The founder of the popular flash game site is highly regarded at GDC 2021


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The 35th Game Developers Conference (GDC 2021) will take place in a few days, and as in previous years, industry members will present awards for the best of last year at a special awards ceremony. The GDC is two very important awards to recognize the path of two key people in the industry and it has already been revealed who will be the first.

In advance, GDC organizers announced through an official statement that this year’s 21st Edition of the Game Developers Choice Awards will take place on July 21 at 6:30 p.m. (Mexico City time), the same day as the Independent Games Festival (IGF) Awards.

On this occasion, Featured Developers with a Pioneer Award and a Lifetime Achievement Award will be Tom Fulp and Laralyn McWilliams respectively.

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Who is Tom Volpe and why did he win the Pioneer Prize?

First we tell you that the Pioneer Award recognizes milestones for game design, technology or business within the industry and in this edition Tom Fulp has been primarily chosen to create Newgrounds.

In case you didn’t know, we inform you that this site was so popular because it made it easy for independent developers to publish Flash games (and now also to keep them and serve as the standard for games, animation, art and music) and also expanded the reach of this content to a wide audience. To make matters worse, Fulp also created development studio The Behemoth, which you may know from games like alien human ancestorsAnd the castle smashers And more titles.

Who is Laralyn McWilliams and why did she win the Lifetime Achievement Award?

On the other hand, the Lifetime Achievement Award, as the name suggests, is given to someone who has many years in the electronic entertainment industry. This year, the recognized developer will be Laralyn McWilliams, a creative who started her career nearly 3 decades ago.

This developer, who is currently the Creative Design Director at Microsoft, has been involved in projects of various kinds throughout her career, such as the Sony Online Entertainment MMO. free worlds s full spectrum warrior. Currently, McWilliams organizes conferences on topics ranging from analysis to design and is an advocate of inclusion and diversity in video game development.

In case you missed it: GDC recognized Tim Sweeney years ago for his long career in the industry.

How were the winners determined?

As in previous years, the two awards were decided by a jury comprising many important figures from the video game industry, such as Mark Cerny (PS4 and PS5 architect) and Chris Charla (ID @ Xbox Director).

GDC 2021 will once again be held in an all-digital format from July 19-23 and there will be not only an awards ceremony, but an educational and inspiring event with over 400 unique sessions hosted by industry members. It is registered to participate.

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