Stuck in a gaming rut? Try playing some of the IGF 2020 finalists

Mutazione earned the most nominations

The next time you’re looking to branch out beyond your typical week-to-week video game backlog, consider poring over the finalists for the . The list is brimming with wonderful indie games – some you’ll recognize, others you won’t – and it’s a great place to start.

One of the games on my must-play list is , a garden-tending hang-out adventure from Die Gute Fabrik “where small-town gossip meets the supernatural.” It’s the most prevalent nominee this year, earning nods for the Grand Prize along with Excellence in Visual Art, Audio, and Narrative.

The IGF Awards will be hosted by Armello director Trent Kusters and on March 18, 2020. Aft💮er that ceremony wraps up, the night will continue with the Game Developers Choice ꦅAwards.

Let’s get into it. These are the Independent Games Festival finalists and runners-up for 2020:

Seumas McNally Grand Prize

• (Zachtronics)
• (Adam Robinson-Yu)
• (House House)
• (Die Gute Fabrik)
• (Mega Crit Games)
• (Sean Han Tani & Marina Kittaka)

Honorable Mentions: (Askiisoft); (Megagon Industries); (Philipp Stollenmayer); (Turnfollow); (Golden Glitch); (Nyamyam); (inkle)

Excellence in Visual Art

• (Die Gute Fabrik)
• (Foam Sword)
• (Blue Manchu)
• (Flight School Studio)
• (Pixpil)
• (Martian Rex / standardcombo)

Honorable Mentions: (Lantern Studio)🍸; (E🍷astshade Studios); (Studio Fizbin); (Askiisoft); (Philipp Stollenmayer); (Adam Robinson-Yu); (Amanita Design)

Excellence in Audio

• (No Code)
• (Ludopium)
• (Nyamyam)
• (Foam Sword)
• (Die Gute Fabrik)
• (House House)

Honorable Mentions: (Night School Studio); (Popcannibal); (William Chyr Studio); (Accidental Queens); (Don’t Look Team); (Megagon Industries); (Cosmo D)

Excellence in Design

• (Askiisoft)
• (Megagon Industries)
• (Mega Crit Games)
• (Adam Robinson-Yu)
• (Golden Glitch)
• (Patrick Traynor)

Honorable Mentions: (Sirvo Studios); (Andrea Interguglielmi); (Sleeping Beast Games); (Dead Mage); (Blue Manchu); (House Hou🥂se); (Flight School Studio)

Excellence in Narrative

• (Die Gute Fabrik)
• (inkle)
• (Golden Glitch)
• (Turnfollow)
• (Zachtronics)
• (Sisi Jiang)

Honorable Mentions: (Greg Buchanan); (Monkey Moon, BlackMuffin); (Nyamyam); (Adam Robinson-Yu); ! (Nicky Case); (No Code)

Nuovo Award

• (Cosmo D)
• (Barnaque)
• (Christoph Frey)
• (Demensa)
• (Julián Palacios)
• (Philipp Stollenmayer)
• (Studio Seufz)
• (Oleander Garden)

Honorable Mentions: (Nyamyam); (Golden Glitch); (Brent Ellison & Tanya X. Short); (Atsushi Wada, Ryoya Usuha, N❀obuaki Doi); (Brianඣ Wilson); (Gabe Lane and Yugo Limbo / LimboLane)

Best Student Game

• (SmokeStab)
• (kaleidoscube)
• (Mutiny Games)
• (OKYO Games)
• (Goblin rage)
• (Nothing In Sight Team)

Honorable Mentions: (Filip Loster); (Victor Selnæs Breum + Katinka); (Puzzsoft); (Brian Wilson); (Johannes Köberle & Arno 🐈Justus); (David Su and ✱Dominique Star)

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