Announcing the #G4C2022 Awards Finalists! 🏆

Each year, the Games for Change Awards recognize new games in the space that have the potential to enact social change through play. This year's awards are the most competitive and global in the Festival's history – with over 400 submissions across nine categories. Game entries came from established AAA studios, indie developers, and university-level students, exemplifying this year's Games for Change Festival themes of imagining, igniting, and inspiring the future of social impact. The 2022 Games for Change Award finalists include: Before Your Eyes - GoodbyeWorld Games Dot's Home - Weathered Sweater & Rise Home Stories Project The Vale: Shadow of the Crown - Falling Squirrel UNSIGHTED - Studio Pixel Punk Road 96 - DigixArt Before Your Eyes - GoodbyeWorld Games Midnight Protocol - LuGus Studio & Sixty Four Lost Recipes - Schell Games   There You Are - Funky Dango P.A.N.I.K.O. - Bluv Studio  The Social Engineer - Fabian Fischbach & Pascal Jansen Project Anomaly: Urban Supernatural Investigator - Dark Science Lingo Legend - Hyperthought Games Inc. Ava - Team Ava Culture Overlord - Lucas Vially Math Makers - Ululab The Choice - Joanne Popinska DIAGNOSIA - Mengtai Zhang & Lemon Guo Gravitational - Electric Monkeys Steps of Privilege - Matt Foreman Svoboda 1945: Liberation - Charles Games Blackhaven - Historiated Games Dot's Home - Weathered Sweater & Rise Home Stories Project MadeVR: Take me to the end of the Assembly Line - Singing Cicadas Before Your Eyes - GoodbyeWorld Games The Vale: Shadow of the Crown - Falling Squirrel Inua - A Story in Ice and Time - Iko &The Pixel Hunt ARTE France Unpacking - Witch Beam Svoboda 1945: Liberation - Charles Games VOXPOP - Gigantic Mechanic Dot's Home - Weathered Sweater & Rise Home Stories Project MadeVR: Take me to the end of the Assembly Line - Singing Cicadas Smileyscope MRI - Smilescope REThink Game - Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca BeatNic Boulevard - skillsgapp In addition to the above categories, games from Best Gameplay, Most Innovative, Most Significant Impact, Best Health, Best Narrative, Best Civics, and Best Learning Game categories are eligible for the G4C People's Choice Award hosted by Facebook Gaming! Voting will open on June 16th and run through June 30th. Keep an eye out on our social media channels for more information.    Make sure to tune in on July 15th at 7:00 PM ET to find out the winners!  REGISTER FOR #G4C2022 TODAY! The G4C Workshop Series is filling up! Explore 12 workshops that offer a diverse range of learning experiences that explore unique subject matter, from impact design methodologies to the power of games in the classroom. Attendees will connect and collaborate with their peers while guided by expert facilitators from the Games for Change community. If you're a game developer, educator, intersectional expert, or just someone who wants to learn more about impact games, secure your spot today. All workshops will cost $50. If you would like to attend multiple workshops, please purchase tickets separately. Every year Games for Change relies on the support of volunteers to bring the Festival to life. Volunteers' time and expertise help build a sense of community that elevates the experience for all attendees. We are looking for in-person all-stars for this year's Festival. Positions will be scheduled on a first submitted, first-served basis, so don't sleep on it. APPLY NOW! Copyright © 2022 Games for Change, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website www.gamesforchange.org or gamesforchange.org/festival/ You can opt out of this newsletter at any time. Our mailing address is: Games for Change P.O. Box 770699 Woodsite, New York 11377 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.