The Independent Games Festival, which takes place at the same time as GDC in March, has just announced its finalists.

This year a huge amount of talent from the British Isles has made the list of fantastic, quirky and pioneering games, and we thought we would list them all in one place.

The below links will take you through to each game’s IGF entrant page, where you’ll find short descriptions and videos.

Excellence In Visual Art
Lume – State of Play Games
Wonderputt – Damp Gnat

Technical Excellence (honourable mention)
Frozen Synapse – Mode 7 Games

Excellence in Design
English Country Tune – Stephen Lavelle
Gunpoint
Frozen Synapse – Mode 7 Games  

Excellence in Audio
Dear Esther - thechineseroom
Pug Luvs Beats – Lucky Frame

(honourable mention) 
Proteus – Ed Key & David Kanaga

Nuovo Award
[Designed ‘to honor abstract, shortform, and unconventional game development’.]

GIRP – Bennett Foddy
Proteus – Ed Key & David Kanaga
At a Distance – Terry Cavanagh 

(honourable mention)
Four Letter Word – Terry Cavanagh

Seumus McNally Grand Prize 
Dear Esther - thechineseroom
Frozen Synapse – Mode 7 Games   

(honourable mention)
Proteus – Ed Key & David Kanaga