SFWA has announced the Nebula finalists for work published in 2023, and James and I are thrilled and honoured to announce that The Bread Must Rise is on the ballot for the Nebula Award for Best Game Writing!
2024 Nebula Award for Best Game Writing Nominees
The Nebula Award for Best Game Writing is selected by SFWA members. Any narrative game from the previous calendar year is eligible, from wordless games all the way up to AAA epics.
The competition looks fierce this year, as it always does, and I continue to be impressed by the breadth of titles on offer. It’s always really interesting to see what SFWA members are playing!
Titles below are reproduced in the same order they appear on the official announcement, which you can watch on SFWA’s YouTube channel.
The Bread Must Rise, Stewart C Baker, James Beamon (Choice of Games)
Alan Wake II, Sam Lake, Clay Murphy, Tyler Burton Smith, Sinikka Annala (Remedy Entertainment, Epic Games Publishing)
Ninefox Gambit: Machineries of Empire Roleplaying Game, Yoon Ha Lee, Marie Brennan (Android)
Dredge, Joel Mason (Black Salt Games, Team 17)Chants of Sennaar, Julien Moya, Thomas Panuel (Rundisc, Focus Entertainment)
Baldur’s Gate 3, Adam Smith, Adrienne Law, Baudelaire Welch, Chrystal Ding, Ella McConnell, Ine Van Hamme, Jan Van Dosselaer, John Corocran, Kevin VanOrd, Lawrence Schick, Martin Docherty, Rachel Quirke, Ruairí Moore, Sarah Baylus, Stephen Rooney, Swen Vincke (Larian Studios)
It’s super exciting to be appearing on the official ballot for this year’s Nebula award for Best Game Writing, and in such fine company.
I’m especially pleased to be sharing space on the larger Nebula ballot with friends like Rachael K. Jones, Vajra Chandrasekera, and SL Huang, among others! Check out the full list of finalists on the SFWA Blog.
About The Bread Must Rise
The Great Godstone Bake-off has arrived!
As a hapless baker deeply in debt, you finally have the opportunity to rise to fame and fortune! Under the tutelage of such famous chefs as Gordon Ramslayer, Tira Misu, and The Baladin, you will learn the arts of baking, breadcrafting, and dare you whisper it… necromancy?
The Bread Must Rise is a 450,000 word, text-only cosmic horror / fantasy / baking / comedy extravaganza written by James Beamon and Stewart C Baker and published by Choice of Games.
Special Choice of Games Sale
To celebrate the game’s nomination, our publisher is running a special sale for a limited time!
Check out most Choice of Games titles, including those that have been nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Game Writing or other awards, at a hefty discount of up to 40% off.
The sale runs until March 21st, 2024, on all major storefronts, including Steam, the App Store, Google Play, and the Choice of Games web store.
Not sure what to try out? Here are a few favourites from their long, long list of excellent titles:
Crème de la Crème
Climb to the very top of the class at your exclusive private school for socialites! Will you study hard, find a perfect match, or embrace scandal?
Fallen Hero: Retribution
Stay one step ahead of your past and build your future as Los Diablos’ greatest villain. Can you keep up the lies, or will you risk everything trusting the people you once called friends?
The Luminous Underground
Blast spirits out of a haunted subway system! Can your team defeat rival exterminators, shoddy gear, and City Hall?
The Martian Job
Rob the first Martian casino and find out who really rules the planet! Crack a safe, break some hearts, start a revolution, or get rich beyond the stars!
Rent-A-Vice
What doesn’t kill you…kills someone else, and leads you down an ethical rabbit hole. Can you do what’s right in a world where vice is a virtue?
The Road to Canterbury
May the best story win! Enter the medieval world of Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales,” where your journey, and the stories you tell, will change history.
Tale of Two Cranes
Fulfill your epic destiny in mythic ancient China! Lead armies, wield magic, and put an emperor on the throne – or become the emperor yourself!
Play Tale of Two Cranes, by Michelle Balaban and Stephanie Balaban
Teahouse of the Gods
Harness the qi energy of life itself to control body, mind, and environment! Will you use your power to save the world, or will corruption stain your soul?
