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IndieCade 2014 finalists named

Hack 'n' Slash, Close Castles, and Metrico are among the many finalist selections for IndieCade 2014, celebrating the best in indie gaming across a variety of platforms.

Ozzie Mejia

September 12, 2014 11:40 AM

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The 2014 IndieCade Award Finalists have been named for this year's IndieCade Festival. As is the case each year, this year's event will celebrate the best indie games across all video game platforms, as well as other areas like board gaming and outdoor activities.

This year's notable finalists include current releases like Double Fine's Hack 'n' Slash and Digital Dreams' Metrico. There are also several upcoming releases, like Affordable Space Adventures from KnapNok Games and Nifflas, Close Castles from Sirvo, and Metanet's N++.

Here are the full list of video games for this year's IndieCade Award Finalists:

• Affordable Space Adventures [Wii U] - KnapNok Games & Nifflas Games
• Bloom – The Game [Big Game/Installation] - Bloom Games
• Choice Chamber [PC, Mac] - Studio Bean
• Close Castles [PC, Mac] - Sirvo
• Close Your Eyes [PC] - DigiPen Team Indoor Sunglasses
• Cuppa Quest [iOS] - Team Aet
• Drei [PC, Mac, Mobile] - Etter Studio
• Elbow Room [PC, Mac (Installation), Tablet] - Deep Dark Hole
• Ether One [PC] - White Paper Games
• Fract OSC [PC, Mac] - Phosfiend Systems
• Framed [iOS, PC, Mac] - Loveshack
• Gemini [TBD] - Team Gemini
• Hack ‘n’ Slash [PC, Mac, Linux] - Double Fine Productions
• Henka Twist Caper [PC, Mac, Big Game/Physical] - OriGaminc
• How Do You Do It? [Flash (PC, Mac, Linux)] - Freeman, Butler, Coss, Kittaka
• Ice-Bound [iPad and printed book] - Down to the Wire
• iO [OUYA, PC, Mac, Mobile] - Gamious
• Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes [PC, Oculus Rift] - Keep Talking Team
• Lyne [iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux] - Thomas Bowker
• Metrico [PlayStation Vita] - Digital Dreams
• Mini Metro [PC, Mac, Linux, Mobile] - Dinosaur Polo Club
• N++ [PlayStation 4] - Metanet Software Inc.
• Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) [PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One] - Upper One Games/E-Line Media
• Nova-111 [PC, Mac] - Funktronic Labs
• Private Eye [PC, Oculus Rift] - Slacker Games
• Redshirt [PC, Mac, iPad] - The Tiniest Shark
• Risk of Rain [PC, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One] - Hopoo Games, LLC
• Soulfill [iOS] - Little Wins LLC

And here's a list of some of the other finalists in the non-video gaming area:

• Antimatter Matters: A Quantum Physics Board Game (Really!) [Board Game] - Elbowfish
• Coffee: A Misunderstanding [Performance] - Deirdra "Squinky" Kiai
• Grow: The Organic Building Game [Table] - CricKeT Games
• Heifer Heist [Board Game] - cow&duck studios
• Service [Live Action Role Playing Game (LARP)] - Shoshana Kessock/Phoenix Outlaw Productions
• Slap .45 [Table] - Gnarwhal Studios
• Tumball [Big Game/Sport] - Tender Claws
• Use of Force [Virtual Reality Installation] - Emblematic Group

All of these games will be featured at the IndieCade Festival in Culver City, CA on the weekend of October 9 through the 12. For more information on each of these games, be sure to visit the IndieCade website.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?