Nuovo Award

The Nuovo Award or Innovation Award is an award given at the Independent Games Festival (IGF), an annual event that takes place during the Game Developers Conference, one of the largest gatherings of the indie video game industry.

[3][4] The award was designed as a way for art games to compete with traditional indie games, and the winner was originally selected from a group of finalists and given a prize of US$2,500.

[5] The former IGF chairman Brandon Boyer described the Nuovo finalists as experimental games that attempted to distinguish themselves from established conventions, and would not fit in any of the other IGF award categories.

[2][4] Nominations for the award are made by the IGF's judges.

[3] Jury members include notable game developers and previous winners and finalists, including individuals such as Jennifer Schneidereit,[6] Jason Rohrer, Paolo Pedercini, Ian Bogost, and Daniel Benmergui.

Jason Rohrer won for Between (2009).
Daniel Benmergui won for Storyteller (2012).
Nathalie Lawhead won for Tetrageddon Games (2015).
Bennett Foddy won for Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy (2018).