Unity’s Unite conference brings together its development community to disseminate new information about its toolset and exchange lessons on making games in Unity. The company also hands out its Unity Awards, which recognize the best games produced with the engine in the prior year.
This year, the company has added a brand-new “Best VR Experience” category. Those with Unity accounts can vote to select the winners here; the nominees in each category are reproduced below.
Golden Cube
Cities: Skylines (Colossal Order)
Endless Legend (Amplitude Studios)
Her Story (Sam Barlow)
Kerbal Space Program (Squad)
Ori and the Blind Forest (Moon Studios)
Pillars of Eternity (Obsidian Entertainment)
Best 3D Visual Experience
Adventures of Poco Eco (POSSIBLE Games)
Counterspy (Dynamighty)
DeadCore (5 Bits)
Endless Legend (Amplitude Studios)
Grow Home (Ubisoft Reflections)
Mobius Final Fantasy (Square Enix Japan)
Best 2D Visual Experience
Alto’s Adventure (Snowman)
Angry Birds 2 (Rovio)
Harold (Moon Spider Studios)
Ori and the Blind Forest (Moon Studios)
Pillars of Eternity (Obsidian Entertainment)
Sunless Sea (Failbetter Games)
Best Gameplay
Dungeon of the Endless (Amplitude Studios)
Implosion: Never Lose Hope (Rayark)
Kerbal Space Program (Squad)
Oddworld New ‘n’ Tasty (Just Add Water)
Pillars of Eternity (Obsidian Entertainment)
TIS-100 (Zachtronics)
Best Vizsim Project
JLG Equipment Simulator (ForgeFX Simulations)
Parachute Training Simulator (Pennant PLC)
Phalasarna (Dept. of Media & Communication, University of Oslo in collaboration with CodeGrind and Tag of Joy)
Rolland Garros TV Studio Application (On Air Proof Studios)
Suzuki Virtual Simulator (Umbra Experiencia Interactiva)
VMM Wheelhouse Experience (Team True North – Centre for Digital Media in Vancouver, BC)
Best Non-Game Project
Collect & Connect Multi-User Interactive Table (Flightless)
Flying Dutchman (Deakin Motion.Lab)
Monzo (Madfinger Games)
Peronio Pop Up Book (Ovni Studios)
Toca Kitchen 2 (Toca Boca)
UEFA Champions League Nissan Orchestra (Wasd Studio)
Best VR Experience
Headmaster (Frame)
I Expect You To Die (Schell Games)
Job Simulator: The 2050 Archives (Owlchemy Labs)
Lucky’s Tale (Playful Corp)
The Gallery: Six Elements (Cloudhead Games)
Tilt Brush (Google)
Asset Store Award
Chronos – Time Control (Ludiq)
Curved World (Davit Naskidashvili)
PopcornFX Particle Effects Plugin (PopcornFX)
Script Inspector 3 (Flipbook Games)
UBER – Standard Shader Ultra (Tomasz Stobierski)
UI – Builder (Beffio)
Best Student Project
Anarcute (Anarteam – Supinfogame Rubika)
Chronobot (Chronobot Team – ENJMIN)
Frog Climbers (TeamCrew – Campus Gotland)
TrubadrR (TrubadurR Team – ISART Digital)
Ultraflow (Ultrateam – Supinfogame France)
VMM Wheelhouse Experience (Team True North – Centre for Digital Media in Vancouver, BC)