Lucas Pope, the creator of games like Papers, Please and Return of the Obra Dinn, received the Pioneer Award from the annual Game Developers Choice Awards.
In his acceptance speech, Pope requests developers to make unique off-beat, experimental, creative, and personal games.
Pope advises developers to make something personal and small, release on Itch.io, and create games they enjoy.
Pope believes in making games that he wants to play and encourages others to do the same.