"Venba" Wins Big at IGF Awards 2024, Bonte Avond and thecatamites Bring Gold to Europe

Winner of the evening at this year's Independent Games Festival Awards was Visai Games with "Venba", but with Bonte Avond, thecatamites and other innovative and experimental indie game developers, a lot of great titles were lauded at yesterday's ceremony.

This year’s Independent Games Festival (IGF) Awards at the Game Developers Conference 2024 brought a big winner, especially since the very same game and studio would later in the evening, at the Game Developers Choice Awards, win two more titles: "Venba" by Vidai Games took home the IGF grand price. "Once Upon a Jester" from Bonte Avond, a studio by two musicians from the Netherlands, won the Best Student Game Award. Other notable winners include "Mediterranea Inferno" by Eyeguys from Michigan, USA, and thecatamites from Ireland with "Anthology of the Killer".

All award categories include price money of 2,000 US dollar except the Grand Prize, which includes 10,000 dollar.

All winners of the 2024 IGF Awards:

Excellence in Visual Art

Phonopolis (Amanita Design)

Excellence in Audio

Rhythm Doctor (7th Beat Games)

Excellence in Design

Cryptmaster (Paul Hart & Lee Williams)

Excellence in Narrative

Mediterranea Inferno (Eyeguys)

Nuovo Award

Anthology of the Killer (Thecatamites, Tommy Tone, A. Degen)

Best Student Game

Once Upon a Jester (Bonte Avond)

Audience Award

RAM: Random Access Mayhem (Xylem Studios)

alt.ctrl.gdc Award

Chú Mó (The Chú Mó Team @ ArtCenter)

Seumas McNally Grand Prize

Venba (Visai Games)

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