games
- DEATH A LIVE — Rabbit Trigger
- Cento — Hoshimadara Lab.
- Mekururiwitchi (めくるりウィッチ) — SleepingMuseum
- Toroa: Skycall — Atawhai Interactive
Lastly, BitSummit PUNCH will take place from May 22 to May 24 Miyako Messe in Kyoto.
