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=Summary=
=Summary=
The AGS Awards 2021 are currently ongoing. [https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/awards/vote/ Vote!]
The AGS Awards 2021 were announced in a live ceremony on 9. April, 2022. See the [https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=59672.0 forum thread]. The big winner of the night was ''[https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2520/ If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers]'' with 8 awards including Best Game, followed by ''[https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2552/ Strangeland]'' with 4.


83 games submitted to the AGS Games Database in 2021 compete in the awards, including 9 commercial games, 9 demos, and 20 games from the [[MAGS]] competitions. 26 games ended up being nominated.
The [https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=59825.0 MAGGIES results] were also announced in the same ceremony, with ''[https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2538/ Breakfast on Trappist-1]'' and ''[https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2587-santa-claus-in-a-flight-to-remember/ Santa Claus in: A Flight to Remember]'' in a tie for the win.


[[Kastchey]] is managing the awards with support from [[cat]], [[Dualnames]], [[Cassiebsg]] and [[AGA]]. Dualnames returned to take over development of the awards client from [[Snarky]].
83 games submitted to the AGS Games Database in 2021 competed in the awards, including 9 commercial games, 9 demos, and 20 games from the [[MAGS]] competitions. 26 games ended up being nominated.


See also the [https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=59672.0 forum thread].
[[Kastchey]] and [[cat]] managed the awards with support from, [[Dualnames]], [[Cassiebsg]] and [[AGA]]. Dualnames returned to take over development of the awards client from [[Snarky]].


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{{Award
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|author=TBA
|author={{Author|Dead Idle Games|Dead+Idle+Games}}
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|author1={{Author|FormosaFalanster|FormosaFalanster}}
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|winner={{Game|2520|If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers}}
|author=TBA
|author={{Author|Dead Idle Games|Dead+Idle+Games}}
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|author1={{Author|Lazy Squirrel Studio|Lazy+Squirrel+Studio}}
|author1={{Author|Lazy Squirrel Studio|Lazy+Squirrel+Studio}}
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|winner=TBA
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|author=TBA
|author={{Author|Dead Idle Games|Dead+Idle+Games}}
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|author1={{Author|Lazy Squirrel Studio|Lazy+Squirrel+Studio}}
|author1={{Author|Lazy Squirrel Studio|Lazy+Squirrel+Studio}}
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|winner="Lady Valérie Winterbourne", {{Game|2520|If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers}}
|author=TBA
|author={{Author|Dead Idle Games|Dead+Idle+Games}}
|nominee1="Alan Goldberg", {{Game|2588|Nightmare Frames Demo}}
|nominee1="Alan Goldberg", {{Game|2588|Nightmare Frames Demo}}
|author1={{Author|Postmodern Adventures|Postmodern+Adventures}}
|author1={{Author|Postmodern Adventures|Postmodern+Adventures}}
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|author=TBA
|author={{Author|Dualnames|Dualnames}}
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|author1={{Author|Lazy Squirrel Studio|Lazy+Squirrel+Studio}}
|author1={{Author|Lazy Squirrel Studio|Lazy+Squirrel+Studio}}
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|author={{Author|Dead Idle Games|Dead+Idle+Games}}
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|author1={{Author|FormosaFalanster|FormosaFalanster}}
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|author5={{Author|Dualnames|Dualnames}}
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|winner=TBA
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|author1={{Author|FormosaFalanster|FormosaFalanster}}
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|nominee4={{Game|2583|Ossuarium}}
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|author=TBA
|author={{Author|Dead Idle Games|Dead+Idle+Games}}
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|author1={{Author|Dead Idle Games|Dead+Idle+Games}}
|author1={{Author|Dead Idle Games|Dead+Idle+Games}}
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|winner=TBA
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|author=TBA
|author={{Author|Dead Idle Games|Dead+Idle+Games}}
|nominee1={{Game|2544|Absurdistan}}
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|author1={{Author|Lazy Squirrel Studio|Lazy+Squirrel+Studio}}
|author1={{Author|Lazy Squirrel Studio|Lazy+Squirrel+Studio}}
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|award=Best Voice Work
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|winner=TBA
|winner={{Game|2552|Strangeland}}
|author=TBA
|author={{Author|Dualnames|Dualnames}}
|nominee1={{Game|2514|Chronicle of Innsmouth - Mountains of Madness}}
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|author1={{Author|rmonic79 - PsychoDev|rmonic79+-+PsychoDev}}
|author1={{Author|rmonic79 - PsychoDev|rmonic79+-+PsychoDev}}
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|winner=TBA
|winner={{Game|2588|Nightmare Frames Demo}}
|author=TBA
|author={{Author|Postmodern Adventures|Postmodern+Adventures}}
|nominee1={{Game|2590|Graceward (Early Access)}}
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|author1={{Author|FransisKransis|FransisKransis}}
|author1={{Author|FransisKransis|FransisKransis}}
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|award=Best Non Adventure Game Created with AGS
|winner=TBA
|winner={{Game|2518|One More Fathom}}
|author=TBA
|author={{Author|WHAM|WHAM}}
|nominee1={{Game|2542|Desolate}}
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|author1={{Author|arj0n|arj0n}}
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|winner=TBA
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|author=TBA
|author={{Author|FormosaFalanster|FormosaFalanster}}
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|author1={{Author|FormosaFalanster|FormosaFalanster}}
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|author5={{Author|Honza, Kasia "Hitohai" Wasylak|Honza,+Kasia+"Hitohai"+Wasylak}}
|author5={{Author|Honza, Kasia "Hitohai" Wasylak|Honza}}
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|award=Best Programming
|winner=TBA
|winner={{Game|2552|Strangeland}}
|author=TBA
|author={{Author|Dualnames|Dualnames}}
|nominee1={{Game|2574|Gem Collector}}
|nominee1={{Game|2574|Gem Collector}}
|author1={{Author|Elen Heart (elentgirl)|Elen+Heart+(elentgirl)}}
|author1={{Author|Elen Heart (elentgirl)|Elen+Heart+(elentgirl)}}
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|author4={{Author|Dualnames|Dualnames}}
|nominee5={{Game|2539|Thinker}}
|nominee5={{Game|2572|The Rat Pack (Full version)}}
|author5={{Author|fernewelten|fernewelten}}
|author5={{Author|CaptainD|CaptainD}}}}
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|award=Lifetime Achievement Award
|award=Lifetime Achievement Award
|name=TBA
|name={{Author|Dualnames|Dualnames}}
|reason=TBA
|reason=Dualnames has been an active and engaged community member for years. He has led some of the most significant community activities such as hosting and working on the Awards ceremony and running the MAGS competition. He has also made many contributions to the modules and plugins section and helped many in the technical support sections. On top of all of that he has released several high-quality games.
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{{Award_lifetime
|award=Best Innovation Award
|award=Best Innovation Award
|name=TBA
|name={{Author|abstauber|abstauber}}
|reason=TBA
|reason=For abstauber's contributions to the ready-to-use UI designs and elements that mimic the most iconic designs we all know and love, most notably Tumbleweed Verbs and 9-verb MI Style UI, as well as additional UI helper modules such as CustomDialogGUI and ButtonHelper.
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