TRAUMA GOTY

I thought I use this opportunity to boast a little about the Game of the Year nominations TRAUMA received. I don’t think the major gaming sites said anything. But some indie websites included TRAUMA in their picks.

  • indievault.it – Alex Camilleri from indievault.it picked TRAUMA for his Indie Game of the Year.

  • theindieshelter.com – And while we are in italy, theindieshelter.com also seems to have enjoyed TRAUMA a great deal.

  • indiegamereviewer.com – TRAUMA didn’t make it into the top 10 of indiegamereviewer.com, but it did make into the Very Honorable Mentions. Together with Minecraft and Gemini Rue, I think it’s in outstanding company. :)

  • omgubuntu.co.uk – Not really a game of the year but I thought it was worth mentioning that TRAUMA was the top downloaded game on Ubuntu Store in December, outing the previous king of the hill Braid. I think this is something I’m owing at least partially to the guys from Canonical. Nevertheless, it’s a great honor.

So there you go. Certainly a great start into 2011. With the great success of TRAUMA, I have already set up plans to drop my current job and going full indie. It’s a scary step, but it’s something I have been working towards. And I could hardly wish for a better foundation.

Krystian Majewski

Krystian Majewski was born in Warsaw and studied design at Köln International School of Design. Before, he was working on a mid-size console project for NEON Studios in Frankfurt. He helped establish a Master course in Game Design and Research at the Cologne Game Lab. Today he teaches Game Design at various institutions and develops independent games.

4 responses to “TRAUMA GOTY”

  1. Igor Hardy

    Big congrats on this success – I’d say much deserved! I was very impressed not only by Trauma itself, but also by the manner you released it.

    I’m now really curious what kind of a game you’ll make next.

  2. Yu-Chung Chen

    You rock so hard it’s unreal. Woot!

  3. Alex

    Cheers! Well deserved!

  4. Colton

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