SAN FRANCISCO — Organizers have opened submissions for the 2013 Independent Games Festival, to be held at GDC 2013 in San Francisco next March.
The longest-running and highest-profile independent video game festival, summit and showcase is now accepting entries to the 15th annual Festival, with deadlines in the Main and Student Showcase categories by October 17th and October 31st respectively, and finalists to be announced on January 2013.
Following over 850 entries to IGF 2012, the Festival has expanded each existing category to six finalists, all of which will be available in playable form at a larger, expanded IGF Pavilion on the GDC show floor, and will compete for nearly $60,000 in prizes.
These include the $5,000 Nuovo Award, honoring ‘abstract, shortform, and unconventional’ games, as well as the Excellence in Art, Audio, Design, Technology, Student Game and Audience Award prizes, each worth $3,000, and the crowning $30,000 Seumas McNally Grand Prize.
Notable former Independent Games Festival winners over the previous 15 years include Spelunky,
Fez,
Minecraft,
Limbo,
World of Goo,
Braid,
Castle
Crashers,
Everyday Shooter and many more of the game industry’s breakthrough independent titles.
Winners will be announced on stage at the high-profile Independent Games Festival Awards on Wednesday, March 27, 2013, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, with the IGF Pavilion open from March 27-29, and the sister Independent Games Summit event taking place on March 25 and 26.
Submissions to the competition are now open to all independent game developers; important dates for IGF 2013 are as follows:
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August 9, 2012 - Submissions are Open
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October 17, 2012 - Submission Deadline, Main Competition
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October 31, 2012 - Submission Deadline, Student Competition
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January 7, 2013 - Finalists Announced, Main Competition
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January 14, 2013 - Finalists Announced, Student Competition
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March 25 - March 29, 2013 - Game Developers Conference 2013
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March 25 - March 26, 2013 - Indie Games Summit @ GDC 2013
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March 27 - March 29, 2013 - IGF Pavilion @ GDC 2013
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March 27, 2013 - IGF Awards Ceremony (Winners Announced!)
For a complete list of information on the 2013 Independent Games Festival, including submission specifics, frequently asked questions, and more discussion on this year's changes from the IGF Chairman, visit the official Independent Games Festival website: http://www.igf.com
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