Mutazione Rakes in Highest Number of IGF Award Nominations
The list of games nominated for IGF Awards, i.e. the most prestigious awards granted to independent games, was revealed. Titles such as Mutazione, Eliza, Slay the Spire and Untitled Goose Game will compete for the awards this year.
On March 18, the next edition of the Independent Games Festival will start, during which awards for the best indie productions will be handed out. For the time being, we've got a list of nominated titles.
The adventure game Mutazione, released in September this year on PC, PlayStation 4 and iOS, has a chance to get the most statuettes, as many as four. The game tells the story of a girl discovering the secrets of a resort inhabited by mutants.
In addition, Untitled Goose Game, Eliza, A Short Hike, Slay the Spire, Elsinore and Knights and Bikes received two nominations each. The winners will be announced on the opening day of the Festival, i.e. March 18th.
Seumas McNally Grand Prize
- Eliza (Zachtronics)
- A Short Hike. (Adam Robinson-Yu)
- Untitled Goose Game (House House)
- Mutazione (Die Gute Fabrik)
- Slay the Spire (Mega Crit Games)
- Anodyne 2: Return to Dust (Sean Han Tani & Marina Kittaka)
Excellence in Design
- Katana ZERO (Askiisoft)
- Lonely Mountains: Downhill (Megagon Industries)
- Slay the Spire (Mega Crit Games)
- A Short Hike. (Adam Robinson-Yu)
- Elsinore (Golden Glitch)
- Patrick's Parabox. (Patrick Traynor)
Excellence in Visual Art
- Mutazione (Die Gute Fabrik)
- Knights and Bikes (Foam Sword)
- Void Bastards (Blue Manchu)
- Creature in the Well (Flight School Studio)
- Eastward (Pixpil)
- Stone Story RPG (Martian Rex / standardcombo)
Excellence in Narrative
- Mutazione (Die Gute Fabrik)
- Heaven's Vault. (inches)
- Elsinore (Golden Glitch)
- Wide Ocean, Big Jacket. (Turnfollow)
- Eliza (Zachtronics)
- LIONKILLER (Sisi Jiang)
Excellence in Audio
- Observation (No Code)
- Vectronom (Ludopium)
- Astrologaster (Nyamyam)
- Knights and Bikes (Foam Sword)
- Mutazione (Die Gute Fabrik)
- Untitled Goose Game (House House)
Nuovo Award for the most abstract and unusual game
- Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1 (Cosmo D)
- Infini (Barnaque)
- The Space Between (Christoph Frey)
- Life Tastes Like Cardboard (Demensa)
- Promesa (Julián Palacios)
- Song of Bloom (Philipp Stollenmayer)
- The Longing (Studio Seufz)
- PAGAN: Autogens (Oleander Garden)
Best Student Game
- Orbital Bullet (SmokeStab)
- A Juggler's Tale (kaleidoscube)
- Forgotten (Mutiny Games)
- Neon Beats (OKYO Games)
- BORE DOME (Goblin rage)
- Nothing In Sight (Nothing In Sight Team)
