SAN FRANCISCO, March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Gish and Wik and the Fable Souls
have been selected as the top titles of the Independent Games Festival, the
Sundance Festival of the video game world. Gish and 'Wik' were awarded in the
open and web downloadable categories, respectively, at a ceremony at the Game
Developers Conference in San Francisco.
Chronic Logic for Gish and Reflexive Entertainment for Wik and the Fable
Souls were on hand to receive the $15,000 Seumas McNally Grand Prize. Game
development teams competed for more than $40,000 in cash prizes.
"The IGF is an outlet for independent developers daring to take creative
risks and push innovative thoughts," explains Simon Carless, chairman, IGF.
"This year's winners are a group of professionals who stepped out of the
ordinary and ventured into a whimsical and ingenious space."
Independent game developers, similar to independent filmmakers, usually
work with shoestring budgets. With the growing community of independent game
developers emerging over the past decade, the IGF has taken center stage at
recognizing these creators.
The IGF recognized the following awards in each category:
Seamus McNally
Gish by Chronic Logic (Open)
Wik and the Fable Souls by Reflexive Entertainment (Web/Downloadable)
Innovation in Game Design
Gish by Chronic Logic (Open)
Wik and the Fable Souls by Reflexive Entertainment (Web/Downloadable)
Innovation in Audio
Steer Madness by Veggie Games (Open)
Global Defense Network by Evertt.com (Web/Downloadable)
Innovation in Visual Art
Alien Hominid by The Behemoth (Open)
Wik and the Fable of Souls by Reflexive Entertainment (Web/Downloadable)
Technical Excellence
Alien Hominid by The Behemoth (Open)
RocketBowl by Large Animal Games (Web/Downloadable)
Audience Award
Alien Hominid by The Behemoth (Open)
N by Metanet Software Inc. (Web/Downloadable)
Cartoon Network also announced the winner of Project Goldmaster. Digital
Builders has been selected to design a game based on a Cartoon Network
character.
For the second year running, GameSpot and Download.com partnered with the
Independent Games Festival (IGF) to promote the games and their creators.
Finalist games for the 7th annual IGF competition are available for free
download at http://www.gamespot.com/igf and http://games.download.com/. As an added
feature this year, visitors to the GameSpot site, http://www.gamespot.com, had the
opportunity to vote for the 2005 IGF Audience Award for the Open and
Web/Downloadable categories.
The IGF was established in 1998 by the CMP Game Group to encourage
innovation in game development and to recognize the best independent game
developers, the way Sundance Film Festival has benefited the independent film
community. With nearly 80 entries from all over the world, the IGF reflects
how global the game development community has become.
For more information on the IGF and all the finalist games, please visit
http://www.igf.com.
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Conference, Game Developer magazine, Gamasutra.com, the Independent Games
Festival, and the Game Developers Choice Awards. For more information, please
visit http://www.cmpgame.com.
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