Venba leads Independent Games Festival (IGF) 2024 award nominations – GamesHub

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Informa Tech, the organisers behind the annual Game Developers Conference (GDC) have officially revealed the finalists for the 2024 Independent Games Festival (IGF) Awards, which celebrate the artistry and storytelling of independently-created games.
Leading the nominations for this year’s show is Venba from Visai Games, a narrative adventure exploring the importance of family and cooking from the perspective of an Indian mother. Other games which nabbed multiple nominations include 1000xRESIST by Fellow Traveller, A Highland Song by Inkle, Anthology of the Killer by Thecatamites, COCOON by Annapurna Interactive, and Mediterranea Inferno by Santa Ragione.
Here’s the full list of finalists for the 2024 Independent Games Festival Awards.
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
A Day With Mochi (San Felicete Studio / Rubika Supinfogame), Barkane: The Folds of Calamity (Chase O’Brien & VGDev), Birds Aren’t Real: The Game (USC Games), Cyberside Picnic (Michael Luo / Cathode Radiator), Entangled (Fibula Studio), Lime Juice (Benbees), Re:Fresh (Merge Conflict Studio)
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
Anthology of the Killer (Thecatamites, Tommy Tone, A. Degen / Thecatamites), El Paso, Elsewhere (Strange Scaffold), Let’s! Revolution! (Antfood, BUCK / Hawthorn Games, BUCK), Planet of Lana, (Wishfully / Thunderful Publishing), Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical (Summerfall Studios / Humble Games)
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
20 Small Mazes (FLEB), Peaks of Yore (Anders Grube Jensen / TraipseWare), Price of Flight (WATERBOX), Timberborn (Mechanistry)
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
Goodbye Volcano High (KO_OP), Saltsea Chronicles (Die Gute Fabrik / Die Gute Fabrik), Slay the Princess (Black Tabby Games), Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical (Summerfall Studios / Humble Games) The Archivist and the Revolution (Autumn Chen)
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
30 Birds (RAM Games, Ram Ram, Business Goose Studios / Ram Ram, ARTE France), Chants of Sennaar (Rundisc / Focus Entertainment), Goodbye Volcano High (KO_OP), NIDUS (Caleb Wood), SLUDGE LIFE 2 (Terri Vellmann, DOSEONE / Devolver Digital)
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
BlueSuburbia (alienmelon), goodbye.monster (Monster Team), In Stars and Time (insertdisc5 / Armor Games Inc.), Nour: Play With Your Food (Terrifying Jellyfish / PANIC), The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood (Deconstructeam / Devolver Digital)
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
Chants of Sennaar (Rundisc / Focus Entertainment), Final Profit: A Shop RPG (Brent Arnold), Goodbye Volcano High (KO_OP), In Stars and Time (insertdisc5 / Armor Games Inc.), Rhythm Doctor (7th Beat Games / 7th Beat Games, indienova), Tchia (Awaceb / Kepler Interactive), The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood (Deconstructeam / Devolver Digital)
In addition to these prize categories, the Independent Games Festival also has an Audience Award. You’re now able to cast your vote for your favourite independent game of the year.
The winners of each prize category will be announced during the Independent Games Festival Awards, which are currently set to take place on 20 March 2024, during the 2024 Game Developers Conference (GDC). The ceremony will be livestreamed for global audiences via the GDC Twitch channel.
Leah J. Williams is a gaming and entertainment journalist who’s spent years writing about the games industry, her love for The Sims 2 on Nintendo DS and every piece of weird history she knows. You can find her tweeting @legenette most days.
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