The full list of award winners from this the IndieCade 2016 indie game festival has been released, with Ink Stories’ 1979 Revolution: Black Friday taking top honors. Other notable games to receive awards last weekend include Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor and Hyper Light Drifter.
IndieCade also recognized Myst creator Rand Miller with the Trailblazer Award. He is best known for co-creating the 1993 adventure game Myst, its sequel Riven and, most recently, a spiritual successor to the Myst series called Obduction.
The full list of award winners from IndieCade 2016 are as follows:
- Trailblazer Award: Rand Miller
- Game Changer Award: Toni Rocca
- Grand Jury Award: 1979 Revolution: Black Friday
- Visual Design Award: Infinite-0
- Audio Design Award: Soundstage
- Game Design Award: Hamlet-Mobile
- Story/World Design Award: Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor
- Technology Award: Threadsteading
- Impact Award: Replica
- Interaction Award: The Order of the Oven Mitt
- Jury Choice Award: Hyper Light Drifter
- Audience Choice Award: Bad News
- Developer Choice Award: We Are Chicago
- Media Choice Award: You Must Be 18 or Older to Enter