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Road to the IGF: Christian Etter's Drei Exclusive  
by Leigh Alexander [02.26.14]
Can community defy gravity -- literally? That's the concept behind Christian Etter's stylish Drei, a collaborative iOS game that gathers strangers to build colorful, irregular towers together.
Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Design, Exclusive, Video, IGF
Road to the IGF: Lea Schonfelder and Peter Lu's Perfect Woman Exclusive  
by Christian Nutt [02.25.14]
Is it possible to become the "perfect woman"? Lea Schonfelder and Peter Lu decided to explore that question in the possibility space opened up by game design with Perfect Woman.
Console/PC, Indie, Design, Exclusive, Video, IGF
Road to the IGF: Matt Thorson's Towerfall: Ascension Exclusive  
by Leigh Alexander [02.24.14]
As part of our ongoing Road to the IGF series of interviews with finalists, we chat with designer Matt Thorson about Towerfall: Ascension's intimate, nostalgic local multiplayer experience.
Console/PC, Indie, Programming, Art, Design, Exclusive, Video, IGF
Road to the IGF: Deirdra Kiai's Dominique Pamplemousse Exclusive 4
by Alex Wawro [02.21.14]
One look at Kiai's stop motion musical detective adventure game about gender and the economy makes it easy to see why it's nominated for four IGF 2014 awards, including the Seumas McNally Grand Prize.
Console/PC, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Design, Exclusive, Video, IGF
Road to the IGF: Stoic's The Banner Saga Exclusive 1
by Alex Wawro [02.19.14]
As part of Gamasutra's Road to the IGF series we interview Stoic's Alex Thomas about The Banner Saga, a beautifully hand-painted PC strategy game set in a bleak world of Nordic fantasy.
Console/PC, Indie, Design, Production, Exclusive, Video, IGF
Road to the IGF: Jason Roberts' Gorogoa Exclusive 1
by Kris Graft [02.18.14]
With one look at Jason Roberts' puzzle game Gorogoa, you can see why it's a finalist for the Independent Game Festival's Excellence in Visual Arts award.
Indie, Design, Exclusive, Video, IGF
Road to the IGF: Michael Brough's 868-HACK Exclusive  
by Alex Wawro [02.17.14]
We speak to designer/artist Michael Brough about the design process of 868-HACK and the value he finds in employing randomness to design games that can surprise anyone -- even the designer.
Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Design, Exclusive, Video, IGF
Road to the IGF: Amanita Design's Samorost3  
by Christian Nutt [02.13.14]
Gamasutra speaks to Amanita founder Jakub Dvorský about the studio's enthusiasm for real-world textures and what the studio hopes to achieve with its latest Samorost title.
Console/PC, Indie, Audio, Design, Production, Video, IGF
Road to the IGF: Arcane Kids' Perfect Stride 3
by Christian Nutt [02.11.14]
Skateboarding mechanics that arise from movement exploits in the FPS genre -- the devs behind Perfect Stride explain how mechanics can lead naturally to genre.
Indie, Video, IGF
Road to the IGF: Klei Entertainment's Don't Starve Exclusive 4
by Alex Wawro [02.10.14]
Continuing Gamasutra's Road to the IGF series of interviews with nominees, we talk to Klei's Kevin Forbes about Don't Starve, a procedurally-generated survival game with permadeath and a Gorey-inspired art style.
Console/PC, Indie, Art, Design, Exclusive, Video, IGF
Beyond the finalists: IGF 2014 Best In Visual Art jury picks 1
by Alex Wawro [02.07.14]
We highlight the IGF 2014 entrants that earned at least one vote for the Excellence in Visual Art award from IGF jurors, but didn't reach the critical mass of votes to become a finalist.
Console/PC, Indie, Art, IGF
Road to the IGF: Simogo's DEVICE 6 Exclusive  
by Leigh Alexander [02.05.14]
Continuing Gamasutra's Road to the IGF series of interviews with nominated developers, we talk to Simogo's Simon Flesser about DEVICE 6, a stylish and surreal narrative-driven iOS puzzle game.
Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Design, Exclusive, Video, Mobile Games, IGF
Road to the IGF: Lucas Pope's Papers, Please Exclusive  
by Leigh Alexander [02.04.14]
Continuing our series of Road to the IGF interviews with nominees, we talk to Lucas Pope about Papers, Please, the piquant border control simulator nominated for multiple accolades.
Console/PC, Indie, Programming, Art, Design, Exclusive, Video, IGF
Road to the IGF: Paper Dino's Save the Date Exclusive  
by Alex Wawro [02.03.14]
In our latest Road to the IGF interview, Save the Date creator Chris Cornell explains how "Groundhog Day" and an awkward conversation about dating sims spawned an IGF award contender.
Console/PC, Indie, Design, Exclusive, Video, IGF
Road to the IGF: Galactic Cafe's The Stanley Parable Exclusive 2
by Mike Rose [01.31.14]
In this latest Road to the IGF interview, Wreden and Pugh discuss how they made The Stanley Parable, and what AAA companies like Valve could be doing to better highlight and nurture the modding community.
Console/PC, Indie, Design, Business/Marketing, Exclusive, Video, IGF
Road to the IGF: Untame's Mushroom 11  
by Kris Graft [01.30.14]
Mushroom 11 is a game about a blob. It's also the kind of game that developer Itay Keren has always wanted to make.
Indie, Video, IGF
Don't miss our Road to the IGF finalist Q&A series  
by Kris Graft [01.30.14]
It's that time of year again: This week, we've started publishing our Road to the IGF series of interviews with Independent Games Festival Finalists. Don't miss them!
Indie, IGF
Road to the IGF: Damian Sommer and Emily Carroll's The Yawhg Exclusive 1
by Leigh Alexander [01.29.14]
Continuing our Road to the IGF series of interviews with finalists, we talk to Damien Sommer about The Yawgh, a local multiplayer choose-your-own adventure game latticed with depth and beauty.
Console/PC, Indie, Programming, Art, Design, Exclusive, Video, IGF
Beyond the finalists: IGF 2014 Best In Narrative jury picks  
by Alex Wawro [01.29.14]
We highlight the IGF 2014 entrants that earned at least one vote for the Best In Narrative award from an IGF juror, but didn't reach the critical mass of votes to become a finalist.
Console/PC, Indie, Design, IGF
Road to the IGF: Lazy 8 Studios' Extrasolar Exclusive 1
by Mike Rose [01.28.14]
As part of Gamasutra's Road to the IGF series, Rob Jagnow discusses how his love of ARGs shaped Extrasolar, and how he's been secretly terrified of how people will react to the game throughout development.
Console/PC, Design, Business/Marketing, Exclusive, Video, IGF