Thoughts on 2012 Independent Games Festival

Overview and thoughts on:

2012 Independent Games Festival 

Jeese if I got a little bit older and chunkier I think I would look just like the first guy. First impressions of the second presenter is that I do not like him. Feels that he is trying but not hitting the fun. O.K. he made me laugh at 08:13. At 35:40ish, so how they decide how people win industry people get a random bunch of games to see if they should be looked at then another bunch of people who are "experts" look at them. The Microsoft presenting the xbla game that won SuperTimeForce the actual game looks fun and the speech was good from STF but Microsoft, way to let the side down with your rad this and rad that. 

Overall a well polished show and very glad that Gamespot has the full video up for people to watch. The majority of these games I have heard of, approximately half of these I have played and less again I own. Hopefully I will be able to get a review out for them because the vast majority of these look very intresting (& good). This is last years for anyone who wants it LINKIES :D. BTW I love the student that won last year because I have basically done the same I am back to Uni at 23 and I really want to be part of the game programming environment.

Below this statement is just really a big spoiler from who got nominated and who won. No real opinions here.

08:20 - Unto the Nominees for Student Showcase Finalists:-

• The Bridge
• Dust
• The Floor Is Jelly (:D smiled at this one)
• Nous
• One and One Story
• Pixi
• The Snowfield
• Way

10:27 - The best student game & $3000 cash prize is:-

• Way

13:00 - Nominees for Technical Excellence:-

• Antichamber
• Fez
• Prom Week
• Realm of the Mad God
• Spelunky

 14:23 -And the winner for Technical Excellence:-

• Antichamber (& wow that is a loud suit)

19:13 - Nominees for Excellence in Design:-

• Atom Zombie Smasher
• English Country Tune
• Frozen Synapse
• Gunpoint
• Spelunky

 20:42 - And the winner for Excellence in Design:-

• Spelunky

23:58 - Nominees for Best Mobile Game:-

• Async Corp.
• Beat Sneak Bandit
• Faraway
• Rediculous Fishing
• Waking Mars

25:27 And the winner for Best Mobile Game:-

• Beat Sneak Bandit

28:23 - Nominees for Excellence In Visual Art:-

• Botanicula
• Dear Esther
• Lume
• Mirage
• Wonderputt

29:55 - And the winner for Excellence In Visual Art:-

• Dear Esther

32:18 - Nominees for Excellence In Audio:-

• Botanicula
• Dear Esther
• Pugs Luv Beats
• To The Moon
• Waking Mars

34:19 - And the winner for Excellence In Audio:-

• Botanicula

37:05 - And simply the winner of the Audience Award:-

• Frozen Synapse

43:56 - Nominees for the Nuovo Award:-

• At A Distance
• Dear Esther
• Fingle
• Girp
• Johann Sebastian Joust
• Proteus
• Storyteller
• Way

46:08 - And the winner for the Nuovo Award:-

• Storyteller

50:30- Nominees for the Seumas McNallyGrand Prize:-

• Dear Esther
• Fez
• Frozen Synapse
• Johann Sebastian Joust
• Spelunky

 52:05 -And the winner for the Seumas McNallyGrand Prize:-

• Fez