This year's nominees were selected from a list of over 400 entries, thanks to the hard work of our expert juries in each individual category (more on them here and here)-who chose the finalists after playing, discussing, and meticulously evaluating each of the games in consideration. As the Automaton Alma, players traverse a vast world searching for hidden passages, powerful weapons, and critical tools-while facing dire decisions in a race against time to save their friends from a tragic fate. Unsighted (Studio Pixel Punk): A sci-fi adventure where players' choices have powerful consequences.The Eternal Cylinder (ACE Team): Players control a herd of adorable creatures as they explore a strange alien world filled with exotic lifeforms and surreal environments-all while under the constant threat of the Cylinder, a gargantuan rolling structure of ancient origin that crushes everything in its path (also nominated for Excellence in Visual Art).Loop Hero (Four Quarters): Players help the brave hero to defeat the Lich that has thrown the world into a timeless loop by wielding an expanding deck of mystical cards, which place enemies and terrain to help challenge the hero and, in doing so, strengthen them.Cruelty Squad (Consumer Softproducts): A tactical first-person shooter where players are an emotionally dead combat-substance fueled grunt of Cruelty Squad, a depraved subsidiary company tasked with performing wetworks for its host conglomerate (also nominated for the Nuovo Award).Here are the other nominees for the Seumas McNally Grand Prize: The Independent Games Festival is part of GDC 2022, which will be held in-person in San Francisco and virtually from March 21-25. Quite differently, Unpacking is a zen game about the familiar experience of pulling possessions out of boxes and fitting them into a new home, learning clues about the person's life along the way. Inscryption is a genre-bending love letter to video games that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape room-style puzzles and psychological horror into a spooky package. Inscryption by Daniel Mullins Games and Unpackingby Witch Beam lead the pack with four nominations each: Excellence in Audio, Excellence in Design, Excellence in Narrative, and the Seumas McNally Grand Prize.
Organizers of the 2022 Game Developers Conference are thrilled to unveil this year's finalists for the 24th annual IGF Awards-part of the longest-running festival, summit, and showcase celebrating independent games and their creators.
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