Competition Structure
The festival awards ceremony is split into two broad categories: the main IGF competition and the IGF Student Showcase.
The main Independent Games Festival, held on March 2012 at San Francisco's GDC 2012, distributed nine major awards:
- Seumas McNally Grand Prize ($30,000)
- Nuovo Award ($5,000) (originally Innovation Award)
- Excellence In Visual Art ($3,000)
- Excellence In Audio ($3,000)
- Excellence in Design ($3,000)
- Technical Excellence ($3,000)
- Best Mobile Game ($3,000)
- Audience Award ($3,000)
In addition, the IGF's Student Showcase competition gives out the following awards each year:
- IGF Student Showcase Winner (eight winners, $500)
- Best Student Game ($3000)
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