2005 Independent Games Festival Winners

The Independent Games Festival is the opportunity during the GDC to recognize game developers from smaller efforts that don't have the big budgets and long development cycles of more commercial titles. All the nominees this year were top notch ideas, and the winners deserved every moment in the spot light. Read on for this year's winners.

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Innovation in Audio - Global Defense Network (Evertt.com)
Innovation in Visual Art - Wik and the Fable of Souls (Reflexive Entertainment)
Innovation in Technical Excellence - RocketBowl (Large Animal Games)
Innovation in Game Design - Wik and the Fable of Souls (Reflexive Entertainment)
Audience Choice Award - N (Metanet Software)
Seumas McNally Award - Wik and the Fable of Souls (Reflexive Entertainment)

Open Category:

Innovation in Audio - Steer Madness (Veggie Games)
Innovation in Visual Art - Alien Hominid (The Behemoth)
Innovation in Technical Excellence - Alien Hominid (The Behemoth)
Innovation in Game Design - Gish (Chronic Logic)
Audience Choice Award - Alien Hominid (The Behemoth)
Seumas McNally Award - Gish (Chronic Logic)

Cartoon Network Project Goldmaster Award -
Protothea (Digital Builders)

Commentary and images from the ceremony will be available later today. Something too nice not to share, though, came when one of the developers who stood up to receive the Seumas McNally Award for Gish asked his girlfriend to marry him on-stage. She said yes, of course.

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[Dr.Opveter]

All the nominees this year were top notch ideas, and the winners deserved every moment in the spot light.
If slashdot comments count for anything i'd say the spot light is broke.