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Unity Awards 2017

Winners have been announced for the 2017 Unity Awards! Congratulations to the winners and all of the nominees and a heartfelt thank you to everyone in the Unity Community who continue to amaze, inspire, teach and entertain us year over year!

Best 3D visuals

Modern technology has given artists the freedom to mold new 3D worlds whether they're striving for realism or creating something wildly stylized.
Endless Space

Winner

Endless Space 2

by Amplitude Studios

Discover Award winner

Runners Up

Best 2D visuals

Beauty comes in all shapes and dimensions and there's a different kind of artistry in creating beautiful 2D worlds and characters.
Night in the Woods

Winner

Night in the Woods

by Infinite Fall

Discover Award winner

Runners Up

Best Desktop/Console Game

Whether simple, complex, or somewhere in between, a great gaming experience blends concept, intuitive control, innovation, creativity, visual design, and fun together into one blissfully wonderful package.
Shadow Tactics

Winner

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

by Mimimi Productions

Discover Award winner

Runners Up

Best Mobile Game

Amazing games on the small screen that blend concept, intuitive control, innovation, creativity, and visual design into a cohesive, and fun, slurry of gaming delight.
Monument Valley

Winner

ustwo games

Runners Up

Best VR game

As with the other Best Game categories, with special attention to those designed with the unique challenges of VR in mind and create a great sense of presence.
SUPERHOT

Winner

SUPERHOT Team

Runners Up

Best Augmented or Mixed Reality Experience

Immersive computing is is going to usher great change into our society in many subtle and bold ways.
Onsight

Winner

OnSight

by NASA JPL and Microsoft

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Runners Up

Best Cinematic Experience

Thoughtful, entertaining, and/or immersive new cinematic experiences where user agency takes a back seat to storytelling and observation.
Mr Carton

Winner

Mr.Carton

by Michaël Bolufer & Fabien Daphy

Discover Award winner

Runners Up

Best VizSim Project

Unity projects come in all shapes and sizes; this category is about the best projects that have some real world grounded applications like visualizations, simulations, and training programs.
Protospace

Winner

ProtoSpace

by NASA JPL

Discover Award winner

Runners Up

  • Cadillac in VR by All Things Media
  • CAE VimedixAR by CAE Healthcare
  • Goodluck Hope - Property Development Visualization by Neutral Digital
  • Roames World by Fugro Roames
  • Walnut Crossing Virtual Reality Walkthrough by Viewport

Best Non-game Project

There are a lot of amazing projects that fall outside of games, cinematic experiences, or VizSim applications including art, creative tools, interactive books and comics, digital toys, interactive physical installations, and informational programs. They're not games. They're... non-games.
Blocks

Winner

Blocks

by Google

Discover Award winner

Runners Up

Best student project

This award is for projects (games or otherwise) worked on by students currently being completed as part of the curriculum of an educational institution.
Far Lone Sails

Winner

FAR: Lone Sails

by Okomotive - Zurich University of the Arts

Discover Award winner

Runners Up

Unity Impact Award

There are excellent games and experiences (of any kind - standard display, AR, MR, VR, etc.) that focus on making a social impact in areas like education and healthcare. Each one of these finalists has made a difference in one way or another.
CAE Healthcare

Winner

CAE VimedixAR

by CAE Healthcare

Discover Award winner

Runners Up

Asset Store Award for Best Tool

There are a load of brilliant developers extending Unity's capabilities in really creative and powerful ways.
Amplify

Winner

Amplify Shader Editor

by Amplify Creations

Discover Award winner

Runners Up

Asset Store Award for Best Artistic Content

Along with the full featured tools extending Unity's capabilities, artists are busy creating assets that can be used and re-purposed for a huge variety of projects. These can be anything from particle packs to full themed asset packs or even brilliant sound effects.
POLYGON

Winner

POLYGON - Pirates Pack

by Synty Studios

Discover Award winner

Runners Up

Golden cube

This is the big one! The choice for best overall project made with Unity in the 2017 Unity Awards!
Night in the woods

Winner

Night in the Woods

by Infinite Fall

Discover Award winner

Runners Up