The results are in from the Independent Games Festival. Both Night in the Woods and Baba is You have landed major victories at the 2018 IGF Awards. Going into the awards, both titles held several nominations across multiple categories. Night in the Woods, a story-focused adventure…
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Thinking back on our first experiences with games we always begin by learning the rules. We learn how to move our character and properly interact with our environment. We’re shown the hazards of the worlds and how to progress safely to the next objective. Much…
When the credits rolled at the end of my first Night In The Woods playthrough, the feeling of clarity was almost surreal. As a 20-something with my own history of struggles with mental health and finding a way through life, the game had struck a…
There can only be one winner of the Independent Games Festival’s Seumas McNally Grand Prize, and none of this year’s nominees are going down without a fight. From smash hit adventure games to imaginative RPG experiences, 2017 was a year chalk-full of phenomenal indie titles,…
Sometimes, a game does more than give us an enjoyable experience, helping us see the medium in an entirely new way. Each year, the Independent Games Festival tries to recognize titles which execute ideas in novel or revolutionary ways. Maybe they offer a narrative which…
As a student, some of my favourite games included using ketchup instead of pasta sauce, writing essays based on Wikipedia entries, and losing my will to live on a daily basis. I thought I was pretty big deal for getting out with a degree, but…
This past year was a phenomenal one for artistic video games, so its no surprise there are such strong contenders for the Independent Gaming Festival’s Excellence in Visual Art award. From rubber hose cartoon animation to decadent alien temples, serene autumnal town streets to fractured…
Soundtracks, eh? Sound. Tracks. Them old ear ticklers. Those good time, toe tapping, hip jiving noisy noisy sound casseroles. Those hullabaloo rockets that launch themselves right into your brain and make you say “Now this is a racket that really butters my bread, Joe”. What…
Here is a nice poem about design: Design, Design. All up in your mind. You use your mind, to make designs. Beautiful. I literally cannot stop crying. Here’s the nominees for the IGF 2018 Excellence in Design category. Into the Breach In our hands-on preview…
Here is an example of a bad story: Once, there was a frog that wanted a bowl of cereal. The cereal he wanted was expensive, but he had no money because he was frog, and frogs are staunchly anti-capitalist. He stole the cereal, and had…
The Independent Games Festival has revealed their finalists for the 2018 main competition. In a post to the festival’s main website, IGF revealed their nominees for their 2018 awards ceremony, scheduled for March 21, 2018 during the Game Developer’s conference in San Francisco, California. Of…
Each year, the Independent Games Festival (IGF) holds a prestigious awards ceremony celebrating the best in indie games. And with the 18th annual festival taking place at this year’s Game Developer’s Conference, it’s also nice to see that quite a few award nominees have Kickstarter roots….
While adventuring as anthropomorphic dice in the Dicey Dungeons demo at E3 2019 via the Indiecade showcase, players were also treated to a superb chiptune beat. In an interview with Gamasutra, designer Terry Cavanagh said that the game’s composer and sound designer Chipzel (also known…
Popping with color, Dicey Dungeons caught the attention of players at the IndieCade showcase during E3 2019. Developed by designer Terry Cavanagh (Super Hexagon), musician Chipzel (Interstellaria, Spectra), and artist Marlowe Dobbe (Lost Wage Rampage, The World Next Door), Dicey Dungeons is an amalgamation of…
Entering its 25th year, E3 2019 featured massive AAA demos, displays, and reveals. Square Enix’s demonstration booth for Final Fantasy VII Remake featured a replica of a Mako reactor with actual smoke drifting out of the top. The massive crowds are just part of the…
It’s awards season for games too, and while the Game Awards took place last December, and the Game Developers Choice Awards and Independent Games Festival awards are scheduled for next month at the Game Developers Conference, the 46th Annie Awards honored games last Saturday at…