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That's the take away from each year's Independent Games Festival Awards, which consistently selects shortlists of excellent games. The nominations for 2022 are up, and the contenders for this year's Seumas McNally Grand Prize includes Unpacking, Inscryption, Loop Hero, Cruelty Squad, The Eternal Cylinder and Unsighted.
That's the take away from each year's Independent Games Festival Awards, which consistently selects shortlists of excellent games. The nominations for 2022 are up, and the contenders for this year's Seumas McNally Grand Prize includes Unpacking, Inscryption, Loop Hero, Cruelty Squad, The Eternal Cylinder and Unsighted.
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Sounds about right. Any developer can submit their game to the IGF Awards, with the submissions then crawled over by a large swarm of developers and journalists - including *spit* filth like me.
Sounds about right. Any developer can submit their game to the IGF Awards, with the submissions then crawled over by a large swarm of developers and journalists - including *spit* filth like me.
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The recommendations then guide a smaller number of handselected jurors - *spit* not me - who choose the finalists. Winners are then revealed during GDC in San Francisco, which this year is due to take place March 21st-25th. Winning an IGF Award used to confer instant practical benefits, like Valve swooping in and letting you putting your game on Steam.
The recommendations then guide a smaller number of handselected jurors - *spit* not me - who choose the finalists. Winners are then revealed during GDC in San Francisco, which this year is due to take place March 21st-25th. Winning an IGF Award used to confer instant practical benefits, like Valve swooping in and letting you putting your game on Steam.
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Nowadays it still helps indie games rise above the crowd, and occasionally succeeds in highlighting something otherwise unknown. Below you'll find the complete list of finalists and honourable mentions. Best Student Game Cai Cai Balão (Look Up Games)
Abriss - build to destroy (Randwerk Games eG)
Letter Lattice (Ethan Zarov)
Smalllife (Yueqi Wu)
Nainai's Recipe (Fan Fang, Mai Hou)
Live Adventure (Live Adventure Team) Honorable Mentions: Astreia's Gift (Femy Nassirou & Hervé Blanchot), There You Are (Funky Dango), The Bleeding Tree (No Input Interactive), dumpling.love (the parks staff), Lysfangha (Baptiste Marsac & Daphne Pauchet-Deloffre), Jivana (Team Jivana), Hook Up (Team Hook Up), Come with Me (Xin Ye) Excellence in Audio Toem (Something We Made)
Unpacking (Witch Beam)
Jett: The Far Shore (Superbrothers A/V + Pine Scented)
Mini Motorways (Dinosaur Polo Club)
Sable (Shedworks)
Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games) Honorable Mentions: Severed Steel (Greylock Studios), A Musical Story (Glee-Cheese Studios), Death's Door (Acid Nerve), The Vale: Shadow of the Crown (Falling Squirrel), Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab), Overboard!
Nowadays it still helps indie games rise above the crowd, and occasionally succeeds in highlighting something otherwise unknown. Below you'll find the complete list of finalists and honourable mentions. Best Student Game Cai Cai Balão (Look Up Games) Abriss - build to destroy (Randwerk Games eG) Letter Lattice (Ethan Zarov) Smalllife (Yueqi Wu) Nainai's Recipe (Fan Fang, Mai Hou) Live Adventure (Live Adventure Team) Honorable Mentions: Astreia's Gift (Femy Nassirou & Hervé Blanchot), There You Are (Funky Dango), The Bleeding Tree (No Input Interactive), dumpling.love (the parks staff), Lysfangha (Baptiste Marsac & Daphne Pauchet-Deloffre), Jivana (Team Jivana), Hook Up (Team Hook Up), Come with Me (Xin Ye) Excellence in Audio Toem (Something We Made) Unpacking (Witch Beam) Jett: The Far Shore (Superbrothers A/V + Pine Scented) Mini Motorways (Dinosaur Polo Club) Sable (Shedworks) Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games) Honorable Mentions: Severed Steel (Greylock Studios), A Musical Story (Glee-Cheese Studios), Death's Door (Acid Nerve), The Vale: Shadow of the Crown (Falling Squirrel), Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab), Overboard!
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Unpacking (Witch Beam)
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Strange Horticulture (Bad Viking)
Webbed (Sbug Games)
Midnight Protocol (LuGus Studios) Honorable Mentions: Loop Hero (Four Quarters), Unsighted (Studio Pixel Punk), Mini Motorways (Dinosaur Polo Club), Card Shark (Nerial), KeyWe (Stonewheat & Sons), Sunshine Heavy Industries (Daisyowl Games) Excellence in Narrative Last Call (Nina Freeman and Jake Jefferies)
Neurocracy (Playthroughline)
Closed Hands (Passenger)
Overboard!
(inkle), The Wild at Heart (Moonlight Kids) Excellence in Design Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games) Unpacking (Witch Beam) Overboard! (inkle) Strange Horticulture (Bad Viking) Webbed (Sbug Games) Midnight Protocol (LuGus Studios) Honorable Mentions: Loop Hero (Four Quarters), Unsighted (Studio Pixel Punk), Mini Motorways (Dinosaur Polo Club), Card Shark (Nerial), KeyWe (Stonewheat & Sons), Sunshine Heavy Industries (Daisyowl Games) Excellence in Narrative Last Call (Nina Freeman and Jake Jefferies) Neurocracy (Playthroughline) Closed Hands (Passenger) Overboard!
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Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games)
Unpacking (Witch Beam) Honorable Mentions: Card Shark (Nerial), Norco (Geography of Robots), The Big Con (Mighty Yell), Tux and Fanny (Ghost Time Games), Opus: Echo of Starsong (Sigono), Sable (Shedworks), Blackhaven (Historiated Games) Excellence in Visual Art The Eternal Cylinder (ACE Team)
Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery (Silver Lining Studio)
Papetura (Petums)
Fuzz Dungeon (Jeremy Couillard)
The Wild at Heart (Moonlight Kids)
Jett: The Far Shore (Superbrothers A/V + Pine Scented) Honorable Mention: Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games), A Musical Story (Glee-Cheese Studios), Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab), Saturnalia (Santa Ragione) Stonefly (Flight School Studio), Cris Tales (Dreams Uncorporated, Syck) Nuovo Award Memory Card (Lily Zone)
Okthryssia and Saturnia's Bureaucratic Adventures (Outlands)
Space Hole 2020 (Sam Atlas)
Tux and Fanny (Ghost Time Games) Cruelty Squad (Consumer Softproducts)
Sparkles & Gems (Resnijars)
Fuzz Dungeon (Jeremy Couillard)
Cuccchi	(Fantastico Studio) Honorable Mentions: Last Call (Nina Freeman and Jake Jefferies), The Shape of Time (落日间 xpaidia studio), The Under Presents (Tender Claws), ~Song of Homunculus~ (Diamond Ace (Lily Zone + Zoë Sparks)), Card Shark (Nerial), The Vale: Shadow of the Crown (Falling Squirrel) Seumas McNally Grand Prize Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games)
Unpacking (Witch Beam)
Loop Hero (Four Quarters)
The Eternal Cylinder (ACE Team)
Cruelty Squad (Consumer Softproducts)
Unsighted (Studio Pixel Punk) Honorable Mentions: Toem (Something We Made), Norco (Geography of Robots), Overboard! (inkle), Saturnalia (Santa Ragione), Dodgeball Academia (Pocket Trap), Webbed (Sbug Games), Fuzz Dungeon (Jeremy Couillard) 
  More News  Jack King-Spooner's next handcrafted game has a teaser demo out Judero brings chat and action in the Scottish Borders Alice O'Connor 17 hours ago 1 If you were hoping for any Overwatch 2 balance changes then you'll have to wait until season two The next season begins in December CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 3 The Dead Space remake will chuck random Necromorphs at you as you wander the Ishimura In space, no one can hear you proper bricking it CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 8 Valve register mysterious new Neon Prime trademark in the US It doesn’t seem to be for a particularly colourful Steam Deck CJ Wheeler 20 hours ago 11 
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(inkle) Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games) Unpacking (Witch Beam) Honorable Mentions: Card Shark (Nerial), Norco (Geography of Robots), The Big Con (Mighty Yell), Tux and Fanny (Ghost Time Games), Opus: Echo of Starsong (Sigono), Sable (Shedworks), Blackhaven (Historiated Games) Excellence in Visual Art The Eternal Cylinder (ACE Team) Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery (Silver Lining Studio) Papetura (Petums) Fuzz Dungeon (Jeremy Couillard) The Wild at Heart (Moonlight Kids) Jett: The Far Shore (Superbrothers A/V + Pine Scented) Honorable Mention: Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games), A Musical Story (Glee-Cheese Studios), Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab), Saturnalia (Santa Ragione) Stonefly (Flight School Studio), Cris Tales (Dreams Uncorporated, Syck) Nuovo Award Memory Card (Lily Zone) Okthryssia and Saturnia's Bureaucratic Adventures (Outlands) Space Hole 2020 (Sam Atlas) Tux and Fanny (Ghost Time Games) Cruelty Squad (Consumer Softproducts) Sparkles & Gems (Resnijars) Fuzz Dungeon (Jeremy Couillard) Cuccchi (Fantastico Studio) Honorable Mentions: Last Call (Nina Freeman and Jake Jefferies), The Shape of Time (落日间 xpaidia studio), The Under Presents (Tender Claws), ~Song of Homunculus~ (Diamond Ace (Lily Zone + Zoë Sparks)), Card Shark (Nerial), The Vale: Shadow of the Crown (Falling Squirrel) Seumas McNally Grand Prize Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games) Unpacking (Witch Beam) Loop Hero (Four Quarters) The Eternal Cylinder (ACE Team) Cruelty Squad (Consumer Softproducts) Unsighted (Studio Pixel Punk) Honorable Mentions: Toem (Something We Made), Norco (Geography of Robots), Overboard! (inkle), Saturnalia (Santa Ragione), Dodgeball Academia (Pocket Trap), Webbed (Sbug Games), Fuzz Dungeon (Jeremy Couillard) More News Jack King-Spooner's next handcrafted game has a teaser demo out Judero brings chat and action in the Scottish Borders Alice O'Connor 17 hours ago 1 If you were hoping for any Overwatch 2 balance changes then you'll have to wait until season two The next season begins in December CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 3 The Dead Space remake will chuck random Necromorphs at you as you wander the Ishimura In space, no one can hear you proper bricking it CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 8 Valve register mysterious new Neon Prime trademark in the US It doesn’t seem to be for a particularly colourful Steam Deck CJ Wheeler 20 hours ago 11 Latest Articles What are we all playing this weekend? Well?
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