Check out these indie games when you get a chance

GDC may have been pushed out of sight, but the 2020 Independent Games Festival awards still took place last night as originally scheduled, albeit without a physical stage and audience. Instead, the IGF winners were publicly revealed ina prerecorded ceremony. The recipients gave their thank-yous remotely, and the host, League of Geeks co-founder Trent Kusters, had some fun vintage goofs.

It was a nice spread!A Short Hiketook two of the top honors, including the coveted $10,000 grand prize, but it wasn’t a landslide – the 2020 IGF awards went to a diverse group of games.

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“Thank you to Lucas Pope for giving someone else a chance this year,” Kusters said in his wrap-up.

If you didn’t manage to claim a free copy ofA Short Hikefrom the Epic Games Store over the past week while that promo was still running, well, drat. Maybe next time. The soothing mountainside platform-adventure game is worth seeking out in good times and bad. Its pleasantness knows no bounds.

The ghost at the end of the hallway

As for the rest of the winners, click those links. They’ve all got something special going on.

Picking up the smiley face post-it off the broken mirror

John and Molly sitting on the park bench

Close up shot of Marissa Marcel starring in Ambrosio

Kukrushka sitting in a meadow

Lightkeeper pointing his firearm overlapped against the lighthouse background

Overseer looking over the balcony in opening cutscene of Funeralopolis

Edited image of Super Imposter looking through window in No I’m not a Human demo cutscene with thin man and FEMA inside the house

Looking at the ghost of Jackie inside the lighthouse