Road to the IGF 2022

Road to the IGF: Cruelty Squad puts the player to enacting nasty corporate violence in a world of lethal liquidations.

Road to the IGF: Inside the creation of Space Hole 2020, a vibrant journey through space and time, manifested through sumptuous colors and swirling visions.

Road to the IGF: Developer Silver Lining Studio explores the challenges that come from giving players tools to create beautiful artwork when they may have little artistic skill themselves, and other insights from Behind the Frame.

Road to the IGF: "All those people that survived to the end, they did it because you, the player, not the character, overcame challenges and became more skilled. We think that is a very powerful feeling, that catharsis."

Road to the IGF: The minds behind Toem share their process for creating the game's music, sound effects, and overall audio landscape.

Road to the IGF: Unpacking sees players learning about a life as they unpack someone's belongings and put them away in their new living space.

Road to the IGF: Strange Horticulture is a game of identifying and making clever use of plants to solve a town's woes—and the greater mystery surrounding it.

Road to the IGF : Inscryption is a compelling card game played with mysterious strangers in a house filled with puzzles and further oddities. To claim victory in these games might require an unpleasant sacrifice from your in-game character, though...

Road to the IGF: Papetura takes players to a handcrafted world made entirely out of paper, following a character that is trying to make sure its house doesn't get burned down.

Road to the IGF : In this platforming adventure across first-, second-, and third-person perspectives, players control the hopping and grappling of one character while also guiding the camera that's being held by the other character.

Road to the IGF: Neurocracy is a murder mystery, borne from the storybible for a completely different game. This Excellence in Narrative nominee plays out over a series of Wikipedia-like articles as players follow a complex storyline and solve a murder.

Road to the IGF: Sable developers Gregorios Kythreotis and Martin Kvale talk about breathing live into environments using music, and the emotional power you can bring to an action through careful attention to the sounds that accompany it.

Road to the IGF: SmallLife explores an interactive city base on Shenzen, China, hiding playful puzzles as players wander a slice out of everyday life here.

Road to the IGF 2022: Okthryssia and Saturnia's Bureaucratic Adventures follows a pair of siblings as they navigate their differing views on their family lives while also navigating the strange bureaucracy that stands between them and their inheritance.

Road to the IGF 2022: Nainai's Recipe is a cooking experience that will have you learning how to cook from your grandma through texts–sending messages to your nainai about the recipe and learning some of the family history behind each one.