At next week's WWDC24 annual meeting, Apple announced the winners of the Apple Design Awards, with winners from around the world honored at the event for excellence in design, technical achievement and creating outstanding app and game innovations.
The 14 best apps and games of the year Susan Prescott, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations, said it's inspiring that developers are using Apple technology to create outstanding apps and games that enrich users' lives.
Awards for each app and game in 7 categories.
Enjoyment and satisfaction
App: Bears Gratitude Developer: Isuru Wanasinghe (Australia)
This journaling app provides a friendly way to develop the habit of appreciating the good things that happen every day. It's a simple way to encourage and embrace honest self-reflection. Create a routine that supports users in creating happiness at least once a day.
Game: NYT Games Developer: New York Times Company (USA)
Redesigned in-game navigation and expanded game categories further. With a mix of interesting themes, new titles like Connections have been adapted to make them easy to repeat and never get bored. With a design that looks stylish and is easy to use, everyone will want to join in the fun.
Accept differences
App: oko Developer: AYES (Belgium)
By alerting pedestrians to the status of lights through audio and vibration feedback, the oko app makes it instantly accessible to the visually impaired. Take advantage of Apple technology, including VoiceOver and text personalization.
Game: Crayola Adventures Developer: Red Games Co. (United States of America)
The colorful adventure game provides realism in character selection including skin colour, abilities and appearance. Different Pronouns Includes a full description of the game. Players of all ages can enjoy this fun game. Which has a variety of activities mixed together
innovation
App: Procreate Dreams Developer: Procreate (Australia)
It's an amazing design tool that helps you create all kinds of 2D animations using a comprehensive and familiar library of brushes, gestures, and PencilKit gestures from the original Procreate app. This makes it easy to control the app as well. The app also has animation, audio and video effects that help bring the user's creations and artwork to life.
Game: Lost in Play Developer: Happy Juice Games (Israel)
Packed with cute characters and super fun mini-games allowing players to experience an enchanting experience through childish imagination. With carefully designed puzzle gameplay, this point-and-click journey features hand-drawn graphics. Interactions that are easy to learn and interesting to play
interaction
App: Croton Developer: Devin Davies (New Zealand)
It provides a clean interface for users to store recipes. Create a grocery list and step-by-step instructions in the kitchen. Through a range of easy-to-use interactions this allows users to focus on what they are doing at the table rather than having to look at the screen.
Game: Rytmos Developer: Floppy Club (Denmark)
Challenge players to solve puzzles using simple swipe gestures to create a path. At the end of each level, new elements are added to the song being created and gestures are easy to use. Even as the game becomes more complex,
Create an impact on society
Winners in this category improve their lives in meaningful ways. Drawing attention to issues of great importance.
App: Gentler Streak Fitness Tracker Developer: Gentler Stories (Slovenia)
Aiming to improve everyone's lives. It doesn't matter who you are or where you are. The app is powered by positive and encouraging reminders. Which combines physical and mental health factors. The health data in the app is intelligently organized and seamlessly integrated.
Game: The Wreck Developer: The Pixel Hunt (France)
A visual novel game that tells a story with pictures. Players will follow the story of Junon, a writer who makes a surprise call to the hospital. To make decisions that change her life and have an impact on her family. Through a game that tells a sharp story through deep and personal narrative.
Pictures and drawings
Winners in this category display stunning images. An expertly drawn interface and high-quality animation create a distinct and unified theme.
Application: Rooms Developer: Things, Inc. (United States of America)
It gives users a blank canvas to create imaginative scenes. It is a platform for playing games that gives a feeling of warmth and comfort. It is a social space where you can interact with the creativity of tens of thousands of other people.
Game: Lies of P Developer: NEOWIZ (South Korea)
It's a fantasy adventure that takes classic tales and reimagines them in a new way. By allowing the player to control the puppet. He is a robot created by Geppetto that must survive battles while traveling through a burning city. To find the one who created him
Spatial processing
Winners in this category brought innovative creativity to their unique spatial experiences.
App: djay pro – DJ App & AI Mixer Developer: algoriddim GmbH (Germany)
A completely new way to interact with music in a spatial environment, djay brings high-fidelity sound quality and endless mixing creativity to users. The app comes with a high-quality recording player. Great interactive effects panel
Game: Blackbox Developer: Figures & Stories (USA)
Blackbox on Apple Vision Pro challenges users to consider every corner of their spatial canvas, with players greeted with engaging puzzles and clever Easter eggs hidden at every turn. The game is full of amazing details.
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