Hyper Light Drifter

The 2017 Independent Games Festival Awards

The 2017 Independent Games Festival Awards served as a pivotal platform for celebrating creative experimentation and the expansion of the medium’s social responsibility.

• Quadrilateral Cowboy won the 2017 Seumas McNally Grand Prize and the Excellence in Design award, establishing it as the top-honored project of the ceremony.
• The 2017 festival introduced the Alt.Ctrl.GDC award, which was presented to Fierce Sphere to recognize innovation in non-traditional hardware and interactive design.
• Key category winners included Hyper Light Drifter for visual art, Everything for audio, Lady Killer in a Bind for narrative, and Oikospiel Book I, which received the Nuovo Award for unconventional design.