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Independent Games Festival Nominees Announced

Posted by simoniker on from the savages-and-pirates-oh-my dept.

Thanks to the IGF website for revealing their list of nominees for the 2004 Independent Games Festival awards, which have been running since 1998 "to encourage innovation in game development and to recognize the best independent game developers." The finalists in the 'Open Category' include everything from "blend of puzzle and action" Fuzzee Teevee, budgeted at a mere $10,000, to the $1-1.5 million "FPS and RTS [hybrid]" Savage: The Battle For Newerth. The 'Web/Downloadable' category also has some interesting entries, from seeing "two possessed cue-balls duke it out in realtime battle" courtesy of Kung-Fu Chess follow-up Billiard Boxing, to recently-featured "puzzle-based massively multi-player online roleplaying game" Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates.

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  1. Savage is worth the money by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Wow, suprised to see that Savage is part of this. The day before this article came up I had just purchased Savage over the net due to the fact that I loved the demo and couldn't find a copy at EB. It's nice to know that my dollars went to support an "indy" company like S2games. I hope that they rise above it all and keep true to the game, I'd like to see a Savage 2 as long as the fun keeps up.

    For anyone who hasn't tried savage, you owe it to yourself to at least try the free demo. If your a fan of FPS's this game is worth a look, specially if you've ever wanted to be able to control a character from an RTS in the thick of battle, that's exactly what this game is.

  2. Re:$1.5 million = independent? by bear+pimp · · Score: 3, Informative

    Reading a few of the developement boards of 'indie' developers, it seems they don't enter because of the money involved. The entrance fee is $100 and if they are selected, the finalists have to appear at the festival and demo their game or are disqualified. This immediately discounts many people (especially outside the US) who may not even be able to afford the price of an air ticket and accomodation. The result of any competition that a: requires an entry fee, and b: requires other associated costs involved with turning up, are never going to have a true representation of the artform they are celebrating.