Announcing: the finalists of the 2013 Freeplay Awards!

Whew! After a long, hard weekend of deliberations, Freeplay and its judges are finally pleased to unveil the finalists for each category of the 2013 Freeplay Awards. For the first time, the Awards focused purely on Australian talent, but this didn’t make the judges’ decisions any easier; we received over 70 submissions, and whittling the finalists down was difficult with so many absorbing games to choose from.

Nevertheless, we’re proud to present to you the full finalists list:

Design
Duet
Framed
Puzzle Retreat

Visual Art
Framed
Puzzle Retreat
The Paper Fox

Audio Design
Duet
Lyne
Particulars

Narrative
Framed
Particulars
Wander

Technical Innovation
Framed
Time Surfer
Turnover

Non-Digital
Halfling Heist
Outside These City Walls
Time Fight

A description of each finalist can be found on our finalists page. The winners of each category, as well as the overall Best Game, will be announced at the Freeplay Awards ceremony hosted by Dave Callan on 29 September. Festival-goers will receive access to the ceremony as part of their conference ticket, though door tickets will also be available so that members of the general public can join us in honouring the year’s best and brightest independently-developed Australian games.