The winner of the FYNG Indie Award has been chosen. With a lead of over 500 votes, Planet Defense Cannon Commander has won
At gamescom 2024, there were once again numerous new games to see. Of course, we reported on the big new games such as Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, but we didn’t want to neglect the smaller titles either. In the FYNG Indie Award, you were therefore able to vote on five nominated games and choose your winner. The nominees were:
- Drova: Forsaken Kin
- EcoGnomix
- Morriton Manor Stories: Nordic Whispers
- PVKK: Planet Defense Canon Commander
- Tavern Keeper
The winner of our award has now been announced: It is,Drumroll… PVKK: Planet Defense Canon Commander! We’ll show you the game again briefly, but as the winner of the Indie Award, it will soon also be presented to you in more detail.
This is the winner
In Planet Defense Cannon Commander you play exactly what the overlong title promises. You inhabit a bunker and have to operate and maintain a huge cannon on behalf of an autocratic regime. You use it to defend the planet against an invasion and protect your home world from unknown attackers
You operate a variety of devices and consoles, move levers, turn wheels and press buttons. Because it’s not just about firing your cannon. You also have to scan the environment for enemy spaceships, calculate trajectories and maintain energy generators.
In the course of the game, you can also decide to question the orders and motivations of your superiors. What is really going on outside the bunker? What secrets are waiting to be discovered inside the building? And are you really the good guys in the story?
How you voted
With a decent lead of 502 votes over second placePVKK: Planetary Defense Canon Commander wins the Indie Award A total of 34 percent of your votes went to the unusual game with the even more unusual name
The gnome-building game Ecognomix came in second place with 24 percent of the votes. Hot on its heels is the action role-playing game Drova: Forsaken Kin, for which 22 percent of you voted.
Finally, fourth place goes to the detective role-playing game Morriton Manor: Nordic Whispers, which received a total of 17 percent of your votes. The fantasy simulation Tavern Keeper, on the other hand, had to be content with 4 percent of the votes and last place.
The gamescom week is over and you probably have to digest all the new announcements and revelations first. In their summary of gamescom, Géraldine and Micha tell you what they took away from the trade fair and why they are really excited.
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