2007 Indie Games Fest: Student competitons winners

Posted Jan 8, 2007 at 2:09AM by QJ Staff Listed in: Wii, PS3, MMORPG, Xbox 360, PC Gaming Tags: Florida, GDC, San Francisco, Stanford, Stanford University
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They came, they saw, they conquered. Today, we'll be reporting the finalists for this 9th Independent Games Festival student competition and best mods competition. Much like our readers, we wish them a hearty congratulations for making it into this coveted list.
  • TU Wien: And Yet It Moves
  • Koln International School Of Design: Ball Of Bastards
  • DigiPen: Base Invaders
  • Stanford Junior University, a private university regarded among the finest in the world">Stanford University: Euclidean Crisis
  • DigiPen: Gelatin Joe
  • Guildhall at SMU: Invalid Tangram
  • Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy: Opera Slinger
  • SungKyunKwan University: Rooms
  • Hogeschool van de Kunsten, Utrecht: The Blob
  • DigiPen: Toblo
  As for the awardees for IGF's top four game mods:
  • Best Single-player FPS Mod: Cut Corner Company Productions' Weekday Warrior mod (Half-Life 2)
  • Best RPG Mod: Ossian Studios' Darkness Over Daggerford (Neverwinter Nights)
  • Best Multiplayer FPS Mod: ES Team's Eternal Silence (Half-Life 2)
  • Best Other Mod: Ludocraft's Spawn Of Deflebub (Unreal Tournament 2004)
The winners for both categories will be awarded a stipend of US$ 500 to help them attend this year's Game Developers Conference. The Conference itself will be held on March 6 to 9 in San Francisco. Finalists for both events will be showing their works at the IGF Pavilion, with one winner being selected from each group for the GDC's IGF awards. The Best Student Game wins US$ 2500, with the Best awardee winning a US$ 5,000 cash prize.

Click on the read link for the full details on these contenders. Also Make sure to catch up on the other awardings for this major event.

 
 
 

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