By the way, voting participation is great so far in general, and I’m seeing some wonderful games coming up.
If anyone wants to post about a game they like, feel free to. Remember the rules are:
-Voting must be in good faith and be based on personal experience with the games involved.
-Campaigning or organizing voting is not allowed if it breaks the above rule.
-Discussion of games on merit is allowed and encouraged.
This includes talking about your own games, but remember that you can’t vote for yourself (a couple of people have done so, but so far their games aren’t very high up so I’m no in a hurry to remove the votes).
I’ll throw out discussion of one game: I voted for Halfling Dale for Outstanding Game in a Custom System because I enjoyed it when I tried it after Spring Thing (they were offering it as prizes so I bought it to check it out). It’s basically like a chill, low-stakes choice-based game where you live as a hobbit and bake pies and stuff and deal with gossip while romancing a bunch of people (I romanced a witch-girl, I think).
In a separate note, last year by this time there were several polls that didn’t have enough votes to award a winner yet. This year, only a very small number of polls are lagging behind. If these don’t get at least 5 votes for a winner, no award will be awarded. This includes all 3 language polls: French, Spanish, and German. These get low participation each year, so if they don’t make it this year, I’ll just axe them for next year. So if you want these gone, definitely don’t vote!
Polls without enough votes:
Outstanding Ren’py Game of 2024
Outstanding Bitsy Game of 2024
Outstanding Spanish Game of 2024
Outstanding Moiki Game of 2024
Outstanding French Game of 2024
Outstanding German Game of 2024
In the main polls, many categories are very close, and the Game of the Year poll has changed hands several times. Thanks for all who have participated so far, and I look forward to the second half of the voting period!