2006 IGF Main Competition Finalists Announced!

Following an amazing set of entries for this year's IGF, we're pleased to announced that the judges have picked this year's Independent Games Festival finalists, and they are as follows:

Seumas McNally Grand Prize: Darwinia, Dofus, Professor Fizzwizzle, Weird Worlds: Return To Infinite Space, Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa.

Best Web Browser Game: Dodge That Anvil, Moleculous, Dad 'N Me.
Innovation In Game Design: Rumble Box, Strange Attractors, Braid, The Witch's Yarn, Darwinia.

Technical Excellence: Saints & Sinners Bowling, Tribal Trouble, Tube Twist, Darwinia, Crazy Ball.

Innovation In Visual Art: Dofus, Darwinia, Putt Nutz, Glow Worm, Thomas And The Magical Words

Innovation In Audio: Professor Fizzwizzle, Saints & Sinners Bowling, Dodge That Anvil, Glow Worm, Weird Worlds: Return To Infinite Space.

All finalists are eligible for the IGF 2006 Audience Award. Each eventual award winner in these categories will receive a prize of $2,500, with the Seumas McNally Grand Prize being worth $20,000, and all finalists will be demonstrating their titles on the IGF Pavilion at GDC 2006 in San Jose next March, where awards will be handed out. [Please note - the other finalist announcements (Mod Competition finalists, Student Showcase winners) will occur on January 15, 2006.]