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Winners: 2011 Independent Games Festival Awards
The evening has drawn to a close and winners of the 2011 Independent Games Festival Awards announced. A handful of indie developers walked away tonight with a sizable monetary award and the pride of receiving accolades from fellow indie talent.
Winners are highlighted in red. Click the category to view our corresponding Indie Week coverage.
Excellence In Visual Art ($2,500 Prize)
Bastion
Bit.Trip Runner
Cave Story (2010
Edition)
The Dream
Machine
Hohokum
Honorable mentions: Retro City Rampage (Vblank Entertainment); Cobalt (Oxeye Game Studio); Faraway (Steph Thirion); Helsing's Fire (Ratloop); Flotilla (Blendo Games)
Technical Excellence ($2,500 Prize)
Amnesia: The
Dark Descent
Confetti
Carnival
Miegakure
Minecraft
Neverdaunt:8Bit
Honorable mentions: Cobalt (Oxeye Game Studio); Achron (Hazardous Software); Hazard: The Journey Of Life (Demruth); Overgrowth (Wolfire Games); Swimming Under Clouds (Piece Of Pie Studios)
Excellence In Design ($2,500 Prize)
Desktop Dungeons
Faraway
Minecraft
Nidhogg
Super Crate Box
Honorable mentions: Helsing's Fire (Ratloop); Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale (Carpe Fulgur); Flotilla (Blendo Games); Bo (Mahdi Bahrami); Brutally Unfair Tactics Totally OK Now [B.U.T.T.O.N.] (Copenhagen Game Collective)
Excellence in Audio ($2,500 Prize)
Amnesia: The
Dark Descent
Bastion
Bit.Trip Beat
Cobalt
Retro City
Rampage
Honorable mentions: Bit.Trip Runner (Gaijin Games); Cave Story (2010 Edition) (Nicalis); Jamestown (Final Form Games); NightSky (Nicalis); Planck (Shadegrown Games)
Best Mobile Game ($2,500 Prize)
Colorblind
Halcyon
Helsing's Fire
Shot Shot Shoot
Solipskier
Honorable mentions: Flick Kick Football (PikPok); Shibuya (Nevercenter); Spirits (Spaces Of Play); Tentacles (Press Play); Trainyard (Matt Rix)
Nuovo Award Finalists ($2,500 Prize)
Bohm
Brutally Unfair
Tactics Totally OK Now (B.U.T.T.O.N.)
The Cat and the
Coup
Dinner Date
Hazard: The
Journey Of Life
A House in
California
Loop Raccord
Nidhogg
Honorable Mentions: Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Frictional Games); Choice Of Broadsides (Choice Of Games); Faraway (Steph Thirion); Feign (Ian Snyder); Spy Party (Chris Hecker)
Seumas McNally Grand Prize ($20,000 Prize)
Amnesia: The
Dark Descent
Desktop Dungeons
Minecraft
Nidhogg
SpyParty
Honorable mentions: Neptune's Pride (Iron Helmet Games); Super Crate Box (Vlambeer); Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale (Carpe Fulgur); Bit.Trip Runner (Gaijin Games); Retro City Rampage (Vblank Entertainment)
Audience Award ($2,500 Prize)
Minecraft
Direct2Drive Award ($10,000 Prize)
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Best Student Game
Fract (Richard E. Flanagan)
Congratulations to everyone involved in tonight's festivities!
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