Rhianna Pratchett has agreed to be “Boss Judge” for the special Game Republic 20th Anniversary Awards, it has been revealed. There are few entertainment fields that Rhianna Pratchett hasn’t written for. In her award-winning work for games, she’s helped craft titles such as Heavenly Sword, Mirror’s Edge, the Overlord series, Tomb Raider, Rise of the Tomb Raider, and Lost Words: Beyond the Page.
In the world of comics, Rhianna has written for DC, Dark Horse and Marvel, whilst her film and TV projects include collaborations with Film4, New Regency, Complete Fiction and The Jim Henson Company.
Most recently, Rhianna wrote the Fighting Fantasy novel Crystal of Storms and co-authored Campaigns & Companions: The Complete Roleplaying Guide for Pets.
She is also co-director of Narrativia, the multi-media production company which controls the rights to the works of Sir Terry Pratchett. October 2023 will see the release of Tiffany Aching’s Guide to Being a Witch (co-written with Gabrielle Kent) which marks Rhianna’s first foray into writing within the Discworld universe.
Rhianna will retain final say on all Awards and will be reviewing nominations submitted for the Game Republic Awards with sponsor judges in October ready for the big reveal of winners on November 23rd, 2023 for GameDevDay and GaMaYo.
Commenting on the role, Rhianna explains “I am honoured to have been invited to be ‘boss judge’ for these awards and am very much looking forward to seeing the nominations. It is great to see so much positive work happening in Yorkshire and The North and I am excited to learn more about the wonderful projects that these teams have been creating.”
Nominations are being invited for all categories of the 20th Anniversary awards and close on 3oth September 2023.
See below for links to make your nominations –
Games Legend
sponsored by Red Kite GamesBest Large Studio (more than 100 people)
sponsored by Eaton Smith SolicitorsBest Mid-sized Studio (21-100 people)
sponsored by Barclays GamesBest Small Studio (1-20 people)
sponsored by LenovoBest Company Boss
sponsored by Other ThingsMost Innovative Use of Technology
sponsored by Escape TechnologyCommunity Player
sponsored by Tileyard North
and finally…
Award winners will be revealed at the start of the GaMaYo event on 23rd November at Tileyard North with an audience of over 250 developers, platform holders, investors and publishers. Tickets for this event are free for GaMaYo members and Game Republic members. Some sponsorship opportunities are still available for this event, so get in touch with us if you are interested.
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