IGF 2008 Entrants Announced!
Posted by Derek Yu Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:05:00 GMT
You can stop speculating, because the list of entrants for the upcoming IGF has been unveiled! And whoo boy, the competition is going to be fierce this year, guys and gals. There are a whopping 173 games battling for the 5 main prizes, which is around 30 or so more than this year’s. A cursory glance tells me that the quality of the games is generally very high. It’s a diverse group, too.
Many of the titles I had expected to see, many of them I recognize but didn’t realize were being entered, and many of them are comin’ straight outta left field. A good portion of the games entered this year are from TIGSource regulars, too. That’s great! I can’t wait to get my happy little digits on them and start playing.
Being able to participate in IGF is an amazing experience. I wish you all the best of luck!
(Source: GameSetWatch)
i wonder, how does the judging process work?
do all the judges get to play all the 173 games right now? or do only some judges get to vote on those, and then everybody votes on the finalists?
because there’s a lot of judges and a lot of games. must be a logistic hell.
also, who’s that cowboy dude that they use everywhere?
I guess the IGF’s not ready for an asian person next to their logo. Or a Canadian.
slinks away
Didn’t you win his prize last year?
i want a name! and a game!
Anyone who cannot name this person is not eligible for the main prize next year lol
“i want a name! and a game!”
Benjamin Franklin, and The Adventures of Willy Beamish!
I think I know who that cowboy dude is. It’s the same mysterious cowboy that was in Lynch’s Mulhollan Dr.
I believe it’s one of the Three Rings guys who accepted an award for Bang! Howdy last year.
Congrats to all who entered. I’m looking forward to this one.
i think it’s time to invest in mainstream games again.
I am stoked. SO stoked.
What struck me at first glance:
Lawls:
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Also: Konjak, you sly dog. I want to play Noitu! :D
Love to se CC and the cute little Fez, and nice to see some games that i herad of did it to IGF, like Goo, oh and go Fish go !!!
Heh Edmund with company is enetering with three games, Gish 2, Tri-Achnid and HOST
yeah cortex command was a surprise as the official website is down atm :( and the dev log didn’t get updated, however if you click on the igf link a new picture is up… new build?
Lol, i am a port of the bad community there was an anouncment call Crunchtime Update, where he said that he maid the final,lol here read yourself:”Just a quick update on what’s going on in DRL HQ. We’re crunching both to make the IGF submission, and the first commercial version of CC. The full in-game Scene Editor is now feature complete and we’re using it ourselves to build the real story scenarios that will make up the meat of of the Cortex Command experience. After six years in the making, we can finally say that we’ve transitioned from pre-production into actual production on this project. ;D So, if you already enjoy the rickety skirmish mode of the test builds, you’re in for a treat. We are adding many times more content than you’ve seen so far. Environments, ships, guys, weapons, tools, game modes, cut scenes… oh my! The Scene Editor will be included with the full game, and since we’re using it ourselves to build the game (aka “eating our own dog food”), it is shaping up to be quite powerful and user friendly. Good things come to those who wait. Image to the left is purely fictitious fun.”
So we knew it, the site will be back up, I knew it I just said it because you would than pay attention to this wonderful game !!! LOL
robolee: Yeah, they were crunching pretty hard for the deadline!
BMcC, those are pretty much exactly the games that stroke me too - I guess it’s the TIGS influence that does it.. ;) But you definitely forgot Crayon Physics! Very cool to see it on IGF! Good luck Petri… and everyone else on that note!
Haha, cool.
What do you mean I forgot Crayon Physics! Petri is the man. 8)
Hooray, now I know of even more games I want!
Wow anything goes, There is a bit of everything there, from casual match3s to XBLA games to B-games to game maker ones. I only tried one game: Ironduke and it’s actually very nice,but the game bugged and froze the browser :( I’m going to try noitu love 2 after.
From the more unknown games (at least to me) the one that struck me the most was Undertow. Seems really cool, great atmosphere and story too. At least that’s what the movies show so far.
Apart from that I pretty much already know that I like the games mentioned in BMcC’s list there. Cortex Command and Gish2 probably being my favorites at the moment.
Ah… So this is why I had so many hits on my website today!
Yeah, Madhouse is really good !!!
Adds Glum Buster to BMcC’s list.
Oops, my bad, completely overlooked it.. And now that I look again, Masq doesn’t ring a bell either… gotta check it out..
Thanks Nikica! I hope the judges like it, too :) Looks like there’s some really good entries! Best of luck to all!
Arr, that perfidious Data! I bet their server move is done already and they’re waiting with the next newspost for the IGF to blast out all the cool features they have implemented. That makes me so bilious!