BlueBerry Garden Wins Top Prize in IGF Awards

Look who’s bringing home $30,000 and the bragging rights for winning the Seumas McNally award during the recently concluded Independent Games Festival Awards? It’s the people behind Blueberry Garden. Congratulations Blueberry geeks :-)

The BBC reports:

Creator Erik Svedang, from Sweden, said the game was inspired “from growing up and playing in the woods and the Swedish west coast”.

“It’s a lot about nature and the beauty of nature. with a very singular vision.”

David Lagardere who created the music said he believed their approach set a benchmark for other indie developers.

“We used a Common Licence from the internet and this is something that will get big in the indie industry given all the talk about copyright. It means you can upload your music and protect it with some sort of licence and that’s really great and other developers should be encouraged to do this,” he said.

Mr Svedang said winning was an “awesome honour” and the money was a great boost which he might use to create another game.

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