Die 17. Ausgabe des Independent Games Festivals und die Verleihung der Auszeichnungen findet am 4. März statt.
Seumas McNally Grand Prize:
80 DAYS
Invisible, Inc.
Metamorphabet
Outer Wilds
The Talos Principle
This War of Mine
Honorable mentions: Donut County (Ben Esposito); Endless Legend (Amplitude Studios); Killer Queen (Joshua DeBonis & Nikita Mikros); Shovel Knight (Yacht Club Games); The Sailor's Dream (Simogo); and The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (The Astronauts).
Excellence in Visual Arts:
Donut County
else Heart.Break()
Lumino City
Memory of a Broken Dimension
Metamorphabet
Oquonie
Honorable mentions: Crawl (Powerhoof); Future Unfolding (Spaces of Play); Hyper Light Drifter (Heart Machine); Mini Metro (Dinosaur Polo Club); The Sailor's Dream (Simogo); and The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (The Astronauts).
Excellence in Design:
80 DAYS
FRAMED
Invisible, Inc.
Killer Queen
Outer Wilds
The Talos Principle
Honorable mentions: Desert Golfing (Captain Games); Dungeon of the Endless (Amplitude Studios); Endless Legend (Amplitude Studios); Helix (Michael Brough); Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (Steel Create Games); and Mini Metro (Dinosaur Polo Club).
Excellence in Audio:
Ephemerid: A Musical Adventure
Phonopath
Shovel Knight
The Sailor's Dream
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Thumper
Honorable mentions: Deep Under the Sky (Rich Edwards and Colin Northway); FOTONICA (Santa Ragione); Goat Simulator (Coffee Stain Studios); Hotline Miami 2 (Dennaton); Nuclear Throne (Vlambeer); and Smash Hit (Mediocre).
Excellence in Narrative:
80 DAYS
Coming Out Simulator 2014
Ice-Bound: A Novel of Reconfiguration
PRY
This War of Mine
Three Fourths Home
Honorable mentions: Curtain (Llaura, dreamfeeel); Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) (Upper One Games / E-Line Media); Outer Wilds (Team Outer Wilds); The Fall (Over The Moon); The Sailor's Dream (Simogo); and The Talos Principle (Croteam).
Nuovo Award:
BECOME A GREAT ARTIST IN JUST 10 SECONDS
Bounden
Desert Golfing
Elegy for a Dead World
how do you Do It?
Plug & Play
Rooftop Cop
Tetrageddon Games
Honorable mentions: Curtain (Llaura, dreamfeeel); Ice-Bound: A Novel of Reconfiguration (Down to the Wire); International Jetpack Conference (Rob Dubbin and Allison Parrish); Outer Wilds (Team Outer Wilds); Phonopath (Kevin Regamey); and Push Me Pull You (House House).
"Kandidaten für den diesjährigen IGF Award wurden von einer Gruppe angesehener Persönlichkeiten aus verschiedenen Bereichen der Spielindustrie gespielt, begutachtet und bewertet. Die Expertenjury für jede Kategorie wählte dann aus den fast 650 IGF Teilnehmern die Finalisten für die Preisverleihung aus."