IGF 2010 Finalists

The indie games regiment ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) continues to arrive, and the next 12th festival of independent games has already put forward 301 + 192 games, which is a hundred and fifty more than last year. And the growth on the face - from developers, unlimited within the framework of publishing houses, more independent projects are coming out. In 2009, the Machinarium , Hammerfight, was released. Osmos, for example, became famous even without having a well-known developer in its parents. In 2010, there will be new aliens, and the CPT will have similar events.

Scumus McNally * Grand Prix (Seumas McNally Grand Prize):

• Joe Danger from Hello Games ( site , gameplay ekranka )
• Monaco from Pocketwatch Games ( trailer )
• Rocketbirds: Revolution! from Ratloop Asia Pte. Ltd. ( site / demo / game , trailer)
• Super Meat Boy! from Team Meat ( blog , trailer , previous game )
• Trauma by Krystian Majewski ( website , trailer )

^{* The Grand Prix is ​​named after the developer who won the same grand prize in 2000 for playing Tread Marks (he is also the designer of the DX-Ball games), died of Hodgkin's disease on March 21, 2000.}

Best Visual Design (Excellence in Visual Art):

• PLAYDEAD Limbo ( site with videos and screenshots )
• Owlboy from D-Pad Studio ( website , gameplay video )
• Rocketbirds: Revolution! from Ratloop Asia Pte. Ltd. ( site / demo / game , trailer )
• Shank from Klei Entertainment Inc. ( website , video demo )
• Trauma by Krystian Majewski ( website , trailer )

Best sound (Excellence in Audio):

• Closure by Closure Team ( website , flash alpha version , trailer )
• Rocketbirds: Revolution! from Ratloop Asia Pte. Ltd. ( site / demo / game , trailer )
• Shatter from Sidhe ( website , trailer )
• Super Meat Boy! from Team Meat ( blog , trailer , previous game )
• Trauma by Krystian Majewski ( website , trailer )

Best Design (Excellence in Design):

• Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa !!! - A Reckless Disregard For Gravity by Dejobaan Games, LLC ( site with demo , trailer )
• Cogs from Lazy 8 Studios ( site with demo , trailer
• Miegakure by Marc ten Bosch ( website )
• Monaco from Pocketwatch Games ( trailer )
• Star Guard like from Vacuum Flowers ( site with game , gameplay )

Innovation Award (Nuovo Award):

• A Slow Year by Ian Bogost ( game page )
• Closure by Closure Team ( website , flash alpha trailer version )
• Enviro-Bear 2000 from Justin Smith ( game download page , gameplay )
• Today I Die by Daniel Benmergui ( website with flash drive , video passage)
• Tuning from Cactus ( website , some gameplay video )

And Technical Excellence Award:

• Closure by Closure Team ( website , flash alpha trailer version )
• PLAYDEAD Limbo ( site with videos and screenshots )
• Heroes of Newerth by S2 Games ( website , video )
• Joe Danger from Hello Games ( website )
• Vessel from Strange Loop Games ( website , trailer )

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