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Excellence In Visual Art
Incredipede* (Northway Games and Thomas Shahan)
Kentucky Route Zero* (Cardboard Computer)
Guacalamelee! (Drinkbox Studios)
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime (Asteroid Base)
Year Walk (Simogo)

Excellence In Narrative
Thirty Flights of Loving* (Blendo Games)
Cart Life* (Richard Hofmeier)
Kentucky Route Zero* (Cardboard Computer)
Dys4ia* (Auntie Pixelante)
Gone Home (The Fullbright Company)

Technical Excellence
StarForge (CodeHatch)
Perspective* (DigiPen Widdershins)
Little Inferno* (Tomorrow Corporation)
Intrusion 2* (Aleksey Abramenko)
LiquidSketch* (Tobias Neukom)

Excellence In Design
Samurai Gunn (Beau Blyth)
FTL: Faster Than Light* (Subset Games)
Starseed Pilgrim* (Droqen & Ryan Roth)
Super Hexagon* (Terry Cavanagh)
Super Space ______ (David Scamehorn & Alexander Baard/DigiPen)

Excellence In Audio
Kentucky Route Zero* (Cardboard Computer)
Bad Hotel* (Lucky Frame)
140 (Jeppe Carlsen)
Hotline Miami* (Dennaton Games)
Pixeljunk 4AM* (Q-Games)

Nuovo Award [Designed 'to honor abstract... and unconventional game development'.]
Cart Life* (Richard Hofmeier)
Spaceteam* (Henry Smith)
Dys4ia* (Auntie Pixelante)
Bientot l'ete* (Tale of Tales)
7 Grand Steps (Mousechief)
MirrorMoon* (SantaRagione + BloodyMonkey)
VESPER.5* (Michael Brough)
Little Inferno* (Tomorrow Corporation)

Seumas McNally Grand Prize
Hotline Miami* (Dennaton Games)
FTL: Faster Than Light* (Subset Games)
Cart Life* (Richard Hofmeier)
Little Inferno* (Tomorrow Corporation)
Kentucky Route Zero* (Cardboard Computer)

* available now

Winners will be announced in March at the GDC event. There is an additional student category to be announced next week and a Microsoft award which will eventually go to XBLA. All these games will be offered the chance to release on Steam.

Update 22/01

Student Showcase Award
ATUM* (NHTV IGAD)
Back to Bed* (Danish Academy of Digital Interactive Entertainment)
Blackwell's Asylum* (Danish Academy of Digital Interactive Entertainment)
Farsh* (NHTV IGAD)
Knights of Pen & Paper* (IESB - Instituto de Ensino Superior de Brasilia & UnB - Universidade de Brasilia)
the mindfulxp volume* (Carnegie Mellon University Entertainment Technology Center)
Pulse (Vancouver Film School)
Zineth (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

 

[charsace]

Samurai Gunn is something I really want.

 

[Visualante2]

Updated with links to all the things, sorry if I picked the wrong trailer game people. I was just trawling YouTube for channels. Kentucky Route Zero really cleaning it up.

 

[HamPster PamPster]

Cart Life isn't just a bunch of minecart levels?

What a wasted opportunity

 

[subversus]

Kentucky Route Zero looks hot and is out now (only the first episode though)

 

[dark_inferno]

I hope these are the winners :

Excellence In Visual Art:
Kentucky Route Zero or Year Walk

Excellence In Narrative:
Thirty Flights of Loving or Dys4ia(I really liked that game.)

Technical Excellence:
StarForge or Perspective

Excellence In Design
FTL or Samurai Gunn

Nuovo Award
MirrorMoon

Seumas McNally Grand Prize
Hotline Fucking Miami

 

[Zia]

Last year I had a single one of my nominees end up a finalist or honorable mention in each category. This year 2-5 of my nominations were recognized in each category. Yay.

Kentucky Route Zero is impressive. I think Gone Home and 140 deserved more proper nominations. Really surprised Luftrausers wasn't recognized, but their IGF build was pretty busted.

 

[Jotamide]

Intrusion 2 is definitely on my "must check out soon" list.

 

[axisofweevils]

Pleased to see Little Inferno nominated.

 

[robotnik]

Love this one:

Excellence In Narrative
Gone Home (The Fullbright Company)

 

[Rekubot]

Love this one:

Never heard of this before but I love the artstyle.

Intrusion 2 and Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime stand out also.

 

[demidar]

Love this one:

Man, that video would've been great for some Paranormal Activity stuff, kept expecting something freaky to happen. But it looks like a totally normal, non-supernatural exploration game.

 

[wanders]

Where is Samurai Gunn available?

 

[avengers23]

Very pleased to see Cart Life get recognition.

 

[eot]

Pleased to see Little Inferno nominated.

I dunno, the game is satire and a lot of people didn't seem to get it. From the makers of World of Goo I expected a little more than Cow Clicker.

 

[GuitarAtomik]

Cool. Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime looks pretty boss.

 

[lefantome]

Mirrormoon is a small game and it's great! try it!

 

[ArjanN]

Man, that video would've been great for some Paranormal Activity stuff, kept expecting something freaky to happen. But it looks like a totally normal, non-supernatural exploration game.

I think I have a hunch what the 'twist' is, but I don't want to ruin it for anyone. Of course I might be wrong.

 

[Messofanego]

Kentucky Route Zero thread

Keeping my eye out on this one.

 

[Tizoc]

Guacamelee looks awesome...but does it have kickass looking throws/grappler moves?

 

[Family Fry]

In addition, all IGF 2013 Main Competition entrants are once again eligible for Microsoft Studios' second annual sponsored prize -- a guaranteed first-party publishing deal (including funding if desired) to release the selected title on LIVE-enabled platforms, including the Xbox LIVE Arcade service, Windows Phone, and Windows. (Last year's winner was Capy's frantic retro platform shooter Super TIME Force.)

I wonder what game will win? Anyone have any they would like to see win?
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime could be in with a chance, I'm all over that game when it comes out regardless.

 

[demidar]

I wonder what game will win? Anyone have any they would like to see win?
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime could be in with a chance, I'm all over that game when it comes out regardless.

I don't know if Microsoft backing has the sway it used to with the advent of Steam, especially if it comes with exclusivity, timed or otherwise.

 

[Heart of Black]

Man, that video would've been great for some Paranormal Activity stuff, kept expecting something freaky to happen. But it looks like a totally normal, non-supernatural exploration game.

Some creepy shit did happen in the build I played. Very edgy atmosphere, despite seeming very lighthearted.

 

[Visualante2]

I think Microsoft will get to pick and they'll go for something unreleased so they can have the exclusive to XBLA veneer for 6-12 months.

 

[Kaako]

Samurai Gunn, where and how? I want to play it.

 

[Visualante2]

Added student showcase games and links. What do you think?

Bientot l'ete also has an in browser trial version.

 

[iavi]

"Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime" should win for the name alone, let alone the fact that it looks like an absolute riot.

That came out of nowhere. Really looking forward to that one now.

 

[Lizardfolk]

I'm not exactly sure I agree with Dys4ia. There's definitely a story but I'm not sure I'd nominated for Best Narrative. Seems to be the game that made it there just because it's a topical. Kentucky Route Zero has a really interesting premise but the story seems to be a little skimpy as well (i know it's just part 1 but still slightly more empty than I expected).

It's a shame To the Moon wasn't put up for this year.