The MomoCon 2015 will play host to the first annual MomoCon Indie Game Awards. It’s a brand new way for independent developers to get their works up and out there to the public, and the finalists for the first annual Indie Game Awards have already been named.

The top 20 finalists have been narrowed down from more than 120 entries. The finalists of the IGAs will compete for a grand prize of $1,000, a 10 x 20 exhibit space at MomoCon 2016, a special panel at next year’s MomoCon 2016, a glass trophy and a special feature in the MomoCon newsletter.

The grand prize isn’t quite up to par of what you get when you walk away from the IGF or IndieCade, but MomoCon is hoping to bring some competitive heat to the indie game space by offering developers an opportunity to get their game a bit of promotional traction in the game space.

Chris Stuckey, the CEO of MomoCon commented about the first annual Indie Game Awards, saying…

“It was very difficult to narrow down the top twenty from a group of submissions that showed so much creativity and talent” … “We look forward to having a strong indie presence at MomoCon in addition to the numerous panels from AAA developers.”

If you’re curious about the top 20 indie titles that have made the cut, you can check out the complete list below.

It’s nice to see games like The Talos Principle on there as well as Among The Sleep. I really liked the concept behind Among The Sleep, giving gamers the opportunity to step into the role of a little toddler who has to survive an otherworldly invasion. It’s a real trippy and cool horror-thriller.

Even more than that, it’s nice to see something like MomoCon offering indies a nice alternative to things like IndieCade and IGF after allegations of corruption surfaced for both events thanks to the digging and dedicated work put in by Camera Lady and ShortFatOtaku.

There will be thousands of playable games at MomoCon 2015, and the event will take place between Thursday May 28th through Sunday May 31st, 2015 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The grand prize winner from the finalists pool will be announced during an awards ceremony on May 30th, 2015 on Saturday at 5pm EST. You can watch the ceremony live through the MomoCon Twitch stream.

You can learn more about the event and the finalists by paying a visit to the official MomoCon website.