Media Molecule celebrates Dreams budding creative community with 1st annual awards
Media Molecule celebrates Dreams' budding creative community with 1st annual awards Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Media Molecule celebrates Dreams' budding creative community with 1st annual awards Ahead of its full PS4 release next month. News by Matt Wales Reporter Updated on 28 Jan 2020 28 comments After ten months in paid early access, Media Molecule's imagine-'em-up Dreams has garnered quite a following of dedicated creators - and the developer has now officially celebrated some of its favourite community created projects in its 1st Annual IMPY Awards. Established to celebrate "the very best content and creators from Dreams", Media Molecule's inaugural award ceremony was broadcast yesterday evening, offering up an enjoyably wholesome hour and a half of hat tipping across 21 different categories. Dreams players were able to nominate their favourite projects and creators last December, and then vote for the winners in six community categories, based on a shortlist drawn up by Media Molecule. Remaining category winners were selected by the developer. Plenty of nods were given to talented individuals during the award ceremony - the title of Creator of the Year went to SlurmMacKenzie, for example - while other categories were designed to celebrate specific Dreams. You can get a taste of the latter gong-grabbers below. The 'Aww-ward' category, for instance, was designed to celebrate the cutest Dream - ultimately decided to be Color with Crayons by MarmiteForMe. Best Visuals award went to BrianTaylor60 for their work on moody sci-fi piece, Outpost 60. Witchy Woods by Awesome_David ultimately took the award for Funniest Creation. Duet by Byvsen, featuring two friends in harmonious revery, was awarded Best Animation. SlurmMacKenzie's Do Robots Dream of Electric Imps, a programming-based puzzler, was deemed Hidden Gem Dream by the judges. The_burgervan's Cubric, a platform-style adventure tasking players with flipping and rotating cubes to guide a robot to its goal, was proclaimed to feature the Best Gameplay. This deliciously moody scene by ryan47, titled The Collector 2, was voted Best Sculpture. Mimeo Prophecy by raz0rbackzwei, a gorgeously detailed action-RPG which even manages to give players their own doggy companion, took the top spot in the Best Narrative category. CodiBear8383's adorably be-jumpered animal creation, Frederic the Fox, won in Dreams' Best Character category. As for the prestigious title of Dream of the Year, that was given to Pig Detective: Adventures in Cowboy Town, a wild west mystery by SdeReu & Lotte_Double. A full list of nominees and winners for Media Molecule's 1st Annual IMPY Awards can be found on the PlayStation Blog, and it's a brilliant testament not only to the ingenuity and talent of Dreams' early access community, but of the tools themselves. It'll be fascinating to watch how the Dreams scene evolves following its full PS4 release on 14th February. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 4 Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 11 Latest Articles Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 4 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store