Vom 2. bis 6. März findet auch in diesem Jahr in San Francisco wieder das beliebte Independent Games Festival statt. Die diesjährigen Finalisten sind nun bekannt gegeben worden.
Die folgenden Titel dürfen sich für den 4. März Hoffnungen auf die begehrten Auszeichnungen machen:
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
