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Finalists of 2011 Independent Games Festival Announced

by Keith Sadler, posted on 03 January 2011 / 910 Views

Seumas McNally Grand Prize:

Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Frictional Games)
SpyParty (Chris Hecker)
Desktop Dungeons (QCF Design)
Minecraft (Mojang)
Nidhogg (Messhof)
Excellence In Visual Art
Bastion (Supergiant Games)
The Dream Machine (Cockroach)
Cave Story (2010 Edition) (Nicalis)
Bit.Trip Runner (Gaijin Games)
Hohokum (Honeyslug & Richard Hogg)
Technical Excellence
Minecraft (Mojang)
Confetti Carnival (SpikySnail Games)
Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Frictional Games)
Neverdaunt:8Bit (Robot Loves Kitty)
Miegakure (Marc Ten Bosch)
Excellence In Design
Desktop Dungeons (QCF Design)
Super Crate Box (Vlambeer)
Nidhogg (Messhof)
Faraway (Steph Thirion)
Minecraft (Mojang)
Excellence In Audio
Bastion (Supergiant Games)
Retro City Rampage (Vblank Entertainment)
Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Frictional Games)
Bit.Trip Beat (Gaijin Games)
Cobalt (Oxeye Game Studio)
Best Mobile Game
Shot Shot Shoot (Erik Svedang)
Colorbind (Nonverbal)
Helsing's Fire (Ratloop)
Solipskier (Mikengreg)
Halcyon (Stfj)

The winners will be revealed in a ceremony during the Game Developers Conference held in San Francisco on March 2 with a grand prize of $20,000. More on this story as it develops. List of finalists after the jump.

 

Seumas McNally Grand Prize:

Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Frictional Games)

SpyParty (Chris Hecker)

Desktop Dungeons (QCF Design)

Minecraft (Mojang)

Nidhogg (Messhof)

 

Excellence In Visual Art

Bastion (Supergiant Games)

The Dream Machine (Cockroach)

Cave Story (2010 Edition) (Nicalis)

Bit.Trip Runner (Gaijin Games)

Hohokum (Honeyslug & Richard Hogg)

 

Technical Excellence

Minecraft (Mojang)

Confetti Carnival (SpikySnail Games)

Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Frictional Games)

Neverdaunt:8Bit (Robot Loves Kitty)

Miegakure (Marc Ten Bosch)

 

Excellence In Design

Desktop Dungeons (QCF Design)

Super Crate Box (Vlambeer)

Nidhogg (Messhof)

Faraway (Steph Thirion)

Minecraft (Mojang)

 

Excellence In Audio

Bastion (Supergiant Games)

Retro City Rampage (Vblank Entertainment)

Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Frictional Games)

Bit.Trip Beat (Gaijin Games)

Cobalt (Oxeye Game Studio)

 

Best Mobile Game

Shot Shot Shoot (Erik Svedang)

Colorbind (Nonverbal)

Helsing's Fire (Ratloop)

Solipskier (Mikengreg)

Halcyon (Stfj)


2 Comments

hagelt18 (on 04 January 2011)

I'm all for Minecraft winning some awards because that game is without a doubt completely amazing. But I appreciate the diverse nominations in this listing as opposed to the other awards this year where the same games showed up over and over again.


elmerion (on 03 January 2011)

MINECRAFT MINECRAFT MINECRAFT MINECRAFT Im surprised they didnt give away everything to Minecraft since it is the best game released since Super Mario Bros Thumbs up if you think Minecraft music deserved more love