Hello and welcome to the 19th annual Independent Games Festival Letter From The Chairperson!

I wanted to take a moment to thank the IGF staff, developers, judges and jury members who were supportive and active in my first year as IGF Chairman! It was great to work through the process from start to finish and I appreciate all the feedback, conversations and suggestions that came along from everyone throughout the year.

Also, a big congrats again to all the teams who were nominated, received honorable mentions or won awards last year! It was an amazing selection of games that I feel not only echo the voices of our community, but also reflect how far we've all come as an industry. I'm really looking forward to discover what this new year has in store!
Based on the experiences of last year, (and since there's always room for improvement) we've decided on some changes to this upcoming IGF. I'll outline the more notable items below in more detail.

In addition to these changes, we're also making updates and tweaks to the entry system which should better clarify hardware requirements and streamline a few hidden parts of the system. You may not interact directly with these changes as entrants or judges, but they'll be there and working behind the scenes to make the entire process more efficient. We'll also be launching a new, updated/streamlined version of the IGF website in September, its first update in more than 10 years!

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