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Other Winners Include Vessels, Genesis Noir, Arrog, Teardown, and Blaseball.
Origame Digital’s Umurangi Generation won the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at the 23rd annual Independent Games Festival (IGF) Awards. The ceremony, which honored some of the most innovative and excellent independent games of the past year, took place as part of the 2021 Game Developers Conference (GDC) virtual event.
In addition to the Grand Prize, Umurangi Generation also won the Excellence in Narrative Award. Umurangi Generation is a first-person photography game set in a bleak future by Origame Digital. Following an impending crisis, players act as a courier for the Tauranga Express where they unlock a variety of photography lenses and equipment throughout the game.
The winners of the 23rd annual IGF Awards are:
- Best Student Game ($2,000) – Vessels (Local Space Survey Corps, LLC)
- Excellence in Audio ($2,000) – Genesis Noir (Feral Cat Den)
- Excellence in Narrative ($2,000) – Umurangi Generation (Origame Digital)
- Audience Award ($2,000) – Arrog (Hermanos Magia and Leap Game Studios)
- Excellence in Design ($2,000) – Teardown (Tuxedo Labs)
- Excellence in Visual Art ($2,000) – Genesis Noir (Feral Cat Den)
- Nuovo Award ($2,000) – Blaseball (The Game Band)
- Seumas McNally Grand Prize ($10,000) – Umurangi Generation (Origame Digital)
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