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Independent Games Festival 2005 Entries Announced

Posted by Zonk on from the from-whence-puzzle-pirates-came dept.

simoniker writes "The Independent Games Festival has just announced its list of entrants for 2005, the seventh annual contest. The awards, to be given out at next year's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, are all about 'Rewarding Innovation In Independent Games,' and there's a total of $40,000 in prizes, including a $15,000 grand prize for both the 'Open' and 'Web/Downloadable' categories. Notable entries this year include Nayantara's online CCG Star Chamber, Chronic Logic's ball-o'-tar platformer Gish, and Digital Eel's forthcoming Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space, the sequel to Strange Adventures In Infinite Space."

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  1. Re:unheard of by Nos. · · Score: 5, Informative

    No, but two I would highly recommend (if you have hours to kill) are Frozen Bubble and Battle for Wesnoth. Not sure why these aren't on the list.

  2. Last Year's Winners Still Rawk by Zonk · · Score: 5, Informative

    Last year's winners are still very fun to play with. Puzzle Pirates gets daily use around my home by both myself and my fiance, and Bontago got some heavy play at the last LAN party I attended.

  3. Weird Worlds rocks! by jncook · · Score: 5, Informative

    As a long-time player of Strange Adventures in Infinite Space, I have this to say about Weird Worlds:

    It rocks!

    It has smooth, OpenGL-based 3D graphics. The universe is bigger. The images are sharper. But it still retains the quirky, simple gameplay that made the original so great.

    Strong work, Digital Eel!

    James