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2007 IGF Entries Announced

Posted by Zonk on from the get-your-indie-on dept.

GameSetWatch has the announcement that entrants for the 2007 Independent Games Festival have been announced. The complete list of entrants is available on the IGF site. There's a breakdown on some of the best entrants at Indiegamer.com, if all you care about is "What should I play?" From that post: "Bang! Howdy! -- The follow up to Puzzle Pirates by Three Rings took years and a big team. It's also innovative and fun. And it pushes a microcurrency system. Lookout IGF. Perplex City -- This real-world/online crossover game gives riddles to players in which they have to solve problems in the real world, on the internet, and in the game. Definitely Oscar... uh I mean... IGF bait. Plus they appear to have crazy funding and just announced a deal to distribute in Gamestop. These guys mean business."

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  1. Linux? by ElleyKitten · · Score: 1, Interesting

    So which of them run on Linux? I see Bang!Howdy does. I like Puzzle Pirates, so I guess I'll have to give Bang!Howdy a try (and look, I can even use my Puzzle Pirates account).

    It would be nice if the IGF page had whether the game is Windows only, or has Mac and/or Linux versions. Even on the little description pages it doesn't say, so you have to go to the game's website and hunt down that important bit of info. I guess I'll do that myself and post it, if no one else does it first.

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  2. Perplex City gets my vote by DorkusMasterus · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I have played Perplex City on and off... I'm not a hardcore player, but it's definitely down my alley as a writer for ARGN.com.

    But honestly, it's a tightly done game. The puzzles are just right, if not downright difficult (well, anything above green), the online stuff is of excellent quality, and the story is fun and intriguing.

    If you haven't checked it out yet, do so. Don't be discouraged that Season one is about to end, as there is a definite season two in the works!

    (And for the record, NO, I do not work for Perplex City, Mind Candy, or any of the other folks behind the project... just a fan of the genre.)