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Her Story wins Seumas McNally, Excellence in Narrative at IGF Awards

by Brian Crecente

Her Story took home the Seumas McNally Grand Prize and Excellence in Narrative awards during tonight’s Independent Games Festival.

“Make the games you want to make,” Her Story developer Sam Barlow told the audience after accepting the grand prize.

Here’s the full list of winners:

Excellence in Narrative: Her Story

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Excellence in Audio: Mini Metro

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Excellence in Design: Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

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Excellence in Visual Art: Oxenfree

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ID@Xbox Rising Star Award: Laila Shabir, Samantha Lee, Samantha Ho, Cassia Haralson, Karen Xu, Avery Xu, Avery Johnson, Ivy Wooldridge, Wendy Wang and Evan Rusboldt of Girls Make Games

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Nuovo Award: Cibele

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Best Student Game: Beglitched

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Image: Hexecutable

Audience Award: Undertale

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Seumas McNally Grand Prize: Her Story

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