The organizers are rewarding future video game development stars

Jan 25, 2014 01:16 GMT  ·  By

The Independent Games Festival is ready to announce the list of winners for the 12th edition of the Student Showcase, which celebrates the most innovative games created by teams of developers that are part of a university game program.

The list of winners includes:

Museum of Simulation Technology - Albert Shih - Carnegie Mellon University, Entertainment Technology Center Engare - Mahdi Bahrami & Moslem Rasouli - NHTV University of Applied Science Risk of Rain - Hopoo Games - University of Washington Symmetrain - Philipp Beau & Daniel Goffin - University of Amsterdam / University Kassel Westerado - Ostrich Banditos - HKU Rhythm Doctor - Hafiz Azman& Winston Lee - University of Cambridge Foiled - Unblanched Peanuts - NYU Cyber Heist - Hack n' Hide - University of Utah

Honorable mentions:

Ladylike - Nina Freeman, Emmett Butler, David Coss & Winnie Song - NYU, NYU Poly UN EP - Ian Snyder - Kansas City Art Institute Rabbit Rush - Caterpillar Lane – RMIT Flying Fish - The Grey Room - The Academy of Interactive Entertainment Bokida - Rice Cooker Republic - Institut de Création et d'Animation Numeriques

The organizers say that there were 346 entries they had to evaluate, coming on PC, home console and mobile devices.

All the games will be playable on the floor of the Game Developers Conference 2014, which is set to take place between March 17 and 21 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

During the show, the organization will also announce the winners of the IGF and GDC awards.