Here are your Independent Games Festival finalists
That headline probably goes without saying, but it’s true! The indie scene brought some genuinely great games in 2018 that will continue to stick with us for years to come. Look no further than the2019 Independent Games Festival, which rounded up its finalists this week. That’s a good starting point.
The list also serves as a gentle nudge for me to check out games I’m liable to foolishly let slip by. I need to pencil inHypnospace Outlaw, a peculiar yet heartfelt ’90s internet simulator fever dream.
It seems remarkably likely thatPapers, PleasecreatorLucas Pope will find his way back onto the award show stage. His latest title, the ship-bound murder-mystery adventureReturn of the Obra Dinn, is up for awards in not only Audio, Design, Visual Art, and Narrative, but also the Seumas McNally Grand Prize.
We’ll see what’s what when the IGF Awards kick off at 6:30pm Pacific on March 20. The ceremony is the same night as the Game Developers Choice Awards and it’ll be led by80 Dayswriter Meg Jayanth.
Here’s the full list of finalists and runners-up:
Hypnospace Outlaw(JayTholen, MikeLasch,XalavierNelson Jr., Corey Cochran)
Do Not Feed the Monkeys(FictioramaStudios)
Honorable Mentions:Wandersong(GregLobanov& A Shell in the Pit);Subnautica(Unknown Worlds Entertainment);Mirror Drop(IanLilley);Moss(Polyarc);Unavowed(WadjetEye Games);Iconoclasts(JoakimSandberg);Virtual Virtual Reality(Tender Claws);Beat Saber(Beat Games)
Mirror Drop(IanLilley)
Return of the Obra Dinn(Lucas Pope)
Honorable Mentions:Beat Saber(Beat Games);Wandersong(GregLobanov& A Shell in the Pit);Subnautica(Unknown Worlds Entertainment);Moss(Polyarc);Iconoclasts(JoakimSandberg);Guildlings(SirvoStudios);Paratopic(Arbitrary Metric)
Dicey Dungeons(TerryCavanagh,Chipzel, and MarloweDobbe)
Opus Magnum(Zachtronics)
Honorable Mentions:Subnautica(Unknown Worlds Entertainment);Carto(SunheadGames);Black Room(CassieMcQuater);JUMPGRID(IanMacLarty);Mirror Drop(IanLilley);Hypnospace Outlaw(JayTholen, MikeLasch,XalavierNelson Jr., Corey Cochran);Beat Saber(Beat Games)
Honorable Mentions:Do Not Feed The Monkeys(FictioramaStudios);The Hex(Daniel Mullins Games)
Speed Dating for Ghosts(CopychaserGames);after HOURS(BahiyyaKhan, ClaireMeekel, TimFlusk, AbiMeekel);Fortune-499(AP Thomson);Marie’s Room(like Charlie);Tango: The Adventure Game(GualichoGames)
Nth Dimension[al] Hiking(Zachariah Chandler)
Honorable Mentions:All Our Asias(Sean HanTani);Hypnospace Outlaw(JayTholen, MikeLasch,XalavierNelson Jr., Corey Cochran);Cyberpet Graveyard(alienmelon);levedad(solimporta);Subserial Network(Aether Interactive);macdows 95(gamebra.in);The Norwood Suite(Cosmo D);Nerve Damage(Dennis Carr)
levedad(solimporta)
Sole(Gossamer Games)
Honorable Mentions:We Should Talk(HeartBeetStudio);Coffin Rot Brewing Co.(Rosser-McGrawStudio);Fling to the Finish(SplitSideGames);Indecision.(BilgeKaan);Seasons(David Su and Dominique Star);supertype(PhilippStollenmayer);Atlas’ Fate: Between Light and Darkness(Baby Robot Games);Marbloid(Supyrb)
2019 Independent Games Festival reveals this year’s finalists![IGF]
