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2005 IGF Student Showcase Winners Announced

Posted by Zonk on from the that's-a-big-oops dept.

Alef writes "The winners of the 2005 Independent Game Festival Student Showcase have been announced. However, at least one entry appears to have been ignored by the judges. This makes me wonder whether the elaborate description of their judging process merely is empty words." Update: 01/28 22:45 GMT by Z : Goodman simoniker wrote in with an update to this story in the comments. Basically, miscommunication reigns.

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  1. Xbeowolf by wot.narg · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Wow, who would guessed that Xbeowolf would win!

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  2. Seems like... by Alkaiser · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It'd be pretty lame of the judges to completely ignore an entry...although not altogether unexpected...

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  3. All I can say about Velox by Geoffreyerffoeg · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Where's the download link for Velox on LimeBird's site? Has anybody downloaded it?

    Perhaps they tried to download it, but couldn't find it?

    Does "will be displayed" mean not released yet? If so, then I can hardly fault the judges for not accepting it....

    1. Re:All I can say about Velox by Jason+Scott · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Well, we can go around and around on that. Obviously, if they have no entry fee and can take most anything shoved in, they're run kind of ad-hoc and probably rather arbitrarily. I would leave it at your essay and then move on, really. The world is full of podunk festivals, contests, "certifications", and other such constructions that end up being rather inside, arbitrary, or not-to-snuff. I'd let the game speak for itself. I'd also put some screenshots up on your site.

      All this said, however... you run the fuckin' MODARCHIVE. You RULE, and get bonus points beyond all reason for doing so. I run artscene.textfiles.com, which has a mod section, but really, I know where to bow down. And for you, I do. Let me know if I can be a mirror.

  4. Trying to find Velox information by pnice · · Score: 2, Interesting

    When I click on the links that made the final 10 I can see screen shots, detailed information, downloads for the files, etc. When I try to find anything on Velox I get thrown into a loop around web pages that all end up going to the same thing. If Velox would have made it into the final 10 would more information have been included on the page for the game?

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    1. Re:Trying to find Velox information by Stary · · Score: 2, Interesting
      The pages you get access to via the links on the IGF site are made by the teams themselves. We've opted to not offer any public downloads of Velox ATM. If we'd won, that'd possibly have been reconsidered.

      The judges had a lot of additional information, as well as a separate link to actually download the game, of course.

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