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Rookie Awards 2019

Started in 2010, this is our biggest annual contest. It's open to young creatives in visual effects, animation, games, virtual reality, motion graphics and 3d visualisation. There is simply no better way to launch your career and start sharing your amazing work online.

Round of applause for our sponsors

Winners
Game of the Year | Immersive Media

On behalf of the sponsors and judges, The Rookies would like to congratulate the following category winners.

Winner: Soundbender

Illia Statkevych - Soundbender
by illia and muzammilm
In a world of darkness where light is powered by sound dive into a VR discovery metaphor that explores communication barriers via light and interactions with a surreal ecosystem. See credits to see my role in it. The build can be arranged upon request.
Game of the Year - Winner

Runner Up: The Order of Quadrivium - VR Escape Room

Wiktoria Skrobarczyk - The Order of Quadrivium - VR Escape Room
Benjamin H. Fox is dead, and the lock he designed just trapped you inside his workshop. Explore mysterious, Victorian observatory and search for last pieces of a puzzle hidden in the environment. Accomplish his work and go on a journey that he could not make himself.
Game of the Year - Runner Up

Highly Commended: MindPalace

Carl Krause - MindPalace
by Dominik Stockhausen, Malte Stehr, Nikolai Maderthoner, and carlkrause
"MindPalace" is a realtime VR Experience for Oculus and Vive.
Game of the Year - Highly Commended

People's Choice: ICHOR - VR Melee Wave Shooter

Pierre Ministeri - ICHOR - VR Melee Wave Shooter
Ichor is a VR Game with an asymetric multiplayer co-op feature where you have to defend an objective from human's attacks.
Game of the Year - People's Choice

Finalists
Game of the Year | Immersive Media

On behalf of the sponsors and judges, The Rookies would like to congratulate the following category finalists.