Desktop Dungeons wins IGF Excellence in Design

March 3rd, 2011 by Philip Gamble | Categories: Games

Desktop Dungeons - IGF Excellence in Design Winner 2011
Game Maker creation Desktop Dungeons has been awarded the Excellence in Design prize at the Independent Games Festival awards at Game Developers Conference.

The game beat Faraway, Minecraft, Nidhogg and Super Crate Box to pick up a cheque for $2,500.

On collecting the award the South African creators QCF Design said they had not written a winning speech because they had seen that they were up against Minecraft.

The game was also nominated for the Seumas McNally Grand Prize however this honour went to Minecraft.

See also: New Indie Title Desktop Dungeons Sets Sights on IGFs Grand Prize
Photo: Official GDC Flickr account (cc)

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  1. Andrew McCluskey
    March 3rd, 2011 at 10:03
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    People keep forgetting Nidhogg :P It won the Nuovo award for innovation, meaning Game Maker games won the Nuovo twice in a row (last year’s going to Cactus’ “Tuning”).

  2. Philip Gamble
    March 3rd, 2011 at 10:21
    Reply | Quote | #2

    I was getting to it, post is now up :)

  3. Elmernite
    March 3rd, 2011 at 12:04
    Reply | Quote | #3

    I was watching them streaming, so yeah, I thought that was pretty amazing!
    -Elmernite

  4. F1ak3r
    March 3rd, 2011 at 16:26
    Reply | Quote | #4

    Yay, GM users and South Africans! Represent, yo!

  5. Desert Dog
    March 3rd, 2011 at 21:02
    Reply | Quote | #5

    Go DD! A friend showed me this game about a week ago, been addicted ever since!!

  6. Sean
    March 9th, 2011 at 00:57
    Reply | Quote | #6

    Wow! Thats great, i hope i can play the new version soon.

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