Judges for the Independent Game Festival have announced the finalists for six categories of the festival Sunday. Each finalist is able to win $2,500 for winning in each category with the Seumas McNally Grand Prize awarded at $20,000. All finalists will be demonstrating their games at 2006 Game Developers Conference. Most games have downloads available with some for Mac OS X and can be found by clicking the links below.

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?¢_Ts 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.

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