Independent Games Festival and Game Developers’ Choice awards for 2022 are now handed to their respective owners with a great event. There were many great games in the list, and it was a real tough choice to pick one out of them for every category. If we are to mention one name though, Inscryption had a serious success with multiple awards.
The Independent Games Festival Awards
Best Student Game winner: Live Adventure
Nominees:
- Cai Cai Balao
- Abriss
- Letter Lattice
- Small Life
- Nainai’s Recipe
- Live Adventure
Seumas McNally Grand Prize winner: Inscryption
Nominees:
- Inscryption
- Unpacking
- Loop Hero
- The Eternal Cylinder
- Cruelty Squad
- Unsighted
Excellence in Audio winner: Inscryption
Nominees:
- Toem
- Unpacking
- Jett: The Far Shore
- Mini Motorways
- Sable
- Inscryption
Excellence in Design winner: Inscryption
Nominees:
- Inscryption
- Unpacking
- Overboard!
- Strange Horticulture
- Webbed
- Midnight Protocol
Excellence in Narrative winner: Inscryption
Nominees:
- Last Call
- Neurocracy
- Closed Hands
- Overboard!
- Inscryption
- Unpacking
Excellence in Visual Art winner: Papetura
Nominees:
- The Eternal Cylinder
- Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery
- Papetura
- Fuzz Dungeon
- The Wild at Heart
- Jett: The Far Shore
Nuovo Award winner: Memory Card
Nominees:
- Memory Card
- Okthryssia and Saturnia’s Bureaucratic Adventures
- Space Hole 2020
- Tux and Fanny
- Cruelty Squad
- Sparkles & Gems
- Fuzz Dungeon
- Cuccchi
Audience Awards winner: Mini Motorways
The Game Developers Choice Awards
Game of the Year winner: Inscryption
Nominees:
- Inscryption
- Forza Horizon 5
- Resident Evil Village
- Deathloop
- It Takes Two
Best Audio winner: Unpacking
Nominees:
- Returnal
- Unpacking
- Deathloop
- Marvel’s Guardians of the Galazy
- Forza Horizon 5
Best Design winner: It Takes Two
Nominees:
- It Takes Two
- Psychonauts 2
- Halo Infinite
- Deathloop
- Inscryption
Best Debut winner: Valheim
Nominees:
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits
- Valheim
- Wildermyth
- The Artful Escape
- Sable
Innovation Award winner: Unpacking
Nominees:
- It Takes Two
- Wildermyth
- Unpacking
- Inscryption
- Deathloop
Best Narrative winner: Psychonauts 2
Nominees:
- Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
- Deathloop
- It Takes Two
- Psychonauts 2
- Unpacking
Social Impact Award winner: Boyfriend Dungeon
Nominees:
- Before Your Eyes
- It Takes Two
- Life is Strange
- Boyfriend Dungeon
- Chicory: A Colorful Tale
Best Technology winner: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Nominees:
- Halo Infinite
- Forza Horizon 5
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Returnal
- Hitman 3
Best Visual Art winner: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Nominees:
- Forza Horizon 5
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits
- Deathloop
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Psychonauts 2
Ambassador Award winner: Steven Spohn
Lifetime Achievement winner: Yuji Horii
Audience Award winner: Valheim
