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"In only a few moments, the Independent Games Festival will honor the best in indie gaming with the 14th annual IGF Awards.The nominees are listed after the break and we'll make sure to update the list as awards are handed out.*Winners boldedExcellence In Visual ArtBotanicula (Amanita Design)Dear Esther (thechineseroom)Lume (State Of Play Games)Mirage (Mario von Rickenbach)Wonderputt (Damp Gnat)Honorable mentions: Beat Sneak Bandit (Simogo); Dustforce (Hitbox Team); Fader (Chris Makris); Proun (Joost van Dongen); Toren (Swordtales)Technical ExcellenceAntichamber (Demruth)Fez (Polytron)Prom Week (Expressive Intelligence Studio, UC Santa Cruz)Realm of the Mad God (Wild Shadow Studios &amp;amp; Spry Fox)Spelunky (Mossmouth)Honorable mentions: Frozen Synapse (Mode 7 Games); Nitronic Rush (DigiPen Institute of Technology); Reflow (Xymatic); Super T.I.M.E Force (Capy); Tiny and Big - Grandpa's Leftovers (Black Pants)Excellence In DesignAtom Zombie Smasher (Blendo Games)English Country Tune (Stephen Lavelle)Frozen Synapse (Mode 7 Games)Gunpoint (Tom Francis, John Roberts and Fabian van Dommelen)Spelunky (Mossmouth)Honorable mentions: Faraway (Steph Thirion); FTL (Justin Ma &amp;amp; Matthew Davis); Johann Sebastian Joust (Die Gute Fabrik); SpaceChem (Zachtronics Industries); Where Is My Heart (Die Gute Fabrik)Excellence In AudioBotanicula (Amanita Design)Dear Esther (thechineseroom)Pugs Luv Beats (Lucky Frame)To The Moon (Freebird Games)Waking Mars (Tiger Style)Honorable mentions: Beatbuddy (THREAKS); Beat Sneak Bandit (Simogo); Fez (Polytron); Proteus (Ed Key and David Kanaga); Where Is My Heart (Die Gute Fabrik)Best Mobile GameASYNC Corp (Powerhead Games)Beat Sneak Bandit (Simogo)Faraway (Steph Thirion)Ridiculous Fishing (Vlambeer)Waking Mars (Tiger Style)Honorable mentions: Fingle (Game Oven Studios); Hundreds (SemiSecret and aeiowu); iBlast Moki 2 (Godzilab); Temple Run (Imangi Studios); Tentacles (Press Play ApS)Nuovo Award[Designed 'to honor abstract, shortform, and unconventional game development'.]At a Distance (Terry Cavanagh)Dear Esther (thechineseroom)Fingle (Game Oven Studios)GIRP (Bennett Foddy)Proteus (Ed Key and David Kanaga)Johann Sebastian Joust (Die Gute Fabrik)Storyteller (Daniel Benmergui)Way (CoCo &amp;amp; Co.)Honorable mentions: Deep Sea (WRAUGHK); Four Letter Word (Terry Cavanagh); GlitchHiker (Aardbever); Hundreds (SemiSecret and aeiowu); POP (Rob Lach)Seumas McNally Grand PrizeDear Esther (thechineseroom)Fez (Polytron)Frozen Synapse (Mode 7 Games)Johann Sebastian Joust (Die Gute Fabrik)Spelunky (Mossmouth)Honorable mentions: Antichamber (Demruth); FTL (Justin Ma &amp;amp; Matthew Davis); Proteus (Ed Key and David Kanaga); SpaceChem (Zachtronics Industries); Where Is My Heart (Die Gute Fabrik)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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