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Competition Finalists Announced For 2011 Independent Games Festival

  • Thomas Oppong
  • Jan 3, 2011
  • 3 minute read

The Independent Games Festival (IGF) has announced the Main Competition finalists for the thirteenth annual presentation of its awards. All of the IGF finalists will be playable on the Expo show floor at the historic 25th Game Developers Conference (GDC), to be held at San Francisco’s Moscone Center February 28-March 4, 2011. In addition, nearly $50,000 of prizes in various categories, including the $20,000 Seumas McNally Grand Prize will be awarded to these games at the Independent Games Festival Awards on the evening of March 2 immediately preceding the acclaimed Game Developers Choice Awards.

The full list of finalists for the 2011 Independent Games Festival, with jury-picked ‘honorable mentions’ to those top-quality games that didn’t quite make it to finalist status, is as follows:

Seumas McNally Grand Prize
Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Frictional Games)
  • http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2011.php?id=141
Desktop Dungeons (QCF Design)
  • http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2011.php?id=385
Minecraft  (Mojang)
  • http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2011.php?id=94
Nidhogg (Messhof)
  • http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2011.php?id=271
SpyParty (Chris Hecker)
  • http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2011.php?id=359
Honorable mentions:
  • Bit.Trip Runner (Gaijin Games); Neptune’s Pride (Iron Helmet Games); Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale (Carpe Fulgur); Retro City Rampage (Vblank Entertainment); Super Crate Box (Vlambeer)
Excellence In Visual Art
Bastion (Supergiant Games)
  • http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2011.php?id=296
Bit.Trip Runner (Gaijin Games)
  • http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2011.php?id=27
Cave Story (2010 Edition) (Nicalis)
  • http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2011.php?id=21
The Dream Machine (Cockroach)
  • http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2011.php?id=246
Hohokum (Honeyslug & Richard Hogg)
  • http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2011.php?id=275
Honorable mentions:
  • Cobalt (Oxeye Game Studio); Faraway (Steph Thirion); Flotilla (Blendo Games); Helsing’s Fire (Ratloop); Retro City Rampage (Vblank Entertainment)
Technical Excellence
Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Frictional Games)
  • http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2011.php?id=141
Confetti Carnival (SpikySnail Games)
  • http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2011.php?id=262
Miegakure (Marc ten Bosch)
  • http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2011.php?id=88
Minecraft (Mojang)
  • http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2011.php?id=94
Neverdaunt:8Bit (Robot Loves Kitty)
  • http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2011.php?id=239
Honorable mentions:
  • Achron (Hazardous Software); Cobalt (Oxeye Game Studio); Hazard: The Journey Of Life (Demruth); Overgrowth (Wolfire Games); Swimming Under Clouds (Piece of Pie Studios)
Excellence In Design
Desktop Dungeons (QCF Design)
  • http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2011.php?id=385
Faraway (Steph Thirion)
  • http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2011.php?id=410
Minecraft (Mojang)
  • http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2011.php?id=94
Nidhogg (Messhof)
  • http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2011.php?id=271
Super Crate Box (Vlambeer)
  • http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2011.php?id=248
Honorable mentions:
  • Bo (Mahdi Bahrami); Brutally Unfair Tactics Totally OK Now [B.U.T.T.O.N.] (Copenhagen Game Collective); Flotilla (Blendo Games); Helsing’s Fire (Ratloop); Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale (Carpe Fulgur)
Excellence In Audio
Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Frictional Games)
  • http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2011.php?id=141
Bastion (Supergiant Games)
  • http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2011.php?id=296
Bit.Trip Beat (Gaijin Games)
  • http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2011.php?id=476
Cobalt (Oxeye Game Studio)
  • http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2011.php?id=256
Retro City Rampage (Vblank Entertainment)
  • http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2011.php?id=371
Honorable mentions:
  • Bit.Trip Runner (Gaijin Games); Cave Story (2010 Edition) (Nicalis); Jamestown (Final Form Games); NightSky (Nicalis); Planck (Shadegrown Games)
Best Mobile Game
Colorblind (Nonverbal)
  • http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2011.php?id=280
Halcyon (Stfj)
  • http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2011.php?id=433
Helsing’s Fire (Ratloop)
  • http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2011.php?id=123
Shot Shot Shoot (Erik Svedang)
  • http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2011.php?id=298
Solipskier (Mikengreg)
  • http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2011.php?id=259
Honorable mentions:
  • Flick Kick Football (PikPok); Shibuya (Nevercenter); Spirits (Spaces Of Play); Tentacles (Press Play); Trainyard (Matt Rix)
Thomas Oppong

Founder at Alltopstartups and author of Working in The Gig Economy. His work has been featured at Forbes, Business Insider, Entrepreneur, and Inc. Magazine.

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