Congratulations to the great developers over at Futuremark Game Studio for winning the DIYGamer.com First Annual Independent Game Award! While we may not be able to supply any sort of cash prize we certainly hope that our awesome rocket trophy finds a nice home on some bookshelf or mantel in the Futuremark offices.

As you can see by the results, Shattered Horizon took the prize by a healthy margin, with over 500 votes cast. While Dwarf Fortress is everybody’s favorite Roguelike, in the end, it just wasn’t a robust enough effort by the community to top the venerable independent shooter that’s made headlines around the world for it’s unique graphics/physics engine and gameplay.

But don’t worry Dwarf Fortress fans — or fans of every other indie game out there — there’s always next year. This year’s inaugural tournament was so much fun for us and was so popular amongst our core community that we are planning on bringing it back again and again for the foreseeable future.

Here are the results:

P.S. Sorry for the delay in announcing this. My internet went down the day prior to announcing the winner and then I went on vacation the day after the tournament and have not had internet until today. And I’m still on vacation, so I can’t actually mail out the trophy until next week.