Independent Gaming: IGF 2006 Winners

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Sunday, March 26, 2006

IGF 2006 Winners

Seumas McNally Grand Prize:
Darwinia, DOFUS, Professor Fizzwizzle, Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space, Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa.
Winner: Darwinia

Best Web Browser Game:
Dodge That Anvil, Moleculous, Dad 'N Me.
Winner: Dad 'N Me

Innovation in Game Design:
Rumble Box, Strange Attractors, Braid, The Witch's Yarn, Darwinia.
Winner: Braid

Technical Excellence:
Saints and Sinners Bowling, Tribal Trouble, Tube Twist, Darwinia, Crazy Ball.
Winner: Darwinia

Innovation in Visual Art:
DOFUS, Darwinia, Putt Nutz, Glow Worm, Tommy and the Magical Words.
Winner: Darwinia

Innovation in Audio:
Professor Fizzwizzle, Saints and Sinners Bowling, Dodge That Anvil, Glow Worm, Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space.
Winner: Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space

Special Adultswim.com Award
Winner: Dodge That Anvil

IGF Audience Award
Winner: DOFUS

Winners in each category bags $2,500 with the exception of two awards.

Seumas McNally Grand Prize winner will take home $20,000, while Adultswim.com Award winner gets a tidy sum of $5,000.

Congratulations to all the winners!

[IGF, Gamasutra article]

Posted at 1:02 AM by Tim

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2 Comments:

Anonymous said at 3/23/2006 02:55:00 PM:

The top of the top indy games... Great post and what a breath of fresh, innovative, gaming air!

Anonymous said at 3/24/2006 09:31:00 AM:

Why is the game I want to play (Braid) is the one that doesn't even have a webpage? :(

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