| I've just been informed by Malte Brill that its official: his Revolution authored game Drops has been nominated as a semi-finalist in the "casual games" category for this prestigious independent game showcase sponsored by ECD systems.
Drops is one of 10 semi-finalists in this category, picked from over 140 entries. The winners will be announced at Austin GDC in September 2007, and with speakers from the likes of Blizzard, EA, Sony, and many other high profile gaming companies, this looks to be an exciting conference. If any readers with an interest in gaming are in the Austin area, you might like to go along and cheer for Malte...
The nominations look like this:
Casual Category
- BattleBrain - developed by DVide Arts Inc. (USA)
- Baseball Mogul 2008 - developed by Sports Mogul Inc. (USA)
- Bubble Chamber - developed by CerebraGames.com (USA)
- Drops - developed by derbrill Multimedia (Germany)
- Fizzball - developed by Grubby Games (Canada)
- Mayawaka - developed by PoBros Inc. (USA)
- Opera Slinger - developed by Treblemakers (USA)
- TubeTwist: Quantum Flux - developed by 21-6 Productions (USA)
- Stunt Bike Island - developed by ForgeFX (USA)
- Word Archery - developed by Anino Games (Philippines)
The competition is being held by ECD Systems. Their CEO Jack Hart says:
"The Showcase semi-finalists truly demonstrate to the gaming community the value of what independent game developers can offer in terms of game variety and quality. We are excited to be a valuable stepping stone for these developers and to help their great work gain recognition not only from the industry, but also from players."
Malte told me: "I´m extremely happy to be in the semifinals of the contest and that I may use a tool, that lets me build exciting games without too much hassle. And I can deploy on the platforms I want without the need to rewrite a single bit of code."
A recent popular vote determined the list of semi-finalists, which are now in the hands of the Indie Showcase's judging panel to determine the three runner-up games and winner. The panel consists of industry professionals from the game development community, college instructors, major publishers and leading gaming Web sites. These industry professionals are champions for the independent game developers and are searching for the best of the best in terms of what the independent spirit can bring to the video game industry.
Grand prize winners will receive a specially configured game developer's workstation. Category finalists will also receive valuable prizes. In addition, ECD will provide category finalists with licenses for its flagship Digital Armor products and FairShare(TM), the company's recently launched social networking technology. |
