IndieCade 2018 festival nominees announced
IndieCade the past couple of years has moved around a bit, looking for a new home as they moved away from the iconic blacktop parking lot we at indie(Function); fondly remember our first year attending. In 2016, IndieCade was held at the UCLA campus, a huge change in atmosphere from its previous home, and 2017 changed things up again by settling down for a weekend in Little Tokyo. This year, the Center for Media and Design, the state-of-the-art facility opened in 2017, at Santa Monica College, will be where indie developers and games enthusiasts from around the globe will congregate for the 11th year of celebrating indie games on October 12th and 13th.
"We're kicking off our second decade of festivals with a truly innovative selection of the most creative and thought-provoking indie games in a brand-new location in Santa Monica. We strive to reflect the diversity of indie game developers, players and fans across the globe and look forward to bringing the community together annually at IndieCade."
-Stephanie Barish, Chief Executive Officer of IndieCade
This year's nominees include games from the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China, Turkey, Slovenia, Germany, Denmark, the Czech Republic, and Italy. The following list contains all of the announced nominees. More games are to be announced.
A Memoir Blue by Kevin Zeng & Shelley Chen
Accounting+ by Crows Crows Crows
Anyball by Hang Ruan, Laurenz Riklin & Paolo Salcedo
ASTA GRANDE by Pietro Righi Riva
Blindfold by Tom Ackerman
Bluebeard's Bride by Magpie Games
Drawkanoid by QCF Design
Escape from Godot by Mister and Mischief
Exposure by The Sheep's Meow
Fire Escape by iNK Stories
Flight Simulator by Hosni Auji
Forgotton Anne by ThroughLine Games
Guildlings by Sirvo Studios
IO Interloper by DANG!
Just Shapes & Beats by Berzerk Studio
Kleptocrat: How to Hide Dirty Money by The Mintz Group / BumbleBear Games
Laser Mazer by Mighty Coconut
Little Bug by Buddy System
LossWords by Local No. 12
Macdows by Yunus Ayyildiz & Kubra Sezer Ayyildiz
Ministry of Broadcast by Petr Skornok, Petr Melicherik, Dusan Cezek & Sanja Cezek
Mulaka by Lienzo
Nishan Shaman by NEXT Studio
Octopad by Patrick LeMieux
One Hand Clapping by One Hand Clapping Team
Pixel Ripped 1989 by Pixel Ripped Inc. Core Team
Puppet Pandemonium by Terence Tolman, Nicky Breshon, Dustin Harris, Simon Manning & Kathleen Kamali
SPY EYE by The Marino Family
Stress Express by Stress Express by Pornsima Duangratana
Tale of Ord by Published by PostCurious & Designed by Rita Orlov
TendAR by Tender Claws
The Distance by Team The Distance
The Game: The Game by Angela Washko (artist & designer) & Xiu Xiu (music)
The Klaxo Radio Hour by Haunted Ephemera
Tiny Trees by Michael Perce & Joanna Yu
WHAT THE GOLF? by Triband
Keep up with the latest on IndieCade here on indie(Function);, and check out the IndieCade site for more information on the festival, pricing, and dates.