26th Annual IGF Awards Nominees Announced
The 26th annual Independent Games Festival Awards (IGF for short) has announced the categories and nominees for the upcoming show. The ceremony will be livestreamed on March 19 at 6:30 PM PT / 9:30 PM ET via the Game Developers Conference (GDC) Twitch channel. GDC attendees can take part in the in-person event regardless of pass level.
There are six games being considered for the Seumas Mcnally Grand Prize, including Caves of Qud, Consume Me, Despelote, Indika, Thank Goodness You're Here!, and UFO 50. This year's nominees were selected from a list of almost 500 entries, which shows in the range of games across the categories. If you've been eager to find your next indie darling, the nominees are listed below.
Best Student Game
- A Dual Ascent
- DisplaceMen
- Growth Spurt: A Meandering Intermission into the Afterhours of a Miscalculation
- Slow Waste
- The WereCleaner
- Year Unknown
Excellence in Audio
- Anger Foot
- Despelote
- Indika
- Oddada
- Thank Goodness You're Here!
- Utopia Must Fall
Excellence in Design
- Balatro
- Blue Prince
- Caves of Qud
- Consume Me
- Pacific Drive
- Tactical Breach Wizards
Excellence in Narrative
- Caves of Qud
- Closer the Distance
- Consume Me
- Despelote
- Indika
- No Case Should Remain Unsolved
Excellence in Visual Arts
- Children of the Sun
- Consume Me
- Hauntii
- Judero
- Nine Sols
- Thank Goodness You're Here!
Nuovo Award
- Consume Me
- Despelote
- Extreme Evolution: Drive to Divinity
- Ginger
- Individualism in the dead-internet age: an anti-big tech asset flip shovelware rant manifesto
- Starship Home
- Tapeçaria
- The Exit 8
Seumas Mcnally Grand Prize
- Caves of Qud
- Consume Me
- Despelote
- Indika
- Thank Goodness You're Here!
- UFO 50
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