Hello, Odders Community!
After an eventful summer—attending Gamescom, collaborating with Les Mills at their New Zealand headquarters, and participating in Meta Connect—we’re thrilled to share some exciting news to kick off the autumn season. Odders Lab has triumphed at the 2024 International NYX Game Awards, taking home three Gold Awards for our innovative Meta Quest games!
🏅 OHSHAPE – Gold for Best Meta Quest Exergaming Game
🏅 CHESS CLUB – Gold for Best Meta Quest Ongoing Game
🏅 LES MILLS XR DANCE – Gold for Best Meta Quest Rhythm/Music Game
We are beyond honored to receive these prestigious awards, which celebrate creative excellence in the gaming industry. The NYX Game Awards is a platform that recognizes the talents of game developers, advertisers, marketers, and enthusiasts who embody the future of this dynamic medium. It encourages innovation, creativity, and inclusivity, spotlighting everything from indie games to AAA titles—ensuring that every deserving contributor, regardless of budget or resources, is recognized.
With hundreds of entries pouring in from across the globe—countries like the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, Spain, and more—we are excited to stand among the top players and studios in the global gaming scene.
Our Winning Games: A Closer Look
OHSHAPE – Gold for Best Meta Quest Exergaming Game
Our journey with OHSHAPE started from a simple yet powerful idea: movement in virtual environments. This insight has driven us to create an immersive exergaming experience that truly leverages VR’s full potential. With the introduction of OhShape Ultimate in 2024, we added a fitness album, directly responding to player feedback on how the game made staying active fun and engaging. Winning the Gold Award for Best Exergaming Game on Meta Quest validates our efforts to create games that combine fitness with fun.
CHESS CLUB – Gold for Best Meta Quest Ongoing Game
Launched in 2021, Chess Club presented both a technical challenge and an exciting opportunity for us. Collaborating with Meta, we integrated cutting-edge features like motion capture for animated chess pieces, AI for single-player mode, VR avatars, multiplayer capabilities, hand tracking, and even voice activation. By 2024, we took it further with complete environment-aware mixed reality. These innovations have made Chess Club a standout, and we’re proud it earned the Gold Award for Best Ongoing Game on Meta Quest.
LES MILLS XR DANCE- Gold for Best Meta Quest Rhythm/Music Game
In a genre dominated by animated avatars, LES MILLS XR DANCE breaks new ground by offering one-on-one coaching from world-renowned dance professionals—like Les Mills legend Gandalf Archer Mills and choreographer Bianca Ikinofo—through full hologram technology. With music from Monstercat, a label loved by gamers worldwide, and the ability to play using your own room through Meta Quest 3’s Mixed Reality technology, LES MILLS XR DANCE offers a unique, immersive experience for dancers of all levels. We’re excited that it was recognized as the Best Rhythm/Music Game on Meta Quest.
A Bright Future Ahead for Gaming
As Thomas Brandt, spokesperson for IAA, aptly put it:
“Today’s gaming community is filled with boundless opportunities, giving creators the freedom to craft experiences never seen before. At the NYX Game Awards, our mission is to honor these transformative achievements and inspire a future where gaming continues to break new ground, uniting and empowering an ever-growing community of innovators.”
We’re excited and grateful to the NYX Game Awards for recognizing our work. These awards motivate us to keep pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in virtual reality gaming.
“We are incredibly proud to have our hard work and creativity recognized with three NYX Game Awards. It’s a testament to the dedication and passion the whole team has put into LES MILLS XR DANCE, Chess Club, and OhShape. These three projects are very different from each other, but they have one thing in common: staying true to our vision at Odders, while pushing innovation in the VR industry.” – Juan Nieto – Marketing Lead at Odders Lab
Thanks for being part of our journey!
— Odders Lab’s Team
