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IndieCade announces list of 2016 award winners

Infinite-0 and Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor are among the 12 games that received awards at the 2016 IndieCade festival this past weekend.

Alissa McAloon, Publisher

October 17, 2016

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The full list of award winners from this the IndieCade 2016 indie game festival has been released, with Ink Stories’ 1979 Revolution: Black Friday taking top honors. Other notable games to receive awards last weekend include Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor and Hyper Light Drifter

IndieCade also recognized Myst creator Rand Miller with the Trailblazer Award. He is best known for co-creating the 1993 adventure game Myst, its sequel Riven and, most recently, a spiritual successor to the Myst series called Obduction.

The full list of award winners from IndieCade 2016 are as follows:

  • Trailblazer Award: Rand Miller

  • Game Changer Award: Toni Rocca

  • Grand Jury Award: 1979 Revolution: Black Friday

  • Visual Design Award: Infinite-0

  • Audio Design Award: Soundstage

  • Game Design Award: Hamlet-Mobile

  • Story/World Design Award: Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor

  • Technology Award: Threadsteading

  • Impact Award: Replica

  • Interaction Award: The Order of the Oven Mitt

  • Jury Choice Award: Hyper Light Drifter

  • Audience Choice Award: Bad News

  • Developer Choice Award: We Are Chicago

  • Media Choice Award: You Must Be 18 or Older to Enter

About the Author

Alissa McAloon

Publisher, GameDeveloper.com

As the Publisher of Game Developer, Alissa McAloon brings a decade of experience in the video game industry and media. When not working in the world of B2B game journalism, Alissa enjoys spending her time in the worlds of immersive sandbox games or dabbling in the occasional TTRPG.

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