Archive: july 3, 2008
2009 Independent Games Festival Is Looking for a Few Good Games [Indie]
The 11th Annual Independent Games Festival opened their doors today, saying they're officially ready to start taking submissions for the annual festival.
Submissions to the contest are due by this November with finalists expected to be announced in January.
In addition to the $20,000 Seumas McNally Grand Prize and the awards the festival already gives out for audio, art direction, design and technology, this time around the IGF will also be presenting a new Innovation Award. The award is "intended to honor abstract, shortform, and unconventional game development."
As always, I expect to see a...
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