GDC: Minecraft wins top IGF award
Minecraft took top honors at this year's Independent Games Festival awards, snagging both the Seumas McNally Grand Prize for Best Independent Game,...
Minecraft took top honors at this year's Independent Games Festival awards, snagging both the Seumas McNally Grand Prize for Best Independent Game, and the Audience Award selected by the community.
Other notable recipients include BIT.TRIP RUNNER for Excellence in Visual Art, and Amnesia: The Dark Descent for Excellence in Audio, Technical Excellence, and the Direct2Drive Vision Award.
"This year's record number of entrants were some of the highest quality we've yet seen in the festival" said chairman Brandon Boyer in the announcement. "Congratulations to all the winners, who continue to raise the bar for what independent games can achieve."
This is the 13th year for the IGF awards, which has previously honored indie hits like Braid and World of Goo. Check out the full list of this year's winners below:
- Seumas McNally Grand Prize ($20,000)
- Minecraft, by Mojang
Nuovo Award ($5,000)
- Nidhogg, by Messhof
Excellence in Visual Art ($2,500)
- BIT.TRIP RUNNER, by Gaijin Games
Excellence in Audio ($2,500)
- Amnesia: The Dark Descent, by Frictional Games
Excellence in Design ($2,500)
- Desktop Dungeons, by QCF Design
Best Student Game ($2,500)
- FRACT, by University of Montreal
Technical Excellence ($2,500)
- Amnesia: The Dark Descent, by Frictional Games
Best Mobile Game ($2,500)
- Helsing's Fire, Ratloop
Audience Award ($2,500)
- Minecraft, by Mojang
Direct2Drive Vision Award ($10,000)
- Amnesia: The Dark Descent, by Frictional Games
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Comment on GDC: Minecraft wins top IGF award, by Steve Watts.
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There's just a good balance of self-reliance and freedom in the Survival mode. you have to do shit to make other shit, but it's also generally easy enough to do anything that you feel like you're always having fun. Then there are monsters to make you genuinely on edge because one or two slip ups near them and you're in trouble. If that doesn't make any sense it's because you have to play the game it's too different to sum up.