The Gardens Between, Ordia, Pixelmator and more win Apple's 2022 Design Awards

At Apple'due south 2019 Design Awards, held during WWDC in San Jose, Califonia, the tech giant handed out nine awards to various noteworthy iOS app and game developers around the world.

The Gardens Between, a notable mobile game from Melbourne, Australia developer The Voxel Agents, took home an Apple tree Blueprint Award. MobileSyrup staff writer Jon Lamont highlighted The Gardens Between in our 'Game of the Week' column a few weeks agone. The title blends beautiful visuals, a time-bending mechanic and emphasizes narrative to create the type of gaming feel rarely institute on mobile.

"Nosotros've been making games for iPhone for 10 years now, and we see every year when the apps get chosen [for the Design Awards]. We're always kind of aspiring considering we see it and we're like, 'wow those are cool apps.' Apple is known for skillful design, so when people at Apple choose your game for having good blueprint, it's one of the biggest design honours you can become," said Matthew Clark, managing director at The Voxel Agents, in an interview with MobileSyrup following the awards ceremony

Ordia, a subtle, minimalist game developed by London-based Loju LTD, won a 2019 Apple Blueprint Honor as well. In the sidescroller, players bounce their 'Ordia' around diverse levels while avoiding projectiles and enemies.

Eloh, a puzzle game from developer Cleaved Rules, the same studio behind Quondam Human being'due south Journey, a critically acclaimed iOS title, also won a Design Award.MobileSyrupbesides highlighted information technology every bit a 'Game of the Week' terminal year.

Music, rhythm title, Thumper, developed by Drool LLC, a game that is one of the best contempo examples of an iOS championship that takes advantage of everything the iPhone has to offer, including loftier-cease graphics, a bass-heavy soundtrack and even the phone'south rarely used Taptic engine, too won a 2019 Design Accolade.

The final game to exist highlighted with an honour was Gameloft'south Asphalt nine: Legends, an arcade racing title.

Similar to years by, Apple'south Blueprint Awards as well strike a balance between highlighting games and apps. On the app side of things, Flo By Moleskin, a simple sketching app, aims to make it easier for iPad Pro users to jump in and get drawing. Users can subtly adapt marker tips, colours and more to get the specific look they're after.

HomeCourt by Nextteam also took home an Apple Design Award. The app'south cadre feel features a listing of drills and workouts that are easy to prepare and don't require boosted equipment. HomeCourt's overall goal is to make users a better basketball histrion by running dissimilar drills.

Pixelmater Photo, a capable iPad photo editing app with several Pro features, along with Medical app Butterfly iQ won Apple tree Design Awards. The app and the Butterfly iQ handheld Ultrasound system effectively makes the engineering science more than attainable to physicians than it has been in the past.

Concluding yr Snowman'south Alto's Odyssey, a game with development ties to Canada, took home an Apple Design Accolade.

In previous years, notable Canadian-developed video games similar Vancouver-based RAC7's inventive platformerSplitterCritters and Toronto-based Drinkbox Studios'Severed, a port of a critically acclaimed classic dungeon crawler originally released for Sony's PlayStation Vita (PS Vita), won Apple Blueprint Awards.