The moody and delightful journey Night within the Woods was named Best Independent Game on the Independent Games Festival Awards held March 21 in the course of the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.
Night within the Woods was certainly one of our favorites final yr, and you may see our complete list of the best games of 2017 here.
Between the Seumas McNally Grand Prize and the award for Excellence in Narrative, Night within the Woods builders Infinite Fall head residence from GDC $33,000 richer.
Night within the Woods options putting artwork and a memorable soundtrack, telling the story of Mae, a cat who returns to her rust-belt hometown after dropping out of faculty. It was developed following a profitable Kickstarter marketing campaign and launched February 21, 2017.
Here’s the full list of award winners, together with prize quantities:
- Excellence in Visual Art ($3,000)
Chuchel (Amanita Design) - Excellence in Audio ($3,000)
Uurnog Uurnlimited (Nifflas Games) - Excellence in Design ($3,000)
Baba Is You (Hempuli) - Excellence in Narrative ($3,000)
Night within the Woods (Infinite Fall) - Nuovo Award ($3,000)
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy (Bennett Foddy) - Best Student Game ($3,000)
Baba Is You (Hempuli) - Audience Award ($3,000)
Celeste (Celeste Team) - [email protected] Gaming for Everyone Award
SpecialEffect - alt.ctrl.GDC Award ($3,000)
Puppet Pandemonium - Seumas McNally Grand Prize ($30,000)
Night within the Woods (Infinite Fall)
You can discover extra details about the IGF on the organization’s official site.
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