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Game Career Guide News: IGF Sees Record Main Competition Entry Numbers
GameSetWatch: 2010 Independent Games Festival Gets Record Main Competition Entries
| Here are the entries for next year's Main IGF Competition: http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entries2010.php 7 days ago |
| ちなみに12th IGFの一般部門はこちら。 http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entries2010.php 7 days ago |
| There's a -record- number of entries in the 2010 Independent games festival! 303 pages worth! http://bit.ly/26HhBu 9 days ago |
IGF Sees Record Main Competition Entry Numbers
Game Career Guide News —
... -- the longest-running and largest festival relating to independent games worldwide -- are proud to announce record entry numbers for IGF 2010's Main Competition, for which entries closed last night. This year's Main Competition -- just one of the three IGF competitions taking place this year -- amassed 306 game entries, many of them new titles from leading indie developers. Information, screenshots and videos on each of the IGF Main Competition entries ...
2010 Independent Games Festival Gets Record Main Competition Entries
GameSetWatch —
... -- the longest-running and largest festival relating to independent games worldwide -- are proud to announce record entry numbers for IGF 2010's Main Competition, for which entries closed last night. ...
IGF 2010 Entries Announced
Rock, Paper, Shotgun —
... It’s that time of year again. The 306 (Count ‘em!) entries to the 2010 IGF awards have been announced. You can browse them at your leisure, with many of them actually including stuff which you can download if you want to play at home. Interestingly, at first glance, there appears to be more already released completed games than usual – and there’s a fair helping of games which RPS have previously championed. I’m a judge again this year, and hope to do a better job than last time round, when I was terribly slack. Good luck to everyone who’s ...
An avalanche of indie: 2010 IGF entries revealed
Destructoid —
... entries, if you can believe that. I took it upon myself to scan the multi-page list for a few projects I could highlight, and whenever something popped out at me, I opened the game's landing page in a new tab. ...
Independent Games Festival 2010 gets record number of entries
Big Download Blog —
... You can check out all of the entries at the IGF's official web site.All the games submitted will be reviewed by over 150 judges. The finalists will be named in several categories in January and the winners will be named in a ceremony to be held at the ...
78641 – It Is The Fun Game?
Rock, Paper, Shotgun —
Kieron spotted this in the 2010 IGF list. Called 78641, it purports to be an English translation of the classic Esperanto game, Pato Viro Simulilo. It’s, um, sort of an adventure game, but mostly an exercise in surrealism. And unlike most things that people label “surreal”, this isn’t just “silly” or saying “fish” a lot – it’s a genuinely surreal and often unsettling experience. In the game you play Doug Beachez, a frying pan. Who sells dildos.
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Independent Games Festival Entrants
Blue's News —
The 12th Annual Independent Games Festival reveals the 306 entrants in this year's competition. Word is: "This total entry tally comprises 35% more games than last year's record 226 Main Competition entries, itself a 30% increase on the previous year -- showing the continuing popularity of independent games and the IGF."
Independent Games Festival 2010 competitors announced
Joystiq —
... Each year, indie developers from around the world submit their creations to the Independent Games Festival Main Challenge in hopes of becoming the next cola-to-Cristal success. This year, the IGF has received a whopping 306 entries (last year: 224) competing for the ...
306 Titles Competing In Independent Games Festival 2010
GayGamer.net —
... Exciting news in the world of indie gaming! The IGF, hitting its 12th year of being the indie game equivalent of Sundance, has published its list of submissions for the 2010 competition. With an impressive three hundred and six games on the list this year, the variety of games on display range from ...
Powers Combined: Mon & Bot
GameSetWatch —
... One of 300+ submissions to the 2010 Independent Games Festival Main Competition, Mon & Bot is a physics-based platformer in which you control two characters, a diminutive alien-like creature (Mon) and a robot, at the same time as you fight other robots and try to escape the city. ...
IGF
Dubious Quality —
The entry list for the annual Independent Games Festival is always great fun to read, because there are always a few games that are, well, a little strange. The full list is here, but since I know you're lazy, here are a few of the zany highlights. ...
2010 Indie Games Fest: A Different Color of Horror
GameLife —
... from the full list of entrants. Many of these games are already available from the developers’ websites, so of course I started flipping through the entries as well, landing (naturally) on Don’t Shit Your Pants. ...
IGF 2010 Reveals Record Student Entry Numbers
Game Career Guide News —
... , organizers of the 2010 Independent Games Festival -- the leading worldwide independent games showcase -- have revealed 193 Student Showcase entries, a record 33% more entries than last year. After this year's 12th Annual IGF Main Competition -- just one of the three IGF competitions taking place this year -- amassed 306 game entries , information on the almost 200 Student Showcase entries is ...
IGF 2010 Reveals Record Student Entry Numbers
GameSetWatch —
... After this year's 12th Annual IGF Main Competition -- just one of the three IGF competitions taking place this year -- amassed 306 game entries, information on the almost 200 Student Showcase entries is ...
Independent Games Festival announces record entry numbers
That VideoGame Blog —
... The festival’s organizers are reporting that IGF 2010’s main competition has experienced a 30% increase in entries from last year, receiving a grand total of 306 submissions, many of which are new titles from a multitude of distinguished indie developers. The Festival’s Student Showcase also has a strong showing this year, with 193 entries (33% increase). All entries will be deliberated on by a group of 160 notable industry judges, with selected finalists moving on to the final showdown at the Game Developers Conference in San ...
2010 Independent Games Festival Announces Record Main, Student Entries
GDC News —
... -- the longest-running and largest festival relating to independent games worldwide -- are proud to announce record entry numbers for both IGF 2010's Main Competition and ...


