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IGF’s 2023 finalists prove RPS is once again right about everythingTunic and Betrayal At Club Low lead the nominations
Tunic and Betrayal At Club Low lead the nominations
If the Independent Games Festival awards are the Oscars of video gaming, then that surely makes Rock Paper Shotgun’s yearly Advent Calendar the BAFTAs. I’m justifying this spurious comparison because the games we picked asour favourites of 2022have proven a strong indicator of what you’ll find on this year’s list of IGF finalists. Among the selectees are Tunic,Betrayal At Club Low,Norco,Neon WhiteandThe Case Of The Golden Idol.
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The 10 Best PC Games Of 2022
Here’s the full list of nominees:
Seumas McNally Grand Prize
Honorable Mentions:
Tinykin (Splashteam),Terra Nil(Free Lives), RPG Time: The Legend of Wright (DeskWorks Inc.), Roadwarden (Moral Anxiety Studio), Hardspace: Shipbreaker (Blackbird Interactive), Citizen Sleeper (Jump Over the Age)
Best Student Game
Honorable Mentions:
A Mallard’s Song (Ducky Elford), Error143 (Jenny Vi Pham), Paper Planet (Doodlegames), The Longest Walk (Alexander Tarvet), zenosyne (Ezra Szanton)
Excellence in Audio
Honorable Mentions:
Betrayal at Club Low (Cosmo D Studios), Cult of the Lamb (Massive Monster), IMMORTALITY (Sam Barlow, Half Mermaid), Melatonin (Half Asleep), Neon White (Angel Matrix), Tinykin (Splashteam)
Excellence in Design
Honorable Mentions:
Citizen Sleeper (Jump Over the Age), Cursed to Golf (Chuhai Labs), Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator (niceplay games), Swordship (Digital Kingdom), Terra Nil (Free Lives), Tinykin (Splashteam)
Excellence in Narrative
Honorable Mentions:
Eternal Threads (Cosmonaut Studios), Queer Man Peering Into a Rock Pool.jpg (Fuzzy Ghost), Roadwarden (Moral Anxiety Studio), The Case of the Golden Idol (Color Gray Games), The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow (Cloak and Dagger Games), The Wreck (The Pixel Hunt)
Excellence in Visual Arts
Honorable Mentions
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Northway Games), Melatonin (Half Asleep), NAIAD (HiWarp), Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator (niceplay games), Return to Monkey Island (Terrible Toybox), Swordship (Digital Kingdom), Terra Nil (Free Lives), Voodoo Detective (Short Sleeve Studio LLC)
Nuovo Award
Honorable Mentions:
Atuel (Matajuegos), Ib (kouri), Not For Broadcast (NotGames), Of Moons and Mania (Absurd Walls), RPG Time: The Legend of Wright (DeskWorks Inc.)
The obvious absentee from this list is, of course, Vampire Survivors. It was arguably 2022’s biggest indie hit and it was our most favouritest game of last year. Maybe its developers didn’t submit it for consideration? That’s the only valid excuse for it not featuring among the finalists or honourable mentions.
