It was Lucas Pope's {Papers, Please} that earned the highest accolades (the Seumas McNally Grand Prize for best independent game of the year) at last night's Independent Games Festival award show at GDC. It's the 16th annual IGF awards and this year it was honest by Capybara Games' co-founder Nathan Vella. {Papers, Please} also picked up the Excellence in Narrative and Excellence in Design awards, while The Stanley Parable picked up the audience award.
Excellence in Visual Art
Gorogoa by Jason Roberts
Nuovo Award
Luxuria Superbia from Tale of Tales
Excellence in Audio
DEVICE 6 from Simogo
Excellence in Narrative
{Papers, Please} by Lucas Pope
Best Student Game
Risk of Rain from Hoppo Games
Audience Award
The Stanley Parable by Galactic Cafe
Excellence in Design
{Papers, Please} by Lucas Pope