IGF finalists Smash a Frozen Fez To the Moon (from a cave)
The 14th annual Independent Game Festival finalists have been announced, and this year's finalists are indie-licious (yum). Titles include pop-indie hits Fez, Frozen Synapse, Spelunky and Atom Zombie Smasher, as well as some of our own understated favorites, such as Freebird Games' To the Moon.
The winner of the Seumas McNally Grand Prize receives $30,000, the winner of the Nuovo Award for "abstract, shortform and unconventional game development" gets $5,000, and all other category winners receive $3,000. The awards will take place March 7 at GDC. Check out the entire list of finalists right here:
Seumas McNally Grand Prize:
Dear Esther
FEZ
Frozen Synapse
Johann Sebastian Joust
Spelunky
Excellence In Visual Art
Botanicula
Dear Esther
Lume
Mirage
Wonderputt
Technical Excellence
Antichamber
Fez
Prom Week
Realm of the Mad God
Spelunky
Excellence In Design
Atom Zombie Smasher
English Country Tune
Frozen Synapse
Gunpoint
Spelunky
Excellence in Audio
Botanicula
Dear Esther
Pugs Luv Beats
To the Moon
Waking Mars
Best Mobile Game
ASYNC Corp.
Beat Sneak Bandit
Faraway
Ridiculous Fishing
Waking Mars
Nuovo Award Finalists:
At a Distance
Dear Esther
Fingle
GIRP
Johann Sebastian Joust
Proteus
Storyteller
WAY