2024 GEE! Learning Game Award Winners

The GEE! award recognizes excellence in educational game design. The award is judged by international leaders in the field.

Award Categories:

Formal Learning

Learning games for use in formal school contexts

Winner

Pathogen Patrol

Project Lead The Way/Tipping Point Media

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Finalists

Cal & Bomba (Filiokus)

Constitutional Compromise (Filament Games)

Brief the Chief (Filament Games)

Pathogen Patrol (Project Lead The Way/Tipping Point Media)



Judges

Amy Patterson (Urban Arts)

Adeeb Syed (Harvard Extension School)

Amanda Siebert-Evenstone (Age of Learning)

Ray Kimball (42 Educational Games Coaching and Design)

Valentin Briukhanov (CodeCombat)

Informal Learning

For home, family, museums, libraries, etc.


Winner

GASHA GO! World

FableVision Studios

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Finalists

Mission: Mars (Museum of Science)

Robot Champions (Filament Games)

GASHA GO! World (FableVision Studios)

CodeCombat Worlds (CodeCombat)


Judges

Barry Joseph (Barry Joseph Consulting)

Nick Martinez (Nick Martinez and Associates, LLC; Museum of the City of New York)

Chris Baker (Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction)

Ashlyn Sparrow (Weston Game Lab, University of Chicago)

Analog Games

Board games, card games,
or other non-digital games

Winner

Trilhas Urbanas

Pistache Editorial

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Finalists

Critical Care: The Game (Night Shift Studios)

Trilhas Urbanas (Pistache Editorial)

CoderMindz (Mehta, Samaira)

Doomscroll (GamestormEDU)

Alchemy (Merkley, Ryan)



Judges

Peter McDonald (UW-Madison)

Max Shafer-Landau (UW-Madison)

Felipe Martinez Gomez (UW-Madison)

Caleb Probst (UW-Madison)

Small and Indie Studios

Studios with <$100k in funding for the game

Winner

Bug & Seek

So Peculiar

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Finalists

Paintball - the puzzle game (Debuff Interactive UG)

Resilience: After The Eruption (Ecolodev)

House Flipper 2 (Frozen District)

Empires & Interconnections (History Adventures)

Bug & Seek (So Peculiar)

Playing Kafka (Charles Games)



Judges

Michael Douma (IDEA Games)

Jenny Saucerman (Credit Union National Association)

Matheus Cezarotto (New Mexico State University)

Morgan Smith (MCS Design)

Mark Backler (Sketchbook Games)

Krista-Lee Malone (UW-Madison)

People’s Choice Award


Winner

Trilhas Urbanas

Pistache Editorial