Some time ago, the Independent Games Festival held its 23rd annual event. In the occasion, very many good games were awarded. To make the announcement even more broadly, the Independent Games Festival has announced the award nominations for 2021.
In the 2021 Independent Games Festival, there are seven different categories for each game. Like other awards, games in this 2021 festival will be selected for their audio excellence, design excellence, and so on.
Independent Games Festival 2021 Awards
For a complete list of the Independent Games Festival 2021 awards, you can find them below. The main winner in the event will get large prize money. As for the other category winners, they will get $ 2,000.
Seumas McNally Grand Prize
- Paradise Killer developed by Kaizen Game Works
- Teardown developed by Tuxedo Labs
- Chicory: A Colorful Tale developed by The Chicory Team
- Genesis Noir developed by Feral Cat Den
- Umurangi Generation developed by Origame Digital
- Spiritfarer developed by Thunder Lotus
Excellence In Audio
- Say No More! developed by Studio Fizbin
- Blind Dive developed by Lo-Fi People
- Sunlight developed by Krillbite Studio
- Genesis Noir developed by Feral Cat Den
- Spiritfarer developed by Thunder Lotus
- A Monster’s Expedition developed in partnership with Through Puzzling Exhibitions and Draknek & Friends.
The Best Student Game
- Vessels developed by Local Space Survey Corps, LLC
- Dorfromantik developed by Toukana Interactive
- Some Old Stuff developed by Hao Fan, Harry (Weizhong) Chen, Haku (Minyan Cai), and Emi Schaufeld
- Rainy Seasons developed by Inasa Fujio
- Symphoniz developed by Guillaume Roux, Nicolas Derio, Pierre Vrel, Guillaume Gille, Alexis Grand, Simon Larguier, Martin Lepretre, Corentin Pauvrasseau, Kilian Dufour, Alexandre Mansois, Quentin Vernet, Hicham Benrhannou, and Oliver Esman
- Hadr developed by Dominil Konecny of Atelier Duchu
Excellence In Design
- Teardown developed by Tuxedo Labs
- Disc Room developed by Kitty Calis, Jan Willem Nijman, Terri Vellmann, and Doseone
- Shady Part of Me developed by Douze Dixiemes
- There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension developed by Draw Me a Pixel
- Sign of Sojourner developed by Echodog Games
- A Monster’s Exhibitions developed in partnership with Through Puzzling Exhibitions and Draknek & Friends
Excellence In Narrative
- Lost Words: Beyond the Page developed by Sketchbook Games
- Across the Grooves developed by Nova-box
- Genesis Noir developed by Feral Cat Den
- Umurangi Generation developed by Origame Digital
- Haven developed by The Game Bakers
- In Other Waters developed by Jump Over the Age
Excellence In Visual Art
- Genesis Noir developed by Feral Cat Den
- Arrog developed in partnership with Hermanos Magia and Leap Game Studios
- In Other Waters by Jump Over the Age
- Shady Part of Me developed by Douze Dixiemes
- Call of the Sea developed by Out of the Blue
- Carto developed by Sunhead Games
Nuovo Award
- Blaseball developed by The Game Band
- Nightmare Temptation Academy developed by Lena NW & Coastcodreamgurl
- That Night, Steeped by Blood River developed by Taylor Swietanski
- Airplane Mode developed by Bacronym
- Welcome to Elk developed Triple Topping
- Umurangi Generation developed by Origame Digital
- Chasing Light developed by Vittgen Inc
- Kristallijn developed by Gael Bourhis
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