Consume Me Wins Grand Prize at Independent Games Festival Awards 2025
At the Independent Games Festival Awards 2025, Consume Me by Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P and Ken 'coda' Snyder won the Grand Prize. The three nominated games from Germany went home empty-handed.
The Independent Games Festival is part of GDC 2025 and the Independent Games Festival Awards 2025 were presented as part of the event. The Seumas McNally Grand Prize went to Consume Me by Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, Ken 'coda' Snyder. The game is a "darkly funny coming-of-age story". The team also won the Nuovo Award, also known as the Innovation Award. The award for Excellence in Design went to Suspicious Developments with Tactical Breach Wizards, and Caves of Qud by Freehold Games and Kitfox Games was honoured for Excellence in Narrative.