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Independent Games Festival Nominees Announced
The nominees for the 15th annual Independent Games Festival have been announced, with recognized games including Hotline Miami, Little Inferno, and FTL: Faster than Light.
The list of nominees includes almost 30 independently developed games, culled from more 500 submissions.
Regardless of who picks up the awards, those winners will be in good company. Previous winners include Castle Crashers, Minecraft, and Braid.
Winners will be announced March 27 during the Game Developers Choice Awards. They'll be splitting almost $60,000 in prizes, with the Seumus McNally Grand Prize awarding the winner $30,000.
Here's the complete list of nominees.
Seumas McNally Grand Prize
Honorable mentions
- Gone Home (The Fullbright Company)
- Starseed Pilgrim (Droqen & Ryan Roth)
- Super Hexagon (Terry Cavanagh)
- The Stanley Parable (Galactic Cafe)
- Thirty Flights of Loving (Blendo Games)
Excellence in Visual Art
Honorable mentions
- Eleven (Christoffer Hedborg, Datahowler (Ross Edman))
- FLY'N (Ankama Play)
- Hundreds (Semi Secret feat. aeiowu)
- The Bridge (Ty Taylor and Mario Castaneda)
- Thomas Was Alone (Mike Bithell, David Housden and Danny Wallace)
Technical Excellence
Honorable mentions
- 140 (Jeppe Carlsen)
- Foldit (University of Washington)
- Gateways (Smudged Cat Games)
- Mobiloid (Monty Melby)
- Skulls Of The Shogun (17-BIT)
Excellence in Design
Honorable mentions
- Helix (Michael Brough)
- Hotline Miami (Dennaton Games)
- Little Inferno (Tomorrow Corporation)
- rymdkapsel (martin jonasson, grapefrukt games)
- Spaceteam (Henry Smith)
Excellence in Audio
Honorable mentions
- Dust: An Elysian Tail (Dean Dodrill - Creator and President, Humble Hearts LLC)
- FRACT OSC (Phosfiend Systems)
- Gone Home (The Fullbright Company)
- Little Inferno (Tomorrow Corporation)
- Thomas Was Alone (Mike Bithell, David Housden and Danny Wallace)
Excellence in Narrative
Honorable mentions
- 7 Grand Steps (Mousechief Co.)
- Analogue: A Hate Story (Christine Love)
- Goblet Grotto (thecatamites, j chastain, NEW VADERS)
- Papo & Yo (Minority Media)
- The Stanley Parable (Galactic Cafe)
Nuovo
Honorable mentions
- Frog Fractions (Twinbeard)
- Renga (wallFour)
- Starseed Pilgrim (Droqen & Ryan Roth)
- The Stanley Parable (Galactic Cafe)
- Thirty Flights of Loving (Blendo Games)
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