IGF Awards

IGF Main Competition

The main IGF Competition (full ruleset here) will give out nine major awards:

Seumas McNally Grand Prize ($30,000)
Excellence In Visual Art ($3,000)
Excellence In Audio ($3,000)
Excellence In Design ($3,000)
Technical Excellence ($3,000)
Nuovo Award ($5,000)
Best Mobile Game ($3,000)
Audience Award ($3,000)

There will be five specifically named finalists for each award, apart from the Nuovo award, which will consist of eight finalists. All finalists will be invited to the IGF award ceremony at GDC 2012. The IGF Audience Award will be voted from all finalists in the Main Competition categories.

Category Finalists receive:

Two All-Access Passes to the 2012 GDC
Up to five exhibitor passes to the 2012 GDC.
Mention in Game Developer magazine
Mention on Gamasutra.com
Press release coverage
Profile in this year's Festival program
A license to use a version of the official Independent Games Festival name and IGF Finalist logo in promotional materials relating to their game entry


Competition Winners receive:

Cash prize
Award plaque
A one-year limited use license to use a version of the official Independent Games Festival name and IGF Winner logo in promotional materials relating to their game entry


Seumas McNally Grand Prize Winner receives:

Cash prize
Award Plaque
Three All-Access Passes to the 2013 Game Developers Conference
Mention in Game Developer magazine
Mention on Gamasutra.com
Press release coverage
A one-year limited use license to use a version of the official Independent Games Festival name and IGF Winner logo in promotional materials relating to their game entry.

IGF Student Showcase

The IGF's Student Showcase (full ruleset here) will highlight a total of eight games this year, each of which will receive:

IGF Student Showcase Winner ($500)

In addition there will be a prize for best overall IGF Student Game awarded as part of the IGF Awards, with the finalists comprising all of the Student Showcase winners:

Best Student Game ($3,000)

Student Showcase honorees receive:

Cash prize
Two All-Access Passes to the 2012 GDC
Up to five exhibitor passes to the 2012 GDC
Mention in Game Developer magazine
Mention on Gamasutra.com
A one-year limited use license to use a version of the official Independent Games Festival name and IGF Student Showcase finalist logo in promotional materials relating to their Game Entry.

Competition Winners receive:

Cash prize
Award Plaque
A one-year limited use license to use a version of the official Independent Games Festival name and IGF Winner logo in promotional materials relating to their game entry

Questions? Have questions about the new awards? Contact the IGF Content Directors for more details.