IGF 2024 finalists are yet again more proof that RPS is right about everything
rockpapershotgun.comThe Independent Games Festival awards - aka: the only awards that are actually worth paying attention to - have announced the finalists for their 2024 cohort, and wouldn't you know it, there are lots of RPS-endorsed games in there, lemme tell ya. Cooking adventure Venba leads the pack with a total of four nominations, but it's closely followed by Cocoon, A Highland Song, Mediterranea Inferno and 1000xResist, all of which have scooped three noms apiece.
The IGF Awards is always one of my favourite times of the year, as it's consistently done great work highlighting interesting games and the hidden gems that might have flown under your radar. I'm particularly pleased to see some of my personal favs from 2023 make the cut here (hello Cobalt Core, The Wreck, and an honourable mention for Let's! Revolution!). As always, though, the winners for each category will be selected by a jury of game developers, and announced during the Game Developers Conference on March 20th.
Here's the full list of nominees:
Seumas McNally Grand Prize
Honorable Mentions:
Chants of Sennaar (Rundisc/Focus Entertainment), Final Profit: A Shop RPG (Brent Arnold), Goodbye Volcano High (KO_OP), In Stars and Time (insertdisc5/Armor Games Inc), Rhythm Doctor (7th Beat Games, indienova), Tchia (Awaceb/Kepler Interactive), The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood (Deconstructeam/Devolver Digital)
Best Student Game
Honorable Mentions:
A Day With Mochi (San Felicete Studio/Rubika Supinfogame), Barkane: The Folds of Calamity (Chase O'Brien & VGDev), Birds Aren't Real: The Game (USC Games), Cyberside Picnic (Michael Luo/Cathode Radiator), Entangled (Fibula Studio), Lime Juice (Benbees), Re:Fresh (Merge Conflict Studio)
Excellence in Audio
Honorable Mentions:
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