2010 IGF Finalists: Main Competition

Posted by Mr. Podunkian at 5:07 am on January 4th, 2010

Seumas McNally Grand Prize:

  • Excite Bike
  • Metal Gear Solid
  • Codename: Gordon
  • N+
  • Myst

IGF: Rewarding innovation in independent games.

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13 Responses to “2010 IGF Finalists: Main Competition”

  1. Tim Says:
    January 4th, 2010 at 7:46 am

    hahaha. good one.

  2. Elijah Katz Says:
    January 4th, 2010 at 5:40 pm

    VVVVVV got fucked over

  3. JonnyB0T Says:
    January 4th, 2010 at 5:43 pm

    Monaco, to be fair, looks very unique.

    IMO, RocketBirds has some killer production values, but basically looks like a retread of the Flashback games.

  4. Mr. Podunkian Says:
    January 4th, 2010 at 7:02 pm

    @elijah katz — haven’t played the game myself but it didn’t look too different from the other super chunky pixellated platformers i’d seen besides maybe the volume of levels there were?

    @johnnybot — i agree that both monaco and trauma deserve to be on the list, but the other 3 games are more about polish than they are about any real innovation, and i think it’s a very poor choice for the IGF to be highlighting games that are simply reiterations of mainstream classics than rewarding innovation or risktaking.

    teh

  5. Mike Says:
    January 4th, 2010 at 9:03 pm

    I feel like it should be pointed out that the Seumas McNally award is not for innovation. They have a separate one for that (the Nuovo award) and that list looks much better (A Slow Year, Closure, Enviro-Bear 2000, Today I Die, Tuning)

  6. Mr. Podunkian Says:
    January 4th, 2010 at 9:07 pm

    @mike — yes i’m quite aware of the different awards, but i’m also aware of past nominees for that same award AND LEMME TELL YA IT WASN’T JUST EXCITEBIKES AND MARIOS.

  7. Mike Says:
    January 4th, 2010 at 9:34 pm

    Yeah I don’t want to defend them too much. I don’t think I’d personally put any of those games in a top-five-of-2009 list. But I get the feeling that the things I’d be considering for that list would not have been submitted (increpare’s games, Dildo Tank, When Pigs Fly)

    But last year YOU HAVE TO BURN THE ROPE was a finalist for innovation, so really this year feels like an improvement.

  8. perplexing Says:
    January 5th, 2010 at 5:34 am

    “Sundance for independent game developers”?

  9. Bennett Says:
    January 5th, 2010 at 4:38 pm

    >it didn’t look too different from the other super chunky pixellated platformers i’d seen besides maybe the volume of levels there were?

    No, it’s really different.

  10. Mr. Podunkian Says:
    January 5th, 2010 at 9:52 pm

    i’ll stand corrected once the game is released but until then, i’ll be sitting right here, in front of this monitor, punching my keyboard until words come out.

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