Awards

We celebrate creativity, collaboration, and community spirit. These award categories help judges spotlight different strengths.

Core Awards

• Best Overall Game: Balanced excellence across learning, fun, and polish.
• Best AI Concept Teaching: Most effective at making complex ideas accessible.
• Best Technical Execution: Smooth performance, smart engineering, and reliable packaging.

Special Awards

• Community Choice: Voted by participants and mentors.
• Accessibility Champion: Outstanding inclusive design and usability.
• Bold Experiment: Most daring mechanic or unexpected innovation.

How to Stand Out

• Document your choices so judges understand your journey.
• Share player feedback or playtest results during your demo.
• Celebrate how your team split roles and collaborated.

Award winners will be featured on the NAIS website and invited to PLACEHOLDER follow-up showcase. Bring your best energy—you might inspire the next wave of builders.