Her Story Wins Grand Prize at 2016 IGF Awards

Sam Barlow’s Her Story took home the Seumas McNally Grand Prize for Best Independent Game and $30,000 at the 18th annual Independent Games Festival Awards last night, hosted by the 2016 Game Developers Conference at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco. In addition to the grand prize, Her Story also received the top honor for Excellence in Narrative.

Other top honors include the Excellence in Design award received by Steel Crate Games’ Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, the Excellence in Visual Art award which went to Night School Studio’s Oxenfree, and the Excellence in Audio award received by Dinosaur Polo Club’s Mini Metro. Additionally, the Nuovo Award for abstract and unconventional games was awarded to Cibele, developed by Star Maid Games. The Best Student Game Award went to Beglitched by Jennifer Jiao Hsia and Alec Thomson. Finally, the community-driven Audience Award was given to Undertale from developer Toby Fox.