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Since 2021,\u00a0the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has partnered with iam8bit and Fortyseven Communications to produce Game Maker\u2019s Sketchbook<\/a>, an annual competition celebrating the brightest artistic minds in the games industry.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s Game Maker\u2019s Sketchbook winners have just been announced<\/a>, including some pretty incredible works from games like Marvel Rivals<\/em>, The Midnight Walk<\/em>, and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle<\/em>, among others. Winning submissions are broken up into categories focused on a variety of different skillsets, such as character art, environmental design, and iconography (for those HUD elements and inventory boxes that are just too good to ignore), to name a few. <\/p>\n

If you fancy yourself a collector of these sorts of works, iam8bit actually sells many of the winning prints<\/a>, with the proceeds going to the AIAS Foundation<\/a>, which focuses on creating an inclusive, interactive entertainment community through collaboration, education, and professional development. Finally you can have Riven<\/em>\u2019s vexing golden dome<\/a> hanging on your wall! <\/p>\n

The end-product that we see in games gets the lion\u2019s share of attention, with a focus on incredible character models and 3D environments. And yet, it\u2019s important to remember that almost all games have to start in a much more simple place, with just a few sketches of an idea. Despite the mastery at work here, these sketches often don\u2019t get the attention they deserve, so it\u2019s pretty great to see the competition shining a bit of a light on it. <\/p>\n

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Since 2021,\u00a0the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has partnered with iam8bit and Fortyseven Communications to produce Game Maker\u2019s Sketchbook, an annual competition celebrating the brightest artistic minds in the games industry. This year\u2019s Game Maker\u2019s Sketchbook winners have just been announced, including some pretty incredible works from games like Marvel Rivals, The Midnight Walk, and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, among others. Winning submissions are broken up into categories focused on a variety of different skillsets, such as character art, environmental design, and iconography (for those HUD elements and inventory boxes that are just too good to ignore), to name a few. If you fancy yourself a collector of these sorts of works, iam8bit actually sells many of the winning prints, with the…<\/p>\n

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