The Independent Games Festival has been held annually in the United States since 1998. The authors of the festival have announced a list of games that will compete for prizes in 2023.
There are 6 projects nominated for the title of the best indie game of 2022 (the Seamus McNally award), and among them two games from Game Pass are Tunic and Immortality. The full list of nominees for the main award is as follows:
Betrayal at Club LowTunicThe Case of the Golden IdolImmortalityNeon WhiteNot For Broadcast
In other categories, you can also find a number of projects from the Game Pass subscription. It is worth saying that Tunic was nominated in 3 categories at once: the Seamus McNally award, the best sound and the best visual component in the game. The full list of nominees in the various categories can be seen below, with Game Pass titles in bold.
Best student work:
GevaudanMind DiverPresenter SlidesShutterSkalaSlider
Best Sound:
Dome KeeperParadise MarshSouth of the CircleThe Forest QuartetTunicWe are OFK
Best Design:
Against the StormBetrayal at Club LowMr. Sun’s HatboxNeon WhiteStacklandsThe Case of the Golden Idol
Best Storytelling:
Butterfly Soup 2Citizen SleeperI Was a Teenage ExocolonistImmortalityNorcoSouth of the Circle
Best visual component:
AfterglitchHow Deep Is the Dark Water?PotionomicsRPG Time: The Legend of WrightTo Hell With the UglyTunic
“New” Award:
AfterglitchAn OutcryBetrayal at Club LowHe F**ked The Girl Out Of MeQueer Man Peering Into a Rock Pool.jpgSylvie LimeTime BanditTitanic II: Orchestra for Dying At Sea
The results will be summed up from March 20 to March 24 as part of the Game Developers Conference 2023.
