2007 IGF Entries Announced 16
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."
And the winner is (Score:3, Informative)
At least for best name.
Linux? (Score:2, Interesting)
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.
Bang! Howdy! WTF! (Score:2)
Re: (Score:1)
On B!H, PC, and Y!PP (Score:2)
As for PerplexCity, I'm fuckin' HOOKED on that stuff.
Bang Howdy was... not so good (Score:3, Informative)
I tried the game originally when it was linked on Penny Arcade, but found it to be both incredibly buggy (I had to resort to manually editing the config keys in the registry to adjust the resolution and the tutorials routinely locked up) and with overly simplistic gameplay that frankly wasn't very interesting. There was also the fact that the matches routinely timed out for seemingly no reason.
Ultimately, I find myself incapable of really recommending it to anyone. That's a shame too, since I really wanted to like it.
Re: (Score:2)
Bang Howdy is in BETA. still is. (Score:2)
It's certainly not like you paid for it.
Alot of enties! (Score:1)
I attended the IGF in 06 and watched darwinia win some awards and the big prize. I actually had no idea there were that amount of enties. its exciting and scary at the same time, reason being, I plan on taking my game to igf in 08...
thats some serious competition!
I'm curious to go and browse through the games to see what is there, I wish igf had a screenshot preview feature, some of the links to
armadillo run (Score:2, Informative)
Perplex City gets my vote (Score:3, Interesting)
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.)
Two I missed (Score:1)
As much as I know (Score:2)