Monday, January 3, 2011

Finalists of the Independent Games Festival 2011

The best indie Come the official nominations for the Independent Games Festival finalists 2011 edition, an event that rewards the best indie projects out over the past year. These then are the candidates for each category, with clearly Minecraft and Amnesia: The Dark Descent in the head as regards the number of nominations an asset.

The awards will take place during the evening of March 2, 2011 within the GDC, please visit the official IGF for more information on each game. Seumas McNally Grand Prize Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Frictional Games) SpyParty (Chris Hecker) Desktop Dungeons (QCF Design) Minecraft (Mojang) Nidhogg (Messhof) Honorable mentions: Neptune's Pride (Iron Helmet Games) Super Crate Box (Vlambeer); Recette: An item shop's Tale (Carpe Fulgur) Bit.

Trip Runner (Gaijin Games) Retro City Rampage (Vblank Entertainment) Excellence In Visual Art Bastion (Supergiant Games) The Dream Machine (Cockroach) Cave Story (2010 Edition) (Nicalis) Bit. Trip Runner (Gaijin Games) Hohokum (Honeyslug & Richard Hogg) Honorable mentions: Retro City Rampage (Vblank Entertainment), Cobalt (oxeye Game Studio), Faraway (Steph Thirion); Helsing's Fire (Ratloop) Flotilla (Blend Games) Technical Excellence Minecraft (Mojang) Confetti Carnival (SpikySnail Games) Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Frictional Games) Neverdaunt: 8Bit (Robot Loves Kitty) Miegakure (Marc Ten Bosch) Honorable mentions: Cobalt (oxeye Game Studio); Achron (Hazardous Software) and Hazard : The Journey Of Life (Demruth) Overgrowth (Wolf Games) Swimming Under Clouds (Piece Of Pie Studios) Excellence In Design Desktop Dungeons (QCF Design) Super Crate Box (Vlambeer) Nidhogg (Messhof) Faraway (Steph Thirion) Minecraft ( Mojang) Honorable mentions: Helsing's Fire (Ratloop); Recette: An item shop's Tale (Carpe Fulgur) Flotilla (Blend Games), Bo (Mahdi Bahrami) Brutally Unfair Tactics Totally OK Now [BUTTON] (Copenhagen Game Collective) Excellence In Audio Bastion (Supergiant Games) Retro City Rampage (Vblank Entertainment) Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Frictional Games) Bit.

Trip Beat (Gaijin Games) Cobalt (oxeye Game Studio) Honorable mentions: Bit. Trip Runner (Gaijin Games) Cave Story (2010 Edition) (Nicalis) Jamestown (Final Form Games); NightSky (Nicalis) Planck (Shadegrown Games) Best Mobile Game Shot Shot Shoot (Erik Svedang) Colorbind (Nonverbal) Helsing's Fire (Ratloop) Solipskier (Mikengreg) Halcyon (Stfj) Honorable mentions: Flick Kick Football (PikPok), Shibuya (Nevercenter) Spirits (Of Play Spaces) Tentacles (Press Play); Trainyard (Matt Rix) In addition, there then candidate in the new category "New Award", which are as follows: Bohm, of monoband A House in California, Cardboard Computer Nidhogg of Messhof Dinner Date, of Stout Games Loop Coupler, Nicolai Troshinsky The Cat and the Coup, by Peter Brinson and Kurosh VaiaNejad Brutally Totally Unfair Tactics Now OK, Copenhagen Collective Game Hazard: The Journey of Life, by Demruth

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