IGF 2019 nominees announced (will Obra Dinn win in every category?)

[benzopil]

Well, except Nuovo Awards and Best Student Game

https://gdconf.com/news/2019-independent-games-festival-reveals-main-competition-finalists

Seumas McNally Grand Prize

Minit (Kitty Calis, Jan Willem Nijman, Jukio Kallio & DominikJohann)
Opus Magnum (Zachtronics)
Noita (Nolla Games)
Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope)
Hypnospace Outlaw (Jay Tholen, Mike Lasch, Xalavier Nelson Jr., Corey Cochran)
Do Not Feed the Monkeys (Fictiorama Studios)


Excellence in Visual Art

Forgotton Anne (ThroughLine Games)
Alto's Odyssey (Team Alto)
Hypnospace Outlaw (Jay Tholen, Mike Lasch, Xalavier Nelson Jr., Corey Cochran)
Just Shapes & Beats (Berzerk Studio)
Mirror Drop (Ian Lilley)
Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope)


Excellence in Audio

ETHEREAL (Nonsense Arts - Nicolás Recabarren and TomásBatista)
Hypnospace Outlaw (Jay Tholen, Mike Lasch, Xalavier Nelson Jr., Corey Cochran)
Moss (Polyarc)
Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope)
Alto's Odyssey (Team Alto)
Paratopic (Arbitrary Metric)


Excellence in Design

What the Golf? (Triband)
Do Not Feed the Monkeys (Fictiorama Studios)
Noita (Nolla Games)
Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope)
Dicey Dungeons (Terry Cavanagh, Chipzel, and Marlowe Dobbe)
Opus Magnum (Zachtronics)


Excellence in Narrative

Wandersong (Greg Lobanov & A Shell in the Pit)
Genital Jousting (Free Lives)
Unavowed (Wadjet Eye Games)
Seers Isle (Nova-box)
Watch Me Jump (Jeremy Gable)
Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope)


Nuovo Award

Circle0 (yesyes)
eCheese Zone (Seemingly Pointless)
Noita (Nolla Games)
Mirror Drop (Ian Lilley)
Black Room (Cassie McQuater)
Paratopic (Arbitrary Metric)
Do Not Feed the Monkeys (Fictiorama Studios)
Nth Dimension[al] Hiking (Zachariah Chandler)


Best Student Game

It's Paper Guy! (Paper Team)
Grace Bruxner Presents: The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game (Grace Bruxner)
After HOURS (Bahiyya Khan, Claire Meekel, Tim Flusk, Abi Meekel)
En Garde! (En Garde! Team)
levedad (solimporta)
Sole (Gossamer Games)

 

[Deleted member 39587]

Yay for Paratopic!

 

[Aaron D.]

I need to bookmark this thread for leads on future purchases.

 

[PeterVenkman]

Hey @ Minit for grand prize! Good shit. I will admit, seeing Noita on a list made me think it had a stealth release and I missed it.

 

[Mike Rose]

I hope not! I love Obra Dinn, but hoping Lucas leaves an award for us with Hypnospace haha

 

[collige]

Genital Jousting has an excellent narrative? Did I miss something?

 

[Timeaisis]

Where is Spy Party in the excellence in design category

 

[Canucked]

I need to look into this Obra Dinn game. I put it on my list after seeing the GOTY thread.

 

[PeterVenkman]

I hope not! I love Obra Dinn, but hoping Lucas leaves an award for us with Hypnospace haha

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+1 for catching my interest/wishlist. What all do you submit to IGF if a game isn't released yet, out of curiosity?

 

[benzopil]

I hope not! I love Obra Dinn, but hoping Lucas leaves an award for us with Hypnospace haha

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Good luck!

 

[signal]

Shoutouts to Black Room.

 

[shoptroll]

I'm so happy to see Unavowed got a nomination for narrative and an honorable mention for the grand prize. About damn time that development team got some recognition.

 

[Vimes]

Genital Jousting has an excellent narrative? Did I miss something?

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I heard this talked about, IIRC, by Laura Dale on Podquisition. Apparently they added a story mode that becomes a feel-good deconstruction of toxic masculinity. Kind of a pleasant surprise given what the game is at face value.

 

[SapientWolf]

Did Gris not enter for the Visual Art award? Obra Dinn is probably taking it.

And I thought Just Shapes and Beats would have been a shoe in for Excellence in Audio but it's not even a nominee.

 

[More_Badass]

All those nominations for Noita are making the wait even harder