Crimson Education
Remote (Austin, TX, USA)
The Independent Games Festival was established in 1998 to encourage innovation in game development and to recognize the best independent game developers.
The goal was to create a similar event to Sundance for independent game developers - and that's just what has happened with the Independent Games Festival .
The festival consists of the IGF Ceremony, the IGF Pavilion, and Independent Games Summit, all taking place during the week of the Game Developers Conference. For 2021, the IGF has followed GDC in a move to July for the annual Summit and Award Ceremony.
The Independent Games Festival will be distributing eight major awards at its ceremony, as follows:
Seumas McNally Grand Prize - $10,000 Excellence in Visual Art - $2,000 Excellence in Audio - $2,000 Excellence in Design - $2,000 Excellence in Narrative - $2,000 Nuovo Award - $2,000 Best Student Game - $2,000 Audience Award - $2,000
In addition, all Independent Games Festival finalists will...