The Independent Games Festival is happening soon and today we’re getting a look at the nomination for this year’s categories. In a year where indie games had another strong showing, matching strides with AAA game development, indie games were able to meet the need for remote work and acclimate easier to the situation.
IGF’s nominees are brimming with strong contenders this year but two games, in particular, are the talk of the festival: Inscryption and Unpacking both accruing four category nominations in excellence in audio, excellence in design, excellence in narrative, and, the Seumas McNally grand prize.
Excellence in Audio
- Toem (Something We Made)
- Unpacking (Witch Beam)
- Jett: The Far Shore (Superbrothers A/V + Pine Scented)
- Mini Motorways (Dinosaur Polo Club)
- Sable (Shedworks)
- Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games)
Excellence in Design
- Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games)
- Unpacking (Witch Beam)
- Overboard! (inkle)
- Strange Horticulture (Bad Viking)
- Webbed (Sbug Games)
- Midnight Protocol (LuGus Studios)
Excellence in Narrative
- Last Call (Nina Freeman and Jake Jefferies)
- Neurocracy (Playthroughline)
- Closed Hands (Passenger)
- Overboard! (inkle)
- Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games)
- Unpacking (Witch Beam)
Excellence in Visual Art
- The Eternal Cylinder (ACE Team)
- Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery (Silver Lining Studio)
- Papetura (Petums)
- Fuzz Dungeon (Jeremy Couillard)
- The Wild at Heart (Moonlight Kids)
- Jett: The Far Shore (Superbrothers A/V + Pine Scented)
Best Student Game
- Cai Cai Balão (Look Up Games)
- Abriss – build to destroy (Randwerk Games eG)
- Letter Lattice (Ethan Zarov)
- SmallLife (Yueqi Wu)
- Nainai’s Recipe (Fan Fang, Mai Hou)
- Live Adventure (Live Adventure Team)
Nuovo Award
- Memory Card (Lily Zone)
- Okthryssia and Saturnia’s Bureaucratic Adventures (Outlands)
- Space Hole 2020 (Sam Atlas)
- Tux and Fanny (Ghost Time Games)
- Cruelty Squad (Consumer Softproducts)
- Sparkles & Gems (Resnijars)
- Fuzz Dungeon (Jeremy Couillard)
- Cuccchi (Fantastico Studio)
Seumas McNally Grand Prize
- Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games)
- Unpacking (Witch Beam)
- Loop Hero (Four Quarters)
- The Eternal Cylinder (ACE Team)
- Cruelty Squad (Consumer Softproducts)
- Unsighted (Studio Pixel Punk)
