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Eligibility Issues for NAViGaTR Awards

The following guidelines for each category are not necessarily definitive.  Due to varying credit terminology in different countries or companies, as well as the extended collaboration involved in team productions, the determination of proper eligible award recipients can be quite challenging.  Accomplishing this goal requires the Academy to commit to a workable but imperfect process.  The following guidelines shall serve as a first step in that process, for which the Academy welcomes any participation.

 

Individuals that are most likely to be eligible for an award statuette are those with credited titles that are listed below as “Presumed Eligible with Proof of Credit.”  However, depending on the different meanings of certain credits across different game genres, or depending on differences in the actual type of development work performed in the creation of a unique game that would render a particular credit inapplicable, some credits may occasionally be declared ineligible even if they are/were “presumed” eligible.  However, these cases should be extremely rare.

 

Individuals with credited titles that are listed below as “Eligible with Permission” may require permission from the Academy and, in some cases, permission from the nominees that are/were presumed eligible and/or certified as eligible.  However, if no one is presumed eligible (i.e. no matching credit, or no credits on record), then the Academy may or may not waive the requirement for proof of credit.  However, if a waiver is granted, no more than three (3) individuals will receive an award statuette, and reasonably supportive documentation of any kind will have to be provided and held to be sufficient by the Academy.  Future claims to an award may require permission from the Academy and, in some cases, permission from the first three (3) individuals who received awards.  This process is likely to involve lengthy delays.

 

For more information on receiving your award(s), please contact info at navgtr dot org.  The mailing address for NAVGTR Corp. is:

 

NAVGTR Corp.

13200 Forest Drive

Bowie, MD  20715

 

 

 

Outstanding Animation in a Game Cinema

PRESUMED ELIGIBLE W/POC: Lead Animators, Animation Supervisors, Animation Directors

ELIGIBLE WITH PERMISSION:  Animators

INELIGIBLE CREDIT: Concept Artists, Art Directors, Artists

 

Outstanding Animation in a Game Engine

PRESUMED ELIGIBLE W/POC: Lead Animators, Animation Supervisors, Animation Directors

ELIGIBLE WITH PERMISSION:  Animators

INELIGIBLE CREDIT: Concept Artists, Art Directors, Artists

 

Outstanding Art Direction in a Game Cinema

PRESUMED ELIGIBLE W/POC: Lead/Senior Art Directors, Concept Artists

ELIGIBLE WITH PERMISSION: Art Directors, Background Artists, Artists

INELIGIBLE CREDIT: Character Designers, Character Modelers, Costume Designers

 

Outstanding Art Direction in a Game Engine

PRESUMED ELIGIBLE W/POC: Lead/Senior Art Directors, Concept Artists, Background Artists

ELIGIBLE WITH PERMISSION: Art Directors, Artists

INELIGIBLE CREDIT: Character Designers, Character Modelers, Costume Designers

 

Outstanding Camera Direction in a Game Engine

PRESUMED ELIGIBLE W/POC: Motion Directors/Programmers, Lead/Senior Programmers

ELIGIBLE WITH PERMISSION: Programmers

INELIGIBLE CREDIT: Producers, Game Designers, Technical Directors

 

Outstanding Character Design

PRESUMED ELIGIBLE W/POC: Character Designers, Concept Artists, Lead Character Artists

ELIGIBLE WITH PERMISSION: Character Artists

INELIGIBLE CREDIT: Artists

 

Outstanding Control Design

PRESUMED ELIGIBLE W/POC: Lead/Senior Programmers, Game Designers

ELIGIBLE WITH PERMISSION: Programmers, Technical Directors

INELIGIBLE CREDIT: Battle Directors/Programmers, Artificial Intelligence Programmers, Motion Directors/Programmers

 

Outstanding Control Precision

PRESUMED ELIGIBLE W/POC: Lead/Senior Programmers

ELIGIBLE WITH PERMISSION: Programmers

INELIGIBLE CREDIT: Game Designers, Battle Directors/Programmers, Artificial Intelligence Programmers, Motion Directors/Programmers, Technical Directors

 

Outstanding Costume Design

PRESUMED ELIGIBLE W/POC: Costume Designers, Character Designers, Concept Artists, Lead Character Artists

ELIGIBLE WITH PERMISSION: Character Artists

INELIGIBLE CREDIT: Artists

 

Outstanding Direction in a Game Cinema

PRESUMED ELIGIBLE W/POC: Movie Directors

ELIGIBLE WITH PERMISSION: Lead Animators, Animation Supervisors, Animation Directors

INELIGIBLE CREDIT: Programmers, Event Directors/Programmers, Technical Directors, Motion Directors/Programmers

 

Outstanding Game Design

PRESUMED ELIGIBLE W/POC: Game Designers

ELIGIBLE WITH PERMISSION: Additional Game Designers

INELIGIBLE CREDIT: Producers, Programmers, Artists, Technical Directors

 

Outstanding Graphics, Technical

PRESUMED ELIGIBLE W/POC: Lead/Senior Programmers

ELIGIBLE WITH PERMISSION: Programmers, Technical Directors

INELIGIBLE CREDIT: Producers, Game Designers

 

Outstanding Innovation in Game Play

PRESUMED ELIGIBLE W/POC: Game Designers, Lead/Senior Programmers, Artificial Intelligence Programmers

ELIGIBLE WITH PERMISSION: Programmers, Battle Directors/Programmers, Technical Directors

INELIGIBLE CREDIT: Producers, Motion Directors/Programmers

 

Outstanding Innovation in Game Technology

PRESUMED ELIGIBLE W/POC: Lead/Senior Programmers, Artificial Intelligence Programmers, Inventors, Engineers, Patent Owners, Research & Development Employees

ELIGIBLE WITH PERMISSION: Programmers, Technical Directors

INELIGIBLE CREDIT: Producers, Game Designers

 

Outstanding Lighting/Texturing Effects

PRESUMED ELIGIBLE W/POC: Lead/Senior Programmers, Lead/Senior Art Directors, Lead/Senior Artists, Background Artists

ELIGIBLE WITH PERMISSION: Programmers, Technical Directors

INELIGIBLE CREDIT: Producers, Game Designers, Concept Artists

 

Outstanding Original Musical Score

PRESUMED ELIGIBLE W/POC: Musical Composers

ELIGIBLE WITH PERMISSION: Musical Directors

INELIGIBLE CREDIT: Sound Designers, Sound Engineers, Singers/Vocalists, Lyricists

 

Outstanding Original or Adapted Song

PRESUMED ELIGIBLE W/POC: Lyricists/Songwriters

ELIGIBLE WITH PERMISSION: Dialogue Writers

INELIGIBLE CREDIT: Singers/Vocalists

 

Outstanding Song Collection

PRESUMED ELIGIBLE W/POC: Producers, Musical Directors

ELIGIBLE WITH PERMISSION: Executive Producers, Asst. Producers

INELIGIBLE CREDIT: Singers/Vocalists, Musical Composers

 

Outstanding Sound Effects

PRESUMED ELIGIBLE W/POC: Sound Designers/Audio Directors, Sound Engineers, Sound Effects Creators, Foley Artists

ELIGIBLE WITH PERMISSION: Sound Mixers/Editors

INELIGIBLE CREDIT: Musicians, Composers

 

Outstanding Use of Sound

PRESUMED ELIGIBLE W/POC: Sound Designers/Audio Directors, Sound Engineers, Sound Mixers/Editors

ELIGIBLE WITH PERMISSION: Game Designers

INELIGIBLE CREDIT: Sound Effects Creators, Foley Artists, Musicians, Composers

 

Outstanding Lead/Supporting Performance in a Comedy/Drama (4 categories)

PRESUMED ELIGIBLE W/POC: Actors, Singers/Vocalists

 

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy/Drama (2 categories)

PRESUMED ELIGIBLE W/POC: Story Writers, Scenario Writers, Script Writers, Writers, Dialogue Writers

ELIGIBLE WITH PERMISSION: Text Writers

INELIGIBLE CREDIT: Lyricists/Songwriters

 

Genre Categories (including original game awards, sequel awards, and simulation, special class, strategy, and Game of the Year awards)

PRESUMED ELIGIBLE W/POC: Producers

ELIGIBLE WITH PERMISSION: Assistant Producers

INELIGIBLE CREDIT: Executive Producers, Game Designers, Programmers

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