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An avalanche of indie: 2010 IGF entries revealed photo

The Independent Games Festival's Main Competition received 306 game entries, if you can believe that. I took it upon myself to scan the multi-page list for a few projects I could highlight, and whenever something popped out at me, I opened the game's landing page in a new tab.

Needless to say, by the end of the list Firefox was chugging. Quite a few of the indie games had been discussed here before by either Anthony, Joseph, or in some rare cases me -- those are the ones I won't be giving love to today. These are:

So if you don't have the patience to scroll through the full list of IGF submissions (who can blame you), do your good gaming deed for the day and at least give those four a look.


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Avalon51's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/03/2009 13:02
Avalon51
Claus confirmed for Miegakure?
Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/03/2009 13:06
Monodi
Yeah that is a peculiar sprite over there, hehe.
koehler83's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/03/2009 13:06
koehler83
Yeah, I think the copyright infringement should be an auto disqualification.
Electrium's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/03/2009 13:16
Electrium
Miegakure's art style is really really gorgeous. I love it and all of its simplicity.
MisterGrieves's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/03/2009 13:25
MisterGrieves
Why would you undermine your own hard work on an original game by plagiarizing a sprite?

Does a color swap qualify it as an original work?

...huh.
whateverthismeanstoyou's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/03/2009 13:39
whateverthismeanstoyou
if the title can win this competition, you can't go wrong with Attack of the 50ft Robot!! except it just looks horrendously bad.
Netnavi's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/03/2009 13:50
Netnavi
ooh! A nice bunch of games for me to play!

bad or good I always get a kick out of indie games. A lot of creativity when they are done right.

I just wish there was a comprehensive list or something that we could use on the 360 indie games.
Bilar's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/03/2009 15:28
Bilar
I can't wait for mega64 to make a song about this.
Jon B's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/03/2009 15:33
Jon B
That header image... I remember having a PS1 homebrew game on a demo disc very similar.
Mayiplay's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/03/2009 17:38
Mayiplay
That was the biggest surprise I saw: A Mother 3 character sprite base--SMACK DAB in the CENTER of the screenshot!! That's neat! Yeah, I'm totally playing these games. Indie games are WAY more creative than mainstream stuff.
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