In an attempt to promote its own indie roguelike, one developer accidentally created an alternative to The Game Awards for devs who can't afford thousands of dollars for a trailer spot

A logo for The Game Awards for Games Who Can't Afford the Game Awards
(Image credit: Pengonauts Studio)

♉The Game Awards for Games Who Can't Afford the Game Awards is such a lovely name for a showcase because i🤪t instantly tells you what to expect and it kind of takes aim at the three-hour marketing nightmare that is Geoff Keighley's The Game Awards. 

The Game Awards for Games Who Can't Afford the Game Awards (TGAGWCAGAs) will instead air tomorrow, December 13 on , to spotlight more than 70 indie games of all different genres. The show will be split between brand-new reveals for 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:upcoming indie games and funny, hyper-specific awards for games that came out this year like the 'Most Likely to Make You Quit Your Job and Become an🌼 Artist' award.

, for reference - drowning out countless interesting but smaller games. In that sense, the TGAGWCAGAs are pretty much a natural extension of that sociꦬal media trend that decried purportedly astronomically-priced trailer spots.

After posting on , Pengonauts' Hansen L🍷iu thought they'd maybe attract the attention of 15 other games. "But within days, we had nearly 600 submissions," he said. "It was clear that the indie scene was looking for more opp🐷ortunities to showcase their work."

The confirmed line-up includes strategy-deckbuilding hybrid , pussycat parkour party game , above-the-clouds survival sandbox , and Pengonauts' very own mecha roguelike StarVaders, which jumped onto our radar thanks to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:a tip from Balatro's creator, plus more surprises.

For more non-TGA accolades, check out our list of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:25 best games of 2024. 

Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Pa🦋per Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that's vaguely 🧸silly. Also has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that he'll soon forget.