The contenders for the 12th Annual Independent Games Festival awards have been announced today -- you can find the full list of finalists after the jump. In addition to the Seamus McNally Grand Prize (nominees for which include Joe Danger and Super Meat Boy), there are specialized categories recognizing excellence in art, design, audio, and technical achievement. There's also the Nuovo Award, which honors "abstract, shortform, and unconventional game development." Previous winners of the Nuovo include N+ co-creator Mare Sheppard and Passage developer Jason Rohrer.
We find ourselves particularly invested in this year's awards show, as -- deep breath now -- AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! -- A Reckless Disregard For Gravity was nominated for Excellence in Design. We've got, like, a million jokes we still want to make about that game title, but we're running out of opportunities to do so.
Seumas McNally Grand Prize:
Joe Danger (Hello Games)
Monaco (Pocketwatch Games)
Rocketbirds: Revolution! (Ratloop Asia)
Trauma (Krystian Majewski)
Super Meat Boy! (Team Meat)
Excellence In Visual Art
Shank (Klei Entertainment)
Owlboy (D-Pad Studios)
Trauma (Krystian Majewski)
Limbo (Playdead)
Rocketbirds: Revolution! (Ratloop Asia)
Excellence In Design
Miegakure (Marc Ten Bosch)
Star Guard (Sparky)
AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! -- A Reckless Disregard For Gravity (Dejobaan Games)
Monaco (Pocketwatch Games)
Cogs (Lazy 8 Studios)
Excellence In Audio
Super Meat Boy! (Team Meat)
Shatter (Sidhe)
Closure (Closure Team)
Rocketbirds: Revolution! (Ratloop Asia)
Trauma (Krystian Majewski)
Technical Excellence
Closure (Closure Team)
Limbo (Playdead)
Heroes Of Newerth (S2 Games)
Joe Danger (Hello Games)
Vessel (Strange Loop Games)
Nuovo Award
Today I Die (Daniel Benmergui)
A Slow Year (Ian Bogost)
Tuning (Cactus)
Closure (Closure Team)
Enviro-Bear 2000 (Justin Smith)
Reader Comments (4)
Posted: Jan 4th 2010 11:49AM Petebot330 said
I wish more of these types of games would show up on XBLA...either in the indie section or as an arcade title.
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Posted: Jan 4th 2010 12:22PM (Unverified) said
HoN isn't even out yet, granted it is in a fully playable and very popular beta phase, but still :p
Ah well, i love it and its nice to see it nominated.
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Ah well, i love it and its nice to see it nominated.
Posted: Jan 4th 2010 1:45PM GennosukeSama said
is it me, or does that guy kinda look like mugen from the anime samurai champloo?
http://www.granateseed.com/futilepodcast/wp-content/uploads/5blarge5d5banimepaper5dwallpapers_samurai-champloo_helix-designs1_6__thisres__53254.jpg
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http://www.granateseed.com/futilepodcast/wp-content/uploads/5blarge5d5banimepaper5dwallpapers_samurai-champloo_helix-designs1_6__thisres__53254.jpg
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