Another exciting honor has befallen my first major title as composer: a nomination at the New York Game Awards for Best Hidden Gem!

As crazy as it sounds, I’ve never been to New York before! LA several times, as you would expect for someone in my industry, but never New York. So I’m excited for a multitude of reasons. One, of course, is the exposure that will result for the game the team and I spent six years bleeding and sacrificing for. But I am also excited because I get to hang out with the team in-person at a fancy awards show. The team is actually totally remote, so it’ll be the first time I will have met some of these folks face-to-face! I am also excited to experience a new city with them (and its food – I remember all cities in terms of food, I love it so much). And of course, the other benefit of these kinds of things is all the new friends I have yet to make!

I couldn’t be more thrilled. For a brand-new IP from nothing – no publisher backing, no budget, no real support of any kind – this tiny team has managed to release a title with AAA scope AND managed to garner critical acclaim and snag a pretty hefty award nomination. That’s kind of insane. To quote one of my favorite people, Austin Wintory: “If you shipped a thing, congrats. You’ve done the near-impossible.” 99% of things crash and burn and fail and never get off the ground. So really, anything on top of that is just icing on the cake!

I’ll come back and edit this post when I get back from the trip, but for now, have a look at all of these other incredible games on the nomination list here!