Digital Christmas feast and the German Developer Award 2023
Heyo, Striked community!
The year is drawing to a close, more Christmas lights are literally sprouting from the ground every day, the Christmas trees are smelling fragrant and we as a team are about to hold our first "Christmas party" in a digital setting.
Virtual Christmas with the team
The entire team will gather digitally to chat, drink and play games together. The idea of meeting up physically remains on hold for the time being, but who knows, maybe that will change next year. Interestingly, the majority of the team have never had the opportunity to meet in real life. A face-to-face meeting in the new year would therefore be more than welcome.
German Developer Award 2023
The German Developer Award (DEP) - the most important award for outstanding achievements in video game development in German-speaking countries. In 2023, prizes were awarded in 14 categories, including "Studio of the Year" and "Best Indie Game". The award ceremony took place yesterday, 7 December, at the Flora in Cologne and highlighted the creativity of the developers. A unique feature of the award is that it is largely organised by the developers themselves, which is also reflected in the jury made up of representatives from well-known German studios. The DEP also celebrated its 20th anniversary this year. Unfortunately, we were unable to be physically present this year to experience the excitement, the emotions and the festive atmosphere. Nevertheless, we "at least" took part in the digital game general meeting, which was held in hybrid form on site in Cologne.
We congratulate Mimimi Games with "Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew" as "Best German Game" and Deck13 Interactive as "Studio of the Year" as well as all other parties!
A look at "Adrenaline"
In addition to Striked as a whole, we have also focussed a little more on our project "Adrenaline" in the last few days. We have collected (external but also internal) feedback and discussed various game design aspects. The first prototype feels promising and the working title seems to have a good basic premise. However, there is still a lot of work ahead of us to fully realise the potential of this exciting project and genre. The next step is clear!
That's it for our penultimate Striked blog of the year. The upcoming and last post will follow and will review the year 2023 for Striked again. We are looking forward to it!
Keep gaming, Your Striked Team