GDC 2025 has revealed the finalists for the twenty seventh annual Independent Games Festival (IGF).
From virtually 500 entries, the jurors chosen the finalists “after playing, discussing, and meticulously evaluating them” for every class: Audio, Visual, Student, Nuovo, Design, Narrative, and the Seumas McNally Grand Prize.
Jenny Jiao Hsia and AP Thomson, who developed Consume Me, lead the nominations in 5 classes, together with Excellence in Design, Excellence in Narrative, Excellence in Visual Arts, the Nuovo Award, and the Seumas McNally Grand Prize.
Despelote, developed by Julián Cordero and Sebastian Valbuena, secured 4 nominations: Excellence in Audio, Excellence in Narrative, the Nuovo Award, and the Seumas McNally Grand Prize.
The full record of finalists – in addition to honourable mentions – might be discovered on the IGF website.
The IGF is a part of GDC, which is operating in particular person at San Francisco’s Moscone Convention Center from March 17-21. The winners can be introduced through the IGF Awards on March 26 and broadcast on Twitch.
