Did you see the 3rd Annual Impy Awards live last night? If you did: thank you for logging in! And our sincere apologies for subjecting you to The Connie Hat. You know this one.
Don’t worry if you couldn’t make it, we put a video of the show on our YouTube channel so that you can enjoy it at your leisure. Take a look: Alongside our celebration of some of the best creations and moments of the past 12 months in Dreams, we had all kinds of celebrity guests drop by to say hello!
It was, as always, a pleasure and an honor to present trophies to this year’s winners. We’d like to say another big thank you to our wonderful expert guest judges – brought together across a variety of creative industries – for helping us with the incredibly difficult task of selecting a single worthy winner in each category. Thanks also to all of you who voted in our four community-voted categories! Obviously you have excellent taste – as you will see below.
Yes, it’s finally time to reveal the full list of winners. Uh, again. But this time in the form of a blog!
Excellence in Art Direction
The Idyllium – ZIIQ, Helekosi and Proof2
Excellence in Environmental Art
Tales from the Dark City: Red Zone – Dirty Flusher and dinox11
Excellence in Storytelling
The war to end all wars – DerAnder_96
Excellence in sculpting
Music Track of the Year
Musician of the Year
Animation Excellence
Excellence in the game
Claustrofactory – Aecert, PieceOfCraft and canardenomic
Most original gameplay
Impressionable – Tamed by entropy
Conservation Excellence
Excellence in character design
Excellence in Audio Design
fragments (#AutisticaPlayJam) – OptimusCree, NikoJaXs and Thyon
Excellence in innovation
Nine equals – Danikaka, cutaia_net and Pixel_Gorilla
Community Star
Excellence in dubbing
Red and the Cursed Isles – RedSeikatsu-
Most Helpful Dreamer
Contribution beyond dreams
Made in Dreams Podcast
Excellence in Virtual Reality
the RESTLESS DARK demo – s-001
Scalable experience
Community collaboration
DreamsFest 2021 – DreamsFest Team
Revolutionary Dreamer
Creator(s)/Team of the Year
Creation of the year
The Idyllium – ZIIQ, Helekosi and Proof2
What an amazing year in Dreams it’s been. If you want to experience any of these award-winning creations for yourself, you can simply fire up Dreams, and the front page of DreamSurfing will lift you up on a wave of curation magic and gently drop you past the relevant playlists… (Basically, we’ll show you where to direct your imp.)
Oh and our playable Impys hub is also always available to explore in-game – it’s a stylish underground gallery space, showcasing art exhibits by Mm inspired by some of our favorite moments of community-led collaboration and creativity throughout the world. story of Dreams. (We can’t believe it’s now been over two years since Dreams launched!) It’s packed with fun interactive doodles, unexpected secrets, and cheeky community Easter eggs for those of you in the know. running.
And if you want even MORE information, ideas, developer tips and community tributes on Impys, you can always download our free magazine at indreams.me – The Impsider’s official companion for the 3rd Annual Impy Awards!
Much love to you for helping us celebrate another fabulous year of creativity, collaboration, and community spirit in Dreams. If you have any feedback on this year’s Impy Awards, let us know via the usual social media channels – we do this every year for all of you, so your opinions and suggestions are always appreciated! (What do you mean, “Never show us The Connie Hat again”?)
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