446 Indie Games Enter… 36 Walk Out
Posted by Matt Eades on Sep 15, 2011 in Matt's Mind | Comments Off on 446 Indie Games Enter… 36 Walk Out

For any indie developer, IndieCade is the place to be. Winning one of the ten prestigious awards can do great things for a developer and that’s exactly what the 36 finalists hope to do during the exclusive, invite-only Red Carpet Awards ceremony on October 6th.
With 446 games submitted from all over the world, and spanning every genre, the competition is fierce. The finalists include:
- Antichamber—Demruth
- Application Crunch—Collegeology Games, The Game Innovation Lab
- At a Distance—Terry Cavanagh
- BasketBelle—Michael Molinari
- Bistro Boulevard—Fugazo Inc.
- BIT.TRIP FLUX—Gaijin Games
- Black Bottom Parade—SCAD
- Deepak Fights Robots—Tom Sennett
- Desktop Dungeons—QCF Design
- FEZ—Polytron Corp.
- Gamestar Mechanic—E-Line Media
- Geobook—levitylab
- Halcyon—stfj
- Hero Generations—Heart Shaped Games
- Hohokum—Honeyslug and Richard Hogg
- Improviso—GAMBIT
- Johann Sebastian Joust—Douglas Wilson and Friends
- Kiss Controller—Georgia Tech
- Loop Raccord—Nicolai Troshinsky
- Ordnungswissenschaft—Till Wittwer, Marek Plichta and Jakob Penca
- Papa Sangre—Somethin’ Else
- PewPewPewPewPewPewPewPewPew—Incredible Ape
- Play Kalei—Load Complete
- Proteus—Ed Key
- Sissy’s Magical Ponycorn Adventure—Untold Entertainment
- Skulls of the Shogun—Haunted Temple Studios
- Solar 2—Murudai
- StarDrone—Beatshapers, TastyPlay
- Super Hypercube—Polytron and Kokoromi
- Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP—Superbrothers, Capybara Games, Jim Guthrie
- The Bridge—Case Western
- The Depths to Which I Sink—Bigpants
- The Dream Machine—Cockroach Inc.
- The Swapper—Facepalm Games
- The Witch—Elizabeth Swensen
- Way—Coco & Co (Carnegie Mellon)
It sort of makes me sad with myself that of all the indie games I’ve played this year, only one of my favorites made the list.
If you happen to be in Culver City, California between October 8th and 9th stop by IndieCade and get some hands on time with the best indie games of the year. Tickets are $12 in advance or $15 at the door.
For more information, visit www.indiecade.com.