'Venba' Wins Grand Prize at the 2024 Independent Games Festival Awards | News | GDC | Game Developers Conference
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Venba is a narrative cooking game in which players experience life as an Indian mom who has immigrated to Canada with her family in the 1980s. Players cook various dishes and restore lost recipes, hold branching conversations and explore in this story about family, love, loss and more.

-Excellence in Visual Art ($2,000) - Phonopolis (Amanita Design)

-Excellence in Audio ($2,000) - Rhythm Doctor (7th Beat Games)

-Excellence in Design ($2,000) - Cryptmaster (Paul Hart & Lee Williams)

-Excellence in Narrative ($2,000) - Mediterranea Inferno (EYEGUYS)

-Nuovo Award ($2,000) - Anthology of the Killer (Thecatamites, Tommy Tone, A. Degen)

-Best Student Game ($2,000) - Once Upon a Jester (Bonte Avond)

-Audience Award ($2,000) - RAM: Random Access Mayhem (Xylem Studios)

-alt.ctrl.gdc Award ($2,000) - Chú Mó by The Chú Mó Team @ ArtCenter

-Seumas McNally Grand Prize ($10,000) - Venba (Visai Games)