IGF And GDC Awards Presented 14
Wednesday night at the GDC means awards time, for the Game Developer's Choice Awards. The nominees are chosen by members of the IDGA, and then voted on by every member of the organization. Some very deserving games got the nod last night, and Gamasutra has coverage on the winners. They also have a piece looking at the winners of the Independent Game Festival, a program looking at the best games from outside the normal commercial experience. The winners from that event not only get recognition, but a cash reward to continue their development. From that article: "Dan Paladin and Tom Fulp's stylish Flash game Dad 'N Me won for Best Web Browser Game, and the Audience Award, which was conducted by GameSpot and saw over 2000 votes, was won by French strategy-MMO Dofus. Elsewhere, the $5,000 AdultSwim.com award was given to RabidLab, who developed finalist Dodge That Anvil!."
Game of the year? (Score:2, Insightful)
Awards to pretty games (Score:2, Insightful)
I find crap like this totally undermines this whole "Indie gamers can get creative and experiment" claims. It's not true. Just look who get's the awards. CLONES of 20 year old concepts! ("Dad n Me" = "Double Dragon")
Re:Game of the year? (Score:4, Insightful)