2005 IGF Competition Finalists Announced

Organizers of the seventh annual Independent Games Festival [part of the CMP Game Group, like Gamasutra] have announced the twenty finalists in the 2005 IGF Competition. The competition was open to any and all independent developers, and organized into two categories: Web/Downloadable and Open. Six cash prizes are given to games in each of the two categories for Innovation In Visual Arts, Innovation In Audio, Innovation In Game Design, Technical Excellence, Audience Award and the Seumas McNally Award for Independent Game of the Year. A jury appointed by the IGF selected the following twenty entries to advance to the final round. These games will be displayed at the IGF Pavilion at the Games Developers Conference (GDC), March 9-11 in San Jose, California. The winners will be announced at GDC on the evening of March 9th.

Open Category	Web/Downloadable
Alien Hominid The Behemoth Dark Horizons Lore Max Gaming Technologies Gish Chronic Logic LLC Hyperbol Iocaine Studios Kisses DigiPen Institute of Tech. Legion Arena Slitherine Strategies Protöthea Digital Builders Steer Madness Veggie Games Inc. Supremacy: Four Paths To Power Black Hammer Game War! Age of Imperialism Donohoe Digital LLC	Creatrix Ultrafish Games Detective Brand Golf Detective Brand Videogames with Chronic Logic Global Defense Network Evertt.com, LLC Lux Sillysoft N Metanet Software Inc. RocketBowl Large Animal Games Rotation Alter Ego Games Studio Star Chamber Nayantara Studios LLC Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space Digital Eel Wik and the Fable of Souls Reflexive Entertainment

There's more information about each of the finalists on the official IGF homepage, and independent gaming sites DIYGames and GameTunnel have just released a two-part comprehensive overview of each individual entry in this year's IGF competition, including the finalists.