Gotland Game Conference (GGC), previously known as the Gotland Game Awards, is an international conference, game exhibition and -competition for students. The event is held annually and marks the end of the academic year for the students at the Department of Game Design at Campus Gotland, Uppsala University. Here they can showcase everything that they have learned during the year to a jury consisting of professionals from the game development industry, the gaming press and academia.
The Department of Game Design on Gotland, Visby, has hosted a public event for displaying student projects since at least 2002. The event found a stable structure and was branded "Gotland Game Awards" in 2006 and re-branded "Gotland Game Conference" in 2011, when a presentation track was added and the event opened to public participation. In 2017 the GGC added an international summit for game educators — with the intention of annually gathering game educations from across the world to collaborate and share experiences.
The event can be seen as consisting of four separate parts (spanning over multiple days);
The Department of Game Design maintains a public database of all games and students that have been awarded at the Gotland Game Conference. It is not uncommon for students recognized at the GGC to go on and win other national- and international awards.
| Award | Year | Game / Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pwnage Award (Best in competition) |
2017 | Pump The Frog | |
| 2016 | Anchored | ||
| 2015 | Frog Climbers Archived 25 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine | ||
| 2014 | Crocodile Chow Down | ||
| 2013 | CoBots | ||
| 2012 | Little Warlock | ||
| 2011 | Adventure League | ||
| 2010 | Dwarfs | ||
| 2009 | Walkabout | ||
| 2008 | Vertigo | ||
| 2007 | Fairytale | ||
| Best First Year Project | 2017 | Pump The Frog | |
| 2016 | Cryptogram | ||
| 2015 | Frog Climbers | ||
| 2014 | Crocodile Chow Down | ||
| 2013 | CoBots | ||
| 2012 | Clapper | ||
| 2011 | There were no class awards this year. | ||
| 2010 | Gods of Steel | Best Arcade Game | |
| 2009 | Chubby Chase Race | Best Arcade Game | |
| 2008 | Deep Ocean | Best Arcade Game | |
| 2007 | BLOmma | Best Arcade Game | |
| 2006 | Head Banger | Best Arcade Game | |
| Best Second Year Project | 2017 | Somnium | |
| 2016 | Anchored | ||
| 2015 | Clouds Below | ||
| 2014 | Defunct | ||
| 2013 | Ghoulies | ||
| 2012 | Little Warlock | ||
| 2011 | There were no class awards this year. | ||
| 2010 | Abzolium | Best Big Game | |
| 2009 | Cause of War | Best Big Game | |
| 2008 | Planetaria | Best Big Game | |
| Best Third Year project | 2017 | Penny's Farm | |
| 2016 | Tamarrion | ||
| 2015 | Agency | ||
| 2014 | Veer | ||
| 2013 | Little Warlock | ||
| 2012 | Secrets of Grindea | ||
| 2011 | There were no class awards this year. | ||
| 2010 | Fumbies - The Cloud Creatures | Best Graduating Class | |
| 2009 | Exhaust | Best Graduating Class | |
| Cha-ching! Award (Most commercially viable) |
2017 | Pump The Frog | |
| 2016 | Anchored | ||
| 2015 | Summit Chasers | ||
| 2014 | Tower Offensive | ||
| 2013 | Little Warlock | ||
| 2012 | Little Warlock | ||
| 2011 | Victorious Skies | ||
| The Almedalen Library Award | 2017 | Pump The Frog | |
| 2016 | F.R.A.U.S. | ||
| 2015 | Colors of the Wind | ||
| 2013 | Lunar Love | ||
| 2010 | Fumbies - The Cloud Creatures | ||
| 2009 | Ghost Written | ||
| 2008 | Fairytale | ||
| The Innovation Award | 2017 | Grave Call | |
| 2016 | Cryptogram | ||
| 2015 | Workspace Warfare | ||
| 2014 | Crocodile Chow Down | ||
| 2013 | Torn | ||
| 2012 | BlockDropper | ||
| Best Presentation | |||
| 2017 | Penny's Farm | ||
| 2016 | Slumber | ||
| 2015 | Tamarrion | ||
| 2014 | Tower Offensive | ||
| 2012 | Clapper | ||
| 2011 | |||
| 2010 | Midnight | ||
| 2009 | Ghost Written | ||
| 2008 | In Other Words | ||
| 2007 | Roskilde | ||
| Alumni of the Year Award | 2017 | Pernilla Sparrhult | Paradox Archived 17 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine |
| Joakim Andreason | Paradox Interactive Archived 17 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine | ||
| 2016 | Kim Aava | Guerrilla Games | |
| 2015 | Rikard Jaksch | King | |
| 2014 | Ted Sjöström | Pixel Ferrets | |
| 2013 | Annika O. Bergström | Södertörn University | |
| 2012 | |||
| 2011 | Karin Ryding | Ozma Games | |
| 2010 | Johannes Wadin | Might and Delight | |
| 2009 | Peter Stråhle | GRIN | |
| 2008 | Anders Ekermo | Starbreeze | |
| 2007 | Mats Andersson | Avalanche Studios | |
| Award | Year | Game | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student's Choice | 2017 | Penny's Farm | |
| 2016 | Neiva | ||
| 2015 | PvGvP | ||
| 2014 | Undercover Agency | ||
| 2013 | Tribal Marathon | ||
| 2012 | Secrets of Grindea | ||
| People's Choice / Public Choice | |||
| 2011 | Overkill | ||
| 2010 | Abzolium | ||
| 2009 | Chubby Chase Race | ||
| People's Choice - Most Helpful Group | |||
| 2009 | Archaic | ||
| Award | Year | Game | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Serious Game | |||
| 2010 | Colorless | ||
| 2009 | Ghost Written | ||
| 2008 | GameRider | ||
| 2007 | Wobble Trouble | ||
| Best Exhibition | |||
| 2010 | Abzolium | ||
| 2009 | Penalty of Heroes | ||
| The Award for Human Rights and Anti-discrimination | |||
| 2011 | Contingency | ||
| 2010 | Pawns | ||
| 2009 | Cause of War | ||
| 2008 | Insats Afrika | Red Cross Award #1 | |
| Monks of Sangrael | Red Cross Award #2 | ||
| JADE Project Award | |||
| 2009 | Archaic | ||
| 2008 | Fairytale | ||
| TUT-MS Dean's Award | |||
| 2016 | Giddy Up | ||
| 2014 | Vertigoat | NicoGRAPH Conference | |
| NicoGRAPH Award | |||
| 2014 | Crocodile Chow Down | ||
| Best XNA Game | |||
| 2010 | Abzolium | ||
| Best Cinematic | |||
| 2009 | Trojan Sheep | ||
| Nordic Game Jam | |||
| 2009 | Sheep away | ||
| Mathematical Game | |||
| 2009 | Euklides Magic | ||
| Best Game - Open and Invitational | |||
| 2008 | Dark Room | ||
| Award | Year | Game | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best CG Animation | |||
| 2011 | Halberts Monocle | ||
| 2010 | The Secret Chamber | ||
| Best Commercial | |||
| 2009 | Cube | ||
| 2008 | Wacom in Motion | ||
| Best Graduating Class | |||
| 2010 | From One Motherfucker To Another | ||
| Spotlight Category | |||
| 2010 | Octopus Painting Duel | ||
| Best Student Animation | |||
| 2009 | 09-09-14 | ||
| Open and Invitational | |||
| 2008 | Perfekt | ||
| Theme Park | |||
| 2008 | In Harmony with Nature | ||
| Award | Year | Game | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Student Effort in Art | |||
| 2010 | Tobias Andersen | ||
| 2009 | Anders Bäckman | ||
| Best Student Effort Technical | |||
| 2009 | Ted Lindström | ||
| Best Student in Computer Graphics | |||
| 2009 | Tommy Nilsson | ||
| Best Student in Game Design and Graphics | |||
| 2009 | Emma Johansson | ||
| Best Student in Game Design and Programming | |||
| 2009 | Tommi Lipponen | ||