NZ Games Festival

New Zealand's International Games Festival. Pavs Game Awards 🦄 Enquiries to [email protected]

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🎟️ Tickets to Aotearoa’s most unique game conference are on sale now! And we can’t wait to see you! ✨

📍Join us this year on the 1st and 2nd of May at Tapere Nui, Te Auaha, Wellington to share stories, knowledge and wisdom.

🔗 Get your tickets here: https://t.co/llpX5XROGh

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✨ Introducing the theme for Play by Play 2025! — Joy Sparks!✨

🤩 Join the conversation and submit your talk application today, we can’t wait to see you there!💖

⏰Talk submissions close 11.59pm Friday 28th of February 2025.

🔗 Apply here: https://t.co/rnNJMOHlqV

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✨🥝 The Pavs game awards are back and game submissions are officially open. Enter to win and sweet, sweet victory could be yours. 🏆

⏰ Don’t delay, submissions close: 11.59pm Friday 28th of February 2025

🔗Apply here: https://t.co/eGGBSK1ouQ

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📣Aotearoa’s most unique game conference is back again for 2025! 📣
We are excited to invite speakers of all backgrounds and experience levels to join us.

⏰Talk submissions for Play by Play 2025 close 11.59pm Friday 28th of February 2025.

🔗 Apply here: https://t.co/rnNJMOHlqV

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⭐️Enjoy the New Zealand Games Festival? Love to get involved behind the scenes?

Join the NZGF 2025 organising committee! 😍

👀We're looking for new volunteers to join the team and make next year’s festival our best one yet! 🏆

🔗Apply now! https://t.co/9fNMN1HySY

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🎉✨Congratulations to Sam Cook, Te Maunga Kai Kapua (Teina) - Unsung Hero award recipient for 2024!🏆

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✨🎉Congratulations to Vee Pendergrast — Te Maunga Kai Kapua (Tuakana) - Industry Pillar award recipient for 2024!🙌🏆

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We're still beaming after attending Play by Play and The Pavs! 🍰 Our Senior Artist Bridget gave a talk about UI Art Style Toolkit, and Bird Kind was a finalist for the grand prize! 🏆 💖

A massive thank you to @nzgamesfest for putting together such a great conference! 🥰

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Shaun Garea discussing psychology, TTRPGs, and learning #PBP24

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Chelsea Sullivan talking about her and Patrick Knights' journey in designing games #PBP24

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Celia McAlpine talking about how game quality isn't everything, and how product market fit takes part in a game's success #PBP24

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And last but certainly not least… the grand prize for the Pavs 2024 went to Allogloom (Galactic Ghosty)

🍰 The Slice of Heaven (Grand Prize) 🍰

🏆The Finalist is chosen based on overall excellence in concept, execution, innovation, creativity, and enjoyability.

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🦘 The Guest Plate 🦘was awarded to Solium Inferno (League of Geeks)

🏆The Finalist is chosen based on the overall quality of each entered game. – Eligibility requirements: Only available to Australian made games. Excludes any games that are eligible for the other Pav Awards.

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Huge congrats to The Mermaid Menz with Bronzebeard’s Tavern who took home 🎓 The Student Slice🎓

🏆The Finalist is chosen based on concept, execution, and creativity of each entered game by a solo or student group.

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Ninja Kiwi went home with 🔑 The Accessible Ambrosia (Excellence in Accessibility)🔑 for Bloons Card Storm!

🏆The Finalist is chosen based on the accessibility features shown within the game, enabling all players to engage as best as possible.

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🎲 The Tactile Taste (Excellence in Physical Games)🎲 went to Pavé (Frost Flame Game) congratulations!

🏆Based on concept, and execution of any physical game. – Eligibility requirement: Game is a physical game. For example: board, card, tabletop, or RP games are eligible.

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🎨 The Decorative Piece (Excellence in Visual Art)🎨 this picture perfect award went to Allogloom (Galactic Ghosty)

🏆The Finalist is chosen based on the quality and impressiveness of each entered game’s appearance and visual effects.

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A poetic win to Allogloom of Galactic Ghosty which took the 📜 The Poetic Serving (Excellence in Narrative)📜

🏆The Finalist is chosen based on quality and impressiveness of storytelling in a game.

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Pavé (Frost Flame Game) had all the right ingredients and took home 📐The Perfect Recipe (Excellence in Design) 📐

🏆The Finalist is chosen based on the quality and execution of each
entered game’s design, including game mechanic design, level design, and difficulty balancing.

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🌈 The Diverse Delight (Excellence in Diversity) 🌈 went to Arcane Crimes Division (Imaginary Empire Games)

🏆This award celebrates games which show the wonderful diverse world in which we live.

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