Seumas McNally Grand Prize:
Minecraft, by Mojang
Nuovo Award:
Nidhogg, by Messhof
Excellence in Visual Arts:
BIT.TRIP RUNNER, by Gaijin Games
Excellence in Audio:
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, by Frictional Games
Excellence in Design:
Desktop Dungeons, by QCF Design
Best Student Game:
FRACT, by University of Montreal
Technical Excellence:
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, by Frictional Games
Best Mobile Game:
Helsing's Fire, Ratloop
Audience Award:
Minecraft, by Mojang
Direct2Drive Visions Award:
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, by Frictional Games
2011 Independent Games Festival Finalists:
Seumas McNally Grand Prize:
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Desktop Dungeons
Minecraft
Nidhogg
SpyParty
Honorable mentions: Neptune's Pride (Iron Helmet Games); Super Crate Box(Vlambeer); Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale (Carpe Fulgur); Bit.Trip Runner (Gaijin Games); Retro City Rampage (Vblank Entertainment)
Excellence In Visual Art
Bastion
BIT.TRIP RUNNER
Cave Story (2010 Edition)
The Dream Machine
Hohokum
Honorable mentions: Retro City Rampage (Vblank Entertainment); Cobalt (Oxeye Game Studio); Faraway (Steph Thirion); Helsing's Fire (Ratloop); Flotilla (Blendo Games).
Technical Excellence
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Confetti Carnival
Miegakure
Minecraft
Neverdaunt:8Bit
Honorable mentions: Cobalt (Oxeye Game Studio); Achron (Hazardous Software);Hazard: The Journey Of Life (Demruth); Overgrowth (Wolfire Games); Swimming Under Clouds (Piece Of Pie Studios)
Excellence In Design:
Desktop Dungeons
Faraway
Minecraft
Nidhogg
Super Crate Box
Honorable mentions: Helsing's Fire (Ratloop); Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale (Carpe Fulgur); Flotilla (Blendo Games); Bo (Mahdi Bahrami); Brutally Unfair Tactics Totally OK Now [B.U.T.T.O.N.] (Copenhagen Game Collective)
Excellence in Audio:
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Bastion
BIT.TRIP BEAT
Cobalt
Retro City Rampage
Honorable mentions: Bit.Trip Runner (Gaijin Games); Cave Story (2010 Edition)(Nicalis); Jamestown (Final Form Games); NightSky (Nicalis); Planck (Shadegrown Games)
Best Mobile Game:
Colorbind
Halcyon
Helsing's Fire
Shot Shot Shoot
Solipskier
Honorable mentions: Flick Kick Football (PikPok); Shibuya (Nevercenter); Spirits(Spaces Of Play); Tentacles (Press Play); Trainyard (Matt Rix)
Nuovo Award Finalists:
Bohm
Brutally Unfair Tactics Totally OK Now (B.U.T.T.O.N.)
The Cat and the Coup
Dinner Date
Hazard: The Journey Of Life
A House in California
Loop Raccord
Nidhogg
Honorable Mentions: Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Frictional Games); Choice Of Broadsides (Choice Of Games); Faraway (Steph Thirion); Feign (Ian Snyder); Spy Party (Chris Hecker)
Student Showcase Finalists:
e7
FRACT
GLiD
OctoDad
PaperPlane
Solace
Tiny and Big
Toys
Honorable Mentions: About Love, Hate, and the Other Ones (School of Fine Arts and Design Kassel); EXP (NHTV); Paul and Percy (IT University Copenhagen);Senseless (University of Advancing Technology); StarTwine (Carleton University);Ute (Kunsthochschule Kassel)
source: http://www.igf.com/02finalists.html