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本日、GDC 2024会場で第26回「Independent Games Festival」の授賞式が開催され、カナダに移住したインド人家族の忘れがたい物語と心温まるタミル料理を描いて高い評価を得たVisai Gamesのアドベンチャー「Venba」が最優秀賞であるSeumas McNally Grand Prizeを獲得したことが明らかになりました。

“…Of The Killer”シリーズをまとめたThecatamitesのミステリー/ホラーアンソロジー「Anthology of the Killer」がNUOVO AWARDを獲得し、Amanita Designの新作「Phonopolis」やクィアな主人公3人が南イタリアを旅するロードムービー系アドベンチャー「Mediterranea Inferno」、7th Beat Gamesの独創的な医療リズムゲーム「Rhythm Doctor」といった注目作が並ぶ全9部門の受賞作品は以下からご確認ください。

■ SEUMAS MCNALLY GRAND PRIZE（最優秀賞）

• [受賞] Venba (Visai Games)
• 1000xRESIST (Sunset Visitor / Fellow Traveller)
• A Highland Song (Inkle)
• Anthology of the Killer (Thecatamites, Tommy Tone, A. Degen / Thecatamites)
• COCOON (Geometric Interactive / Annapurna Interactive)
• Mediterranea Inferno (Lorenzo Redaelli, EYEGUYS / Santa Ragione)

■ BEST STUDENT GAME（学生部門）

• [受賞] Once Upon a Jester (Bonte Avond / Crunching Koalas)
• goodbye.monster (Monster Team)
• Pile Up! (Remoob / Catoptric Games, IndieArk)
• Planetka (TeTerka)
• RAM: Random Access Mayhem (Xylem Studios)
• TRY AGAIN (the Rejects / USC Games, the Rejects)

■ EXCELLENCE IN AUDIO（オーディオ部門）

• [受賞] Rhythm Doctor (7th Beat Games / 7th Beat Games, indienova)
• A Highland Song (Inkle)
• COCOON (Geometric Interactive / Annapurna Interactive)
• Nour: Play With Your Food (Terrifying Jellyfish / PANIC)
• Tchia (Awaceb / Kepler Interactive)
• Venba (Visai Games)

■ EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN（デザイン部門）

• [受賞] Cryptmaster (Paul Hart, Lee Williams, Akupara Games / Akupara Games)
• Chants of Sennaar (Rundisc / Focus Entertainment)
• Cobalt Core (Rocket Rat Games / Brace Yourself Games)
• COCOON (Geometric Interactive / Annapurna Interactive)
• Final Profit: A Shop RPG (Brent Arnold)
• Isles of Sea and Sky (Cicada Games, Jason Newman, Craig Collver / Cicada Games, Jason Newman, Gamera Game)

■ EXCELLENCE IN NARRATIVE（ナラティブ部門）

• [受賞] Mediterranea Inferno (Lorenzo Redaelli, EYEGUYS / Santa Ragione)
• 1000xRESIST (Sunset Visitor / Fellow Traveller)
• A Highland Song (Inkle)
• The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood (Deconstructeam / Devolver Digital)
• The Wreck (The Pixel Hunt)
• Venba (Visai Games)

■ EXCELLENCE IN VISUAL ARTS（ビジュアルアート部門）

• [受賞] Phonopolis (Amanita Design)
• Anthology of the Killer (Thecatamites, Tommy Tone, A. Degen / Thecatamites)
• Clash: Artifacts of Chaos (ACE Team / Nacon)
• Darkest Dungeon II (Red Hook Studios)
• Little Goody Two Shoes (AstralShift / Square Enix Collective)
• Venba (Visai Games)

■ NUOVO AWARD

• [受賞] Anthology of the Killer (Thecatamites, Tommy Tone, A. Degen / Thecatamites)
• 1000xRESIST (Sunset Visitor / Fellow Traveller)
• Cryptmaster (Paul Hart, Lee Williams, Akupara Games / Akupara Games)
• Kevin (1997-2077) (Kevin Du)
• Mediterranea Inferno (Lorenzo Redaelli, EYEGUYS / Santa Ragione)
• NIDUS (Caleb Wood)
• The Forest Cathedral (Wakefield Interactive, Brian Wilson / Whitethorn Games)

■ alt.ctrl.GDC Award

• [受賞] Chú Mó

■ Audience Award（オーディエンス賞）

• [受賞] RAM: Random Access Mayhem