Well, the 11th Annual Independent Games Festival is now officially over—my heartiest congratulations to all the winners and nominees! Especially Erik, who took home the Big Prize, as I thought he might.
Seumas McNally Grand Prize:
Blueberry Garden by Erik Svedang
Innovation (Nuovo) Award:
Between by Jason Rohrer
Excellence in Visual Art:
Machinarium by Amanita Design
Excellence in Audio:
BrainPipe by Digital Eel
Technical Excellence:
Cortex Command by Data Realms
Excellence in Design:
Musaic Box by KranX Productions
Best Student Game:
Tag: The Power of Paint by DigiPen (surprise surprise)
Audience Award:
Cortex Command by Data Realms
D2D Vision Award:
Osmos by Hemisphere Games
Another year of Scandinavian domination!
There are many more and wonderful things to be said, but I must sleep now.
P.S. Dan “Data” Tabar took home his first, long sought-after award tonight. Then took home another. Because of this he lost a bet with Kyle Gabler and had to take off his shirt on stage, displaying his ultra-ripped form to the audience, God, and national TV. (I swear, some of those muscles haven’t even been discovered yet!)
A TIGSOURCE EXCLUSIVE preview of this in the extended.
I cannot wait ’til footage of the awards gets uploaded.