Produced and hosted by the GDC Festival of Gaming, the 28th annual Independent Games Festival (IGF) Award winners have been revealed.
This award ceremony sets out to honor the most innovative and excellent independent games of the past year, along with the creators behind them.
The full list of the 28th Annual IGF Award winners can be found below:
Best Student Game
Poco (Whalefall, Micah Boursier)
Excellence in Design
Titanium Court (AP Thomson, Fellow Traveller)
Excellence in Visual Art
Eclipsium (Housefire, CRITICAL REFLEX)
Excellence in Audio
Baby Steps (Gabe Cuzzillo, Maxi Boch, Bennett Foddy, Devolver Digital)
Audience Award
Wednesdays (Pierre Corbinais, The Pixel Hunt, exaheva, Christophe Galati, ARTE France)
alt.ctrl.GDC Award
ProyectoEXO (Todo Normal)
WINGS Award
13Z: The Zodiac Trials (Mixed Realms Pte Ltd)
Excellence in Narrative
Perfect Tides: Station to Station (Three Bees)
Nuovo Award
HORSES (Andrea Lucco Borlera, Santa Ragione)
Seumas McNally Grand Prize
Titanium Court (AP Thomson, Fellow Traveller)
Learn more via the official IGF website.
Running through March 13 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, those feeling social can stay connected around the GDC Festival of Gaming via its official Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, and Bluesky social media channels.
Source: Press Release
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