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Image Credit - BBC[/caption]Bringing change in the traditional awards ceremonies, Bafta is set to come up with Game Awards and getting well appreciated for the initiative. Big names like Forza Horizon 5, Fortnite, Call of Duty Warfare, and many others will be going on against each other for the winning prizes.
The list will also include ‘Overboard!’, one of the most anticipated games in this era which was built by only 4 game developers within a span of only 3 months only. The reason behind this sleek and successive project was boredom since the creator explained "because they were bored" in the pandemic.
The co-creator of Overboard!, Jon Ingold said, "It's really great that Bafta, widely recognized for the glamour of film and TV, shows all the sides of gaming." This talented persona has gained a total of six nominees for the best British game award.
He further continued, "Games are much more than just Grand Theft Auto, or whatever the big release of the year is.” He said, "I still think games are treated as a kind of secondary form of media by a lot of people, but there's a lot of quality stuff out there. It's such a diverse space, and a lot of people outside games don't realize that."
Ingold emphasized the diversity of games in the last decade and said, "One of the things the Baftas can really do is show just how varied games have become over the last 10 or 15 years."
In terms of a total number of nominations this year, the psychological horror game Returnal and co-op puzzle game It Takes Two took the most nods. It "feels extraordinary" to Ingold and other creators that the voters on Bafta are actually "willing to look at games outside of the usual mainstream titles".
He further vented, "Big games have an enormous amount of money behind them [for] research and marketing. For a company of three or four people, trying to get people to know your game even exists is the hardest challenge.”
He took pride in saying, "I like the fact that we can say we're on the Bafta stage with some huge titles with millions of dollars behind them. I like being the plucky underdog."
In the best British Game Category, Overboard! is giving tough competition to the other nominations namely, Alba: A Wildlife Adventure, Forza Horizon 5, Fights in Tight Spaces, Death's Door, and Sable.
The big brain behind Death's Door’s development, David Fenn said, "It's hard for anyone, but especially being a small developer. So many people put their games out there and visibility is the most important thing you can ask for.”
He also said, "To be in a situation where people are talking about you alongside all these big games is basically the dream scenario." David said, "It's taken seriously, it's got that kind of prestige, which is always good for the games industry in terms of making it more mainstream and not seen as like a weird hobby."
