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Dream.Build.Play 2017 Challenge finalists by category

Finalists: Cloud-powered game

Stellar Conquest

 

Category
Console, PC, Cloud-powered

Genre
Role playing

Stellar Conquest is a multiplayer and persistent game universe for strategy enthusiasts and empire builders. Drawing inspiration from early multiplayer games, it features diverse player choices that create compelling stories. Players must collaborate as they explore an expanding universe of new constellations and star systems.

  

Clash of Camelot

 

Category
Console, PC, Cloud-powered

Genre
Strategy

Clash of Camelot is a massive multiplayer online mash-up simulation game that features toon fantasy art style. King Arthur urgently needs you to maintain justice, prosperity and peace throughout his kingdom. Your mission is to build a community and gather the gold, elixir and resources you need to train troops and attack enemies.

  

The Hadron Effect

 

Category
PC, Cloud-powered

Genre
Shooter

As a half-life genre game, The Hadron Effect immerses you in a strange world where you must solve puzzles and complete tasks as you struggle to find a way back to the CERN lab so you can keep working on the Large Hadron Collider. Your mission is to foil the creators' plans to rid Earth of humans and return home.

Finalists: PC game

  

The Forbidden Arts

 

Category
Console, PC

Genre
Action & Adventure

Phoenix is on an action-filled epic journey to save the world of Chora from the blight of an evil necromancer. As leader of a powerful crew, he embarks on quests, solves puzzles, discovers long-forgotten secrets and battles enemies in a grand adventure of ancient magic.

 

  

Goscurry

 

Category
PC

Genre
Racing & Flying

Be brave as you pilot a fast ship on a perpetually assembling road suspended over a stylized and surreal landscape. Reach as many cities as you can while taking sharp corners, evading hazards and rushing through speedfreak modes in this hard electro-beat game.

  

Imperatum

 

Category
PC

Genre
Role Playing

Become an agent in a futuristic sci-fi universe thrown headfirst into a mission of unraveling the mystery of a veil that's consuming the galaxy. Experience intense, fast-paced combat as you find loot and battle your way through 8 levels and more than a dozen enemy types.

Finalists: Mixed reality game

  

Racket: Nx

 

Category
Mixed reality

Genre
Multi-Player Online Battle Arena

It's part arcade space sport, part fast-paced, psychedelic competitive AF. This game is kind of like playing racquetball inside a giant pinball machine, with classic arcade game rules and styling.

  

Windlands

 

Category
Mixed reality

Genre
Action & adventure

Soar through the ruins of a fallen world and discover the secrets of the ancients in this peaceful grappling hook-exploration game. Explore breathtaking vistas at a relaxing pace as you challenge yourself to master the skill of flying through towering environments at top speed.

  

Prison Boss VR

 

Category
Mixed reality

Genre
Simulation

Your mission in this crafting-and-trading game is to grow your reputation and earn the cash needed to become the prison boss. Make contraband to trade with inmates. Customize your cell and take extra jobs to unlock new possibilities. At night, be sure to stay on high alert as guards patrol the cellblock.

Finalists: Console game

  

Fighties

 

Category
Console, PC

Genre
Fighting

Choose from a wide selection of 2D platform fighters with a wide range of unique playing styles in this fast-paced game. Beat down your opponents to become the strongest fighter of all.

  

King's Guard TD 

 

Category
Console

Genre
Strategy

Your kingdom is at risk, and you must save it from invading warriors, ravens, dragons and other enemies that are bent on destroying it. Use your tactical knowledge and skills to lead defense forces against difficult enemies. Fight epic battles through three campaigns that offer an intense tower defense experience with 50 challenging levels. 

  

Train Bandit

 

Category
Console

Genre
Action & Adventure

It's a showdown battle between Train Bandit and the law in this score-attack game set atop a moving train. Arm yourself with your game controller as the law attacks you from both sides. This may be your last fight. React quickly, or you're dead.

 

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