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Honorable Mentions: Jettomero: Hero of the Universe (Ghost Time Games) Dead Cells (Motion Twin) AER – Memories of Old (Forgotten Key) Tooth and Tail (Pocketwatch Games) Rain World (VIDEOCULT) Shape of the World (Hollow Tree Games) Hollow Knight (Team Cherry)

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Honorable Mentions: Tacoma (Fullbright) Rain World (VIDEOCULT) Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator (Game Grumps) Cosmic Top Secret (klassefilm) Hollow Knight (Team Cherry) Cuphead (StudioMDHR) Everything Is Going to Be OK (Nathalie Lawhead) West of Loathing (Asymmetric Publications)

Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy (Bennett Foddy)

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The full list of finalists for each category of the 2018 Independent Games Festival, along with “honorable mentions,” is as follows: Both the IGF Awards and the Game Developers Choice Awards ceremonies are available to attend for all GDC 2018 pass-holders and will be livestreamed online once again. IGF Award winners will receive more than $50,000 of prizes in various categories, including the $30,000 Seumas McNally Grand Prize. The IGF Awards will immediately precede the Game Developers Choice Awards, which recognizes the best games of the year across all sections of video game development. The winners of the IGF will be announced at the Independent Games Festival Awards which take place the evening of Wednesday, March 21st at San Francisco’s Moscone Convention Center. Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy from developer Bennett Foddy, a sadistic climbing game that rewards players who reach the top of the mountain, was nominated for Excellence in Design, the Nuovo Award, and also received a nomination for the Grand Prize. Night in the Woods, an adventure game from creator Infinite Fall that focuses on exploration, story and character development within a lush, vibrant world, received nominations for Excellence in Narrative, Excellence in Visual Arts and the Seumas McNally Grand Prize. Multiple titles are being recognized for their excellence with three nominations apiece.

The game received a total of four nominations – for Excellence in Design, Best Student Game, the Nuovo Award for ‘thinking differently about games as a medium’, and for the Seumas McNally Grand Prize.

The juries for each individual category then selected the IGF finalists after playing, discussing and meticulously evaluating them.Īmong the selection of 35 different nominated games, a few titles received nominations in multiple categories, including Baba is You, a puzzle game created by creator Hempuli that allows players to alter the rules and game logic as a part of solving the puzzles. Trent is currently a board member of Australia’s Freeplay Independent Games Festival, and was named one of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 for games in 2016.Īfter an initial review round by over 300 judges, the nearly 600 entries for the 2018 IGF Awards were distributed to a diverse set of expert jurors from across the industry for final consideration. The IGF Awards take place on Maduring the Game Developers Conference, and will be hosted by Trent Kusters, co-founder of League of Geeks, the Melbourne-based development team behind Armello, a captivating digital role-playing strategy board game that has garnered much critical and fan acclaim.

3, 2018 – The Independent Games Festival (IGF), which honors the most influential, innovative and acclaimed projects in independent game development, revealed the award finalists for its 20th annual awards ceremony. IGF Awards Will Be Hosted at GDC 2018 by Armello Game Designer, Trent Kusters