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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
Road to the IGF: Brace Yourself Games' Crypt of the NecroDancer Exclusive 2
by Alex Wawro [01.27.14]
Kicking off Gamasutra's 2014 Road to the IGF series, Ryan Clark explains how "Thriller" influenced the design of NecroDancer, and why it's important to find the perfect beat you're building a rhythm game.
Console/PC, Indie, Design, Business/Marketing, Exclusive, Video, IGF
Beyond the finalists: IGF 2014 Best In Audio jury picks  
by Alex Wawro [01.14.14]
We highlight the IGF 2014 entrants that earned at least one vote for the Best In Audio award from an IGF juror, but didn't reach the critical mass of votes to become a finalist.
Console/PC, Indie, Audio, IGF
IGF 2014 organizers announce record Main Competition entrants 1
by Staff [10.24.13]
The organizers of the 16th annual Independent Games Festival are proud to announce that the event has once again seen record entries for its latest Main Competition.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, GDC, IGF
IGF China 2013 winners announced  
by Brandon Sheffield [09.17.13]
The fifth annual IGF China has concluded, after some 250 entries were boiled down to a core 14 finalists across the main and student competitions. Here are the nine winning entries.
Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, GDC China, IGF
IGF winner Hofmeier pays it forward for Porpentine's Howling Dogs Exclusive 9
by Leigh Alexander [03.29.13]
Cart Life's IGF booth was spraypainted and hijacked by another game -- thanks to Cart Life creator Richard Hofmeier himself. Learn about the Twine game that's "really dear" to him.
Console/PC, Indie, Programming, Art, Design, Exclusive, IGF
Road to the IGF: ATUM Exclusive 1
by John Polson [03.22.13]
NHTV Breda designers Marta Clavero Jimenez and Thomas Buijtenweg discuss their team's IGF 2013 student finalist ATUM, a puzzle platformer inside a point-and-click game attempting to break the fourth wall.
Console/PC, Indie, Programming, Design, Production, Exclusive, Video, IGF
Road to the IGF: Michael Lee on mindful xp Exclusive  
by John Polson [03.21.13]
Carnegie Mellon student Michael Lee speaks about his team's mindful xp, a collection of prototypes with meaningful mechanics, interactions, and goals of evoking a particular theme or personal experience.
Console/PC, Indie, Programming, Design, Production, Exclusive, Video, IGF
Road to the IGF: The Fullbright Company's Gone Home Exclusive 1
by Leigh Alexander [03.20.13]
Our Road to the IGF interview series talks to The Fullbright Company's Steve Gaynor about Gone Home, a first person exploration game that's earned an Excellence in Narrative nomination.
Console/PC, Programming, Art, Design, Exclusive, Video, IGF
Road to the IGF: LiquidSketch Exclusive 1
by Frank Cifaldi [03.15.13]
Nominated for a Technical Excellence award at the 2013 Independent Games Festival later this month, LiquidSketch is a unique iPad puzzle game employing impressive liquid physics that developer Tobias Neukom tells us was a beast to get right.
Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Design, Exclusive, Video, GDC, IGF
Road to the IGF: Tale of Tales' Bientot l'ete Exclusive  
by Leigh Alexander [03.14.13]
We talk to Tale of Tales about its Nuovo award-nominated Bientot l'ete, and how it aims to communicate the unwinnable nature of love and the raw ambivalence of meaningful human interaction.
Social/Online, Indie, Programming, Art, Design, Exclusive, IGF
Road to the IGF: Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime Exclusive 2
by Frank Cifaldi [03.13.13]
Developers Matt Hammill and Jamie Tucker tell us the history behind the frantic co-op space platformer/defense hybrid, which is nominated for an Excellence in Visual Arts award at the Independent Games Festival later this month.
Indie, Art, Design, Exclusive, Video, GDC, IGF