The award winners from indie game festival IndieCade 2016 has now been released, with 1979 Revolution: Black Friday taking the Grand Jury Award, and wins for Hyper Light Drifter, Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor and We Are Chicago.
Beyond the games, Rand Miller and Toni Rocca were given solo awards. Miller was handed the Trailblazer award. Miller is best known for being the co-creator of 1993 adventure game Myst and its sequel Riven. Rocca, the president of GaymerX, was awarded the Game Changer award for her work in the games industry.
You can see the full list of nominees here, and the award winners themselves are below.
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