We are floored by the nominations Strangeland received for the 2021 Aggie Awards, annually handed out by AdventureGamers.com, which I believe is the longest-running major adventure-game-focused website out there.
Strangeland was nominated for Best Traditional Adventure, Best Gameplay, Best Story, Best Art, Best Writing (Drama), Best Voice Acting, and Best Setting (the category that Primordia won in 2012). We are still awaiting the nominees for Best Adventure. There are many more nominees per category than back when Primordia came out, which may account for the larger number of nominations. Whatever the reason, we're very proud and grateful. In particular, it is nice to see nominations in such a wide variety of categories, recognizing the contributions from the whole team.
Back on Strangeland's release, Adventure Gamers described it thusly:
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Strangeland is a surrealist, psychologic horror adventure that feels like it was drawn by H.R. Giger, designed by M.C. Escher, and written by Aeschylus. It’s a polished, well-written, well-acted and intriguing interactive nightmare that is easily worth your time—if you can stomach the unrelenting depressive tone and disturbing imagery.
We liked that so much we used it as one of the pull-quotes for Steam!
All the same, the kudos that matter the most to us come from players, whether reviews here (nearing 450!) or emails, and what is particularly nice about the Aggie awards is that the nominations reflect the community's involvement in the voting.
Finally, while the fez-wearing character is a bit much, it does offer an excuse to announce that Strangeland's Turkish fan translation is now complete and in testing!
