IGF 2011 Entrants Announced

Well, that's a couple of games. Let's make a “400 in one” cartridge.

Evan, what do you mean by that? You're right though.

I was kind of surprised to see Flywrench on there, but now I know about the whole Flywrench overhaul/expansion thing, so I am happy.

last year had 301 entries actually. Also, here is a 2-part playlist of all youtube trailers: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D8DFCA2AA7EEEAB9 & http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=EB38EFF7F5490929

Also, a dude made a list of all the games so you can view them in one spot http://www.mcfunkypants.com/2010/indie-game-festival/

it's the wii version of cave story being submitted, which is new (and more buggy)

It's even more incredible when you compare the number of entries yearly back to 2000. The amount of indie games being released per year has increased unprecedented amounts. It seems possible that the number of entries may even go above 1000 in a few years time. It cannot go on like this.

There are simply far too many. In order to rectify this problem, it would be wise to put a cap on the number of entries allowed as well as the number of indie games that are made. The best choice would be to limit the number of indie games that people make per year to 100. If someone creates a game when the total of released games that year are already 100, they will just have to wait until next year to make their game. As well as only permitting games released in the same year as the festival, the maxiumum number of IGF entries will be capped at half the amount – 50. This means that half the games released in a year will be barred from the IGF if they are not punctual. This way, independent games and assiociated festivals and celebrations will be set on the correct path without any nonsense.

This is the most sensible solution to all of the problems. Now that I have provided a solution, independent game producers will most likely pay heed and begin to produce games only if they are within the yearly game release cap. For those that do not obey – unfortunately not everyone is rational and even the best of us are prone to a lack of foresight during emotional outbursts – and produce a game when the yearly game limit has been reached, those sensible creators that have already been established in the independent gaming international network will likely employ a group of lessers to enforce these rules (which by this time would already be a social convention) with fines and confiscation of game-making equipment until they are adopted by international law.

With your “solution”, what happens when the first 100 games submitted in a time frame are crap, and the real gems are still being polished ?

If a solution is really needed, it would be several levels of selection instead of one huge pool, but you can't prevent people from making games !

Our game is there! We started making it here on TIG, it's called FOTONICA. Hope you guys give it a try.

Hmm. I'll say what I said in the thread: the qualifiers for commercial success differ from the ones for prestige in the community. Just because it sells like hotcakes doesn't mean it will win the IGF.

We love Photopia but our game is nothing like it! well maybe it is in terms of minimal use of colors! It's a FP action about running and jumping with inverted one button controls

Aren't there actually fewer entries this year considering mobile is now part of the main competition? Or does last year's ~300 include mobile as well?