<Press Release>

September 17, 2011

Japan Game Awards 2011 “Amateur Division”

The Grand Award goes to“CONECT”
Creator: “Trident++,”Trident College of Information Technology
Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association
The Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association (CESA; Chairman: Yoichi Wada; Location:
Minato-ku, Tokyo) has determined “CONECT” (created by Trident++ / Trident College of Information
Technology) for the Grand Award in the “Amateur Division” at the Japan Game Awards 2011.
Total of 11 titles have also been determined for the Award for Excellence and Honorable Mention, and theAward Ceremony was held today at the Event Stage in the Tokyo Game Show 2011 (Exhibition Hall 8) tohonor the award winners.
The following is the list of 11 award winning titles in the Amateur Division.

[Japan Game Awards 2011 Amateur Division Award Winners]
Award
Grand Award
Award
for Excellence

Honorable Mention

Title

Platform

CONECTPC

Annihilate 6

PC

CONECT

PC

Sound and Dark

PC

PantomimePC

BUTTON PANIC!

MobileKurukuru FramePC

The brave man who was here ran away

PC

Sonic Liner

PC

Hayabusa return projectPC

Pinch Ball

PC

RevolvePC

School / winner’s name
Trident College of Information
Technology / Trident++
Shobi University / DELTA
Trident College of Information
Technology / Trident++
Suntechno College /Game Creator Circle
HAL Osaka College of Technology& Design / Do Re Mi Fabuti
Kobe Institute of Computing /ZHENG ZHI
Trident College of Information
Technology / Yuji Ikeda
Niigata Computer College /Team TripleO
Computer Science College /Sonic Liner Development TeamHAL Tokyo College of Technology& Design / Fumihito Shimizu
Trident College of Information
Technology / Yuuhei Tokuda
Niigata Computer College / NASS

* Titles are listed in Japanese alphabetical order.
* The recipients’ titles are omitted.

[About the Grand Award winner at the Amateur Division]“CONECT” is a game where players operate Mr. Plumber, a robot plumber, to achieve different missions
at every stage, such as repairing pipes leaking steam or supplying electricity by connecting plugs. The
rules are simple and clear, making it accessible for anyone. The graphics have a sense of warmth andexpress a unique world view, and care was taken with the fine movements of the characters and thegraphic details; giving this game a high degree of finish.

[Reason for Selection]
Mr. Akari Uchida from Konami Digital Entertainment, who was one of the judges for the Japan GameAwards 2011 “Amateur Division” and also was a presenter for the Grand Award, gave the following
comment:“The game offers a clear concept with a general theme that is easy to understand for everyone,
while being very original. It stood out from other games and was unanimously selected for theGrand Award.
It’s simple, yet the difficulty and sense of achievement increases with skill level, and theplayer can also easily imagine how the fun will expand in the future, which makes this gamevery appealing.”
Submission for the Amateur Division of the Japan Game Awards was accepted from original titles createdby amateurs, whether they are corporate bodies, organizations, individuals, students or general public.
(Submission period: March 14 to June 30, 2011)
We received total of 194 submissions nationwide.
47 titles were selected at the First Screening (VTR screening), and then, as the Second Screening, 17
titles were selected through “test play” by editors of trade journals and professional creators, respectively.
After the Final Screening (“test play” screening) by editors in chief of trade journals and top creators, who
also acted as presenters at the Award Ceremony and commentators for each award, 11 titles thatreceived each award were selected.
Also, all of 11 titles are being released to the public at the test play corner for the Amateur Division Award
winning titles at the “Japan Game Awards 2011 booth” in the Tokyo Game Show 2011 (Exhibition Hall 1).
Please come by and experience the games of future creators.
For details such as play images of the titles that received the Grand Award and other awards, the reasons
why the titles that received awards were selected, the committee’s reports, please visit the Japan GameAwards official website: URL：http://awards.cesa.or.jp/enPictures of the award ceremony and recipient’s photo session images are available for download at:
URL: https://www.filey.jp/tgs/(ID and password is required. ID: tgs_press Password: press_tgs)
Materials such as the Japan Game Awards logo and design data for the various awards are available fordownload at: URL: http://awards.cesa.or.jp/overview/index.html(ID and password is required. ID: jga2011m Password: houdou)

Look out for “Future Division!!”
The titles that are regarded as very promising for future development will be determined among theunreleased titles that were announced and exhibited at the Tokyo Game Show 2011 by a popular voteby visitors and review by the Japan Game Awards Selection Committee. As the last presentation of theJapan Game Awards 2011, the Award Ceremony for the “Future Division” will be held at the following
schedule:

Japan Game Awards 2011 “Future Division”
Date: September 18 (Sun) PM12:00 to PM1:30
Venue: Event Stage (Exhibition Hall 8) in the Tokyo Game Show 2011
Japan Game Awards official website: http://awards.cesa.or.jp/en
Contacts for More information and Inquiries
Contacts for press regarding the Japan Game Awards:
Until Sunday, September 18 (Press Room at TOKYO GAME SHOW 2011):
TEL: +81-43-296-4152; FAX: +81-43-296-4153
On and after Tuesday, September 20: Japan Game Awards Management Office (c/o CESA):TEL: +81-3-3591-1431; FAX：+81-3-3591-1422
e-mail：awards@cesa.or.jp