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Darwinia chosen as IGF Finalist

Postby Chris » Mon Dec 12, 2005 10:41 am

We are extremely pleased to announce that Darwinia has been chosen as a Finalist in the 2006 Independent Games Festival. The IGF is a yearly event that takes place in San Jose, California and gives awards and cash prizes to outstanding independent games released over the past year. A good analogy of its function would be the Sundance Film Festivel - but for Games instead of Films. Previous IGF winners have included such great games as Oasis and Gish.

Darwinia is nominated in the following categories:
- Seumas McNally Grand Prize
- Innovation in Game Design
- Technical Excellence
- Innovation in Visual Art
- IGF Audience Award

This means we will be travelling to California next March for around a week, and we will demonstrate our game personally to the judges and the worlds assembled media. The prizes are incredible this year, with Introversion up for a potential $30,000 victory pot if we win all those categories. Previous winners and finalists have also picked up extensive media coverage, which can only be a good thing.
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Postby martin » Mon Dec 12, 2005 10:45 am

well Chris it sounds like you can't lose! media coverage for free, a holiday to California (sorry, I mean a work orientated expedition :D ), and a possibility of a large amount of money (enough for you to live off while developing your next game, yay!
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Postby elDiablo » Mon Dec 12, 2005 10:47 am

Excellent news! Hope you do win the money, means at least you have the chance to make <the third game>! How did you November writting go, by the way? We didn't seem to hear anything more about that... Maybe a time delay video of you at the desk for a month? :D
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Postby Darksun » Mon Dec 12, 2005 1:58 pm

Have fun in California!
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Postby xander » Mon Dec 12, 2005 3:48 pm

Have fun in Cali. Let us know when the date is closer... We only live about five hours from San Jose (unless you really did mean San Hose... I don't know where that is). If we are in the Bay Area, I'll buy y'all a round of drinks. :)

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Postby Miah » Mon Dec 12, 2005 4:13 pm

Hmm... I just might join you, martin :P
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Postby martin » Mon Dec 12, 2005 5:42 pm

Miah Helpmann wrote:Hmm... I just might join you, martin :P


...?
Join me where?
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Postby FinnG » Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:08 pm

Oh, playing dumb are we martin.

I think we all know where, and frakly I think its discusting.

:lol:

Well, gl IV
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Postby edd8990 » Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:15 pm

Good Luck!
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Postby shinygerbil » Mon Dec 12, 2005 9:28 pm

All the best guys :)

Aww, poor Chris, edited that post twice already, still missed the word "festivel"...
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Postby Mikey99 » Mon Dec 12, 2005 11:03 pm

Congratz and Good luck to all of you.
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Postby Iris » Tue Dec 13, 2005 12:22 am

Yay IV! Coincidentally, I'll be in San Jose from 02.23 - 04.18! I'll get to see you guys in person! ^^
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Postby daset » Tue Dec 13, 2005 3:00 am

Get the money guys! In hopes of more games faster from you...

Wow, sometimes I can't believe my own selfishness... :lol:
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Postby martin » Tue Dec 13, 2005 10:06 am

FinnG wrote:Oh, playing dumb are we martin.

I think we all know where, and frakly I think its discusting.

:lol:

Well, gl IV


indeed... :shock:
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Postby xander » Tue Dec 13, 2005 3:17 pm

FinnG wrote:...discusting...

Disgusting, like your nick, has a "g" in it.

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