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2009 Independent Games Festival Student Showcase Winners

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Submitted by souri on

Check out the awesome entries in the 2009 Independent Games Festival Student Showcase!

http://www.igf.com/02studentfinalists.html

City Rain looks slick, although I'm not sure what exactly you're supposed to do in it.
The Unfinished Swan is a simple but awesome idea. I can see some great potential in this game.
Winds of Orbis looks like a game that requires too much excersize o_O poor kids ;)
The rest have some interesting ideas also, well worth checking out at least the movie vids.

Submitted by Bittman on Fri, 23/01/09 - 1:20 PMPermalink

*Strokes non-existent beard*

Guess I should have a look over these in a bit. Might give me a better grasp of the indie game project we're starting up. Some do look quite cool, others look...well there's always something "meh" to someone.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 07/02/09 - 6:08 AMPermalink

Hello. I´m Caio, from Mother Gaia Studio. I´m here to let you know that there´s a brand new version of City Rain BS on Direct 2Drive ( http://www.direct2drive.com/buy-indie-games-download ). There´s also a free demo version to play online at Kongregate flash portal ( http://www.kongregate.com/games/mothergaiastudio/city-rain-bs) and screenshots, videos and stuff at our official web site ( www.cityrainbs.com )
I hope you like it

Best regards.

Posted by souri on

Check out the awesome entries in the 2009 Independent Games Festival Student Showcase!

http://www.igf.com/02studentfinalists.html

City Rain looks slick, although I'm not sure what exactly you're supposed to do in it.
The Unfinished Swan is a simple but awesome idea. I can see some great potential in this game.
Winds of Orbis looks like a game that requires too much excersize o_O poor kids ;)
The rest have some interesting ideas also, well worth checking out at least the movie vids.


Submitted by Bittman on Fri, 23/01/09 - 1:20 PMPermalink

*Strokes non-existent beard*

Guess I should have a look over these in a bit. Might give me a better grasp of the indie game project we're starting up. Some do look quite cool, others look...well there's always something "meh" to someone.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 07/02/09 - 6:08 AMPermalink

Hello. I´m Caio, from Mother Gaia Studio. I´m here to let you know that there´s a brand new version of City Rain BS on Direct 2Drive ( http://www.direct2drive.com/buy-indie-games-download ). There´s also a free demo version to play online at Kongregate flash portal ( http://www.kongregate.com/games/mothergaiastudio/city-rain-bs) and screenshots, videos and stuff at our official web site ( www.cityrainbs.com )
I hope you like it

Best regards.