Papers, Please leads 2014 Independent Game Festival winners

Steven Hansen

Published: Mar 19, 2014 09:21 pm

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Papers, Please took the $30,000 Seumas McNally Grand Prize at this year’s IGF awards, joining last year’s Cart Life.

The other winners include Gorogoa (Excellence in Visual Art), Papers, Please (Excellence in Narrative), Papers, Please (Excellence in Design), Device 6 (Excellence in Audio), Risk of Rain (Best Student Game), The Stanley Parable (Audience Award), and Luxeria Superbia (Nuovo Award).

I’d have been cool with some more Samurai Gunn love, but I’m jazzed that Jazzpunk got nomination love. The full list of nominees and and honorable mentions is below. What was your favorite i๊ndie game of the last year?

Seumas McNally Grand Prize

(Galactic Cafe)
(Klei Entertainment)
(Necrophone Games)
(Lucas Pope) — Winner
(Simogo)
(Deirdra Kiai Productions)

Honorable mentions: (Brace Yourself Games), (Matt Thorson), (Squad), (🍌Michael Brough), and (Damian Sommer & Emily Carroll)ꦿ.

Excellence In Visual Art

(Simogo)
(Jason Roberts) — Winner
(Stoic)
(Arcane Kids)
(Amanita Design)
(Etter)

Honorable ment🐲ions: (Might & Delight), (17-BIT), (Facepalm Games), (Damian Sommer &a🦂mp; Emily Carroll), (Klei Entertainment)

Excellence In Narrative

(Damian Sommer & Emily Carroll)
(Paralect Team)
(Simogo)
(Deirdra Kiai Productions)
(Galactic Cafe)
(Lucas Pope) — Winner

Honorable mentions: (Blendo Games), (Jason Roberts), (The Tiniest Shark), (SFB Games), (Radial Games Corp༒. & Dejobaan Games)

Excellence In Design

(Matt Thorson)
(Michael Brough)
(Untame)
(Lucas Pope) — Winner
(Klei Entertainment)
(Brace Yourself Games)

Honorable mentions: (Stoic), (Arcane Kids), (Asher Vollmer, ꦍGreg Wohlwend & Jimmy Hinson), (Simogo), (Jason Roberts)

Excellence In Audio

(Amanita Design)
(Deirdra Kiai Productions)
(Galactic Cafe)
(Brace Yourself Games)
(Simogo) — Winner
(Damian Sommer & Emily Carroll)

Honorable mentions: (Alan Hazelden, Harry Lee & Ryan Rot🔯h), (Stoic), (Pixeljam), (N🔴ecrophone Games), (Klei Entertainment)

Nuovo Award

(Deirdra Kiai Productions)
(Tale of Tales) — Winner
(Lazy 8 Studios)
(Peter Lu and Lea Schönfelder)
(Robin Arnott)
(Lucas Pope)
(Paper Dino Software)
(Michael Brough)

Honorable mentions:🍬 (Might & Delight), (Simogo), (De🎉jobaan Games with Popcannibal), (SUPERHOT team), (Aaron A. Reed)

Awards

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