2011 IGF Finalists

Posted by Rampant Coyote on January 4, 2011

The 2011 Independent Game Festival finalists have been announced.

I gotta say, for once I’m pretty psyched about the finalists for the grand prize. I am not familiar with Nidhogg, but the rest of the ones on the list are pretty dang cool. Part of me says, “Duh, of course Minecraft will win,” but I’m really not sure. It’s up against some pretty tough competition. I loved Desktop Dungeons, but I’d also really be happy seeing Amnesia win. Maybe happiest of all, as I’d like to see those guys do well, and Minecraft has already won in the most important competition of all – the marketplace.  🙂  Spy Party sounds very cool, but it also sounds a little like a one-trick pony, so I have some reservations.

So, uh, why isn’t last year’s winner, Monaco, out already, huh? I wanna play, Andy!

Here’s the trailer for Amnesia. I think I saw it on sale over the holidays, but didn’t pick up the full version yet as I’m still playing through their Penumbra series (thanks to the Humble Indie Bundle for getting me sucked into the first one…)  And I’d already bought something like twenty games. But from what I’ve seen, and based on my experience with Penumbra, it looks way, way cool:

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