Night within the Woods wins IGF grand prize at GDC

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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.