インディゲームの祭典「Independent Games Festival」にて選出されるアワードの第21回ファイナリスト作品が発表されました。『Papers, Please』のLucas Pope氏が手がける推理アドベンチャー『Return of the Obra Dinn』や、Fictiorama Studiosのデジタル監視シム『Do Not Feed the Monkeys』が大賞を含む複数部門でノミネートしています。
各部門のノミネート作品は以下の通り。
Seumas McNally Grand Prize
- Minit (Kitty Calis, Jan Willem Nijman, Jukio Kallio & Dominik Johann)
- Opus Magnum (Zachtronics)
- Noita (Nolla Games)
- Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope))
- Hypnospace Outlaw (Jay Tholen, Mike Lasch, Xalavier Nelson Jr., Corey Cochran)
- Do Not Feed the Monkeys (Fictiorama Studios)
◯佳作
- Wandersong (Greg Lobanov & A Shell in the Pit)
- Subnautica (Unknown Worlds Entertainment)
- Mirror Drop (Ian Lilley)
- Moss (Polyarc)
- Unavowed (Wadjet Eye Games)
- Iconoclasts (Joakim Sandberg)
- Virtual Virtual Reality (Tender Claws)
- Beat Saber (Beat Games)
Excellence in Visual Art
- Forgotton Anne (ThroughLine Games)
- Alto's Odyssey (Team Alto)
- Hypnospace Outlaw (Jay Tholen, Mike Lasch, Xalavier Nelson Jr., Corey Cochran)
- Just Shapes & Beats (Berzerk Studio)
- Mirror Drop (Ian Lilley)
- Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope)
◯佳作
- Beat Saber (Beat Games)
- Wandersong (Greg Lobanov & A Shell in the Pit)
- Subnautica (Unknown Worlds Entertainment)
- Moss (Polyarc)
- Iconoclasts (Joakim Sandberg)
- Guildlings (Sirvo Studios)
- Paratopic (Arbitrary Metric)
Excellence in Audio
- ETHEREAL (Nonsense Arts - Nicolás Recabarren and Tomás Batista)
- Hypnospace Outlaw (Jay Tholen, Mike Lasch, Xalavier Nelson Jr., Corey Cochran)
- Moss (Polyarc)
- Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope)
- Alto's Odyssey (Team Alto)
- Paratopic (Arbitrary Metric)
◯佳作
- Creaks (Amanita Design)
- Holedown (grapefrukt games)
- Pikuniku (Sectordub)
- The Messenger (Sabotage)
- Distance (Refract Studios)
- Wandersong (Greg Lobanov & A Shell in the Pit)
- Wattam (Funomena)
Excellence in Design
- What the Golf? (Triband)
- Do Not Feed the Monkeys (Fictiorama Studios)
- Noita (Nolla Games)
- Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope)
- Dicey Dungeons (Terry Cavanagh, Chipzel, and Marlowe Dobbe)
- Opus Magnum (Zachtronics)
◯佳作
- Subnautica (Unknown Worlds Entertainment)
- Carto (Sunhead Games)
- Black Room (Cassie McQuater)
- JUMPGRID (Ian MacLarty)
- Mirror Drop (Ian Lilley)
- Hypnospace Outlaw (Jay Tholen, Mike Lasch, Xalavier Nelson Jr., Corey Cochran)
- Beat Saber (Beat Games)
Excellence in Narrative
- Wandersong (Greg Lobanov & A Shell in the Pit)
- Genital Jousting (Free Lives)
- Unavowed (Wadjet Eye Games)
- Seers Isle (Nova-box)
- Watch Me Jump (Jeremy Gable)
- Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope)
◯佳作
- Do Not Feed The Monkeys (Fictiorama Studios)
- The Hex (Daniel Mullins Games)
- Speed Dating for Ghosts (Copychaser Games)
- after HOURS (Bahiyya Khan, Claire Meekel, Tim Flusk, Abi Meekel)
- Fortune-499 (AP Thomson)
- Marie's Room (like Charlie)
- Tango: The Adventure Game (Gualicho Games)
Nuovo Award
- Circle0 (yesyes)
- eCheese Zone (Seemingly Pointless)
- Noita (Nolla Games)
- Mirror Drop (Ian Lilley)
- Black Room (Cassie McQuater)
- Paratopic (Arbitrary Metric)
- Do Not Feed the Monkeys (Fictiorama Studios)
- Nth Dimension[al] Hiking (Zachariah Chandler)
◯佳作
- All Our Asias (Sean Han Tani)
- Hypnospace Outlaw (Jay Tholen, Mike Lasch, Xalavier Nelson Jr., Corey Cochran)
- Cyberpet Graveyard (alienmelon)
- levedad (solimporta)
- Subserial Network (Aether Interactive)
- macdows 95 (gamebra.in)
- The Norwood Suite (Cosmo D)
- Nerve Damage (Dennis Carr)
Best Student Game
- It's Paper Guy! (Paper Team)
- Grace Bruxner Presents: The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game (Grace Bruxner)
- After HOURS (Bahiyya Khan, Claire Meekel, Tim Flusk, Abi Meekel)
- En Garde! (En Garde! Team)
- levedad (solimporta)
- Sole (Gossamer Games)
◯佳作
- We Should Talk (HeartBeetStudio)
- Coffin Rot Brewing Co. (Rosser-McGraw Studio)
- Fling to the Finish (SplitSide Games)
- Indecision. (Bilge Kaan)
- Seasons (David Su and Dominique Star)
- supertype (Philipp Stollenmayer)
- Atlas' Fate: Between Light and Darkness (Baby Robot Games)
- Marbloid (Supyrb)
受賞作品はGame Developers Conference 2019の開催期間中、現地時間2019年3月20日午後6時30分（日本時間3月21日午前11時）より発表予定。総額50,000ドル以上の賞金が用意されており、大賞の“Seumas McNally Grand Prize”には30,000ドルが授与されます。
※UPDATE (2019/1/7 15:40)：記事中の誤表記を修正しました。コメント欄でのご指摘ありがとうございます。
celesteが無いのは意外
Return of the Obra Dinnはすばらしかったな
最後のSeumas McNally Grand PrizeじゃなくてBest Student Gameだよ