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本日GDC会場にて第14回を迎えるインディータイトルの祭典「Independent Games Festival Awards」の授賞式が例年通りGDC Awardsと併催されました。

意欲的な取り組みやアイデアを見せるインディータイトルがますますその勢いを増すなか、今年の“Seumas McNally Grand Prize”（※ IGFにおけるGOTY的な大賞で第1回の大賞を獲得し21歳という若さでこの世を去ったプログラマSeumas McNally氏にちなんだもの）には、先日内外のメディアを賑わせたPhil Fish氏が所属するPolytronの「Fez」（現在XBLAリリースのため認可フェーズ中）が選出されました。

近年のインディー市場の傾向とクオリティの著しい向上が感じられるノミネート/受賞作品、そして惜しくもノミネートを洩れた選外佳作のタイトル詳細は以下からご確認下さい。

■ Excellence In Visual Art

• Botanicula (Amanita Design)
• [受賞] Dear Esther (thechineseroom)
• Lume (State Of Play Games)
• Mirage (Mario von Rickenbach)
• Wonderputt (Damp Gnat)

選外佳作: Beat Sneak Bandit (Simogo); Dustforce (Hitbox Team); Fader (Chris Makris); Proun (Joost van Dongen); Toren (Swordtales)

■ Technical Excellence

• [受賞] Antichamber (Demruth)
• Fez (Polytron)
• Prom Week (Expressive Intelligence Studio, UC Santa Cruz)
• Realm of the Mad God (Wild Shadow Studios & Spry Fox)
• Spelunky (Mossmouth)

選外佳作: 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 Design

• Atom Zombie Smasher (Blendo Games)
• English Country Tune (Stephen Lavelle)
• Frozen Synapse (Mode 7 Games)
• Gunpoint (Tom Francis, John Roberts and Fabian van Dommelen)
• [受賞] Spelunky (Mossmouth)

選外佳作: Faraway (Steph Thirion); FTL (Justin Ma & Matthew Davis); Johann Sebastian Joust (Die Gute Fabrik); SpaceChem (Zachtronics Industries); Where Is My Heart (Die Gute Fabrik)

■ Excellence In Audio

• [受賞] Botanicula (Amanita Design)
• Dear Esther (thechineseroom)
• Pugs Luv Beats (Lucky Frame)
• To The Moon (Freebird Games)
• Waking Mars (Tiger Style)

選外佳作: Beatbuddy (THREAKS); Beat Sneak Bandit (Simogo); Fez (Polytron); Proteus (Ed Key and David Kanaga); Where Is My Heart (Die Gute Fabrik)

■ Best Mobile Game

• ASYNC Corp (Powerhead Games)
• [受賞] Beat Sneak Bandit (Simogo)
• Faraway (Steph Thirion)
• Ridiculous Fishing (Vlambeer)
• Waking Mars (Tiger Style)

選外佳作: 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)
• [受賞] Storyteller (Daniel Benmergui)
• Way (CoCo & Co.)

選外佳作: Deep Sea (WRAUGHK); Four Letter Word (Terry Cavanagh); GlitchHiker (Aardbever); Hundreds (SemiSecret and aeiowu); POP (Rob Lach)

■ Seumas McNally Grand Prize

• Dear Esther (thechineseroom)
• [受賞] Fez (Polytron)
• Frozen Synapse (Mode 7 Games)
• Johann Sebastian Joust (Die Gute Fabrik)
• Spelunky (Mossmouth)

選外佳作: Antichamber (Demruth); FTL (Justin Ma & Matthew Davis); Proteus (Ed Key and David Kanaga); SpaceChem (Zachtronics Industries); Where Is My Heart (Die Gute Fabrik)