Update: A MAZE. Indie Games Award:
Die 10 Nominierten Spiele
Die zehn nominierten Spiele, die um den »Most Amazing Game Award« von A MAZE. konkurrieren, stehen jetzt fest. Der Award, der mit 5.000 Euro dotiert ist, wird im Rahmen des A MAZE. Indie Connect Festivals (26. und 27. April in Berlin) verliehen.
Neben dem Preisgeld wartet eine Trophäe, eine Einladung nach Marseille zu den EIGD - European Indie Game Days und die Möglichkeit, das Spiel auf Little Indie zu distribuieren.
76 Spiele aus 22 Ländern wurden eingereicht, 21 Spiele kamen aus Deutschland.
Die folgenden zehn Games sind in der Endauswahl:
ASDFPLANE
Arcade
Each player has a keyboard, and the keyboard is mapped to the screen. To fly, hit letters that point towards your intended direction. If you get shot you have a chance to survive by typing REPAIR. To get a highscore you have to keep your plane on screen while shooting down other players.
http://messhof.com
BEATBUDDY
Music Action-Adventure
Beatbuddy is the first music action-adventure. Being in control of the music creature Beatbuddy you work your way through a song and bring back the music. Since all the multi tracks of each song are translated in interactive game mechanics you’re able to experience music in
a different way.
http://www.threaks.com/?page_id=30
BOTANICULA
Adventure
Botanicula is point'n'click exploration game created by Amanita Design and Czech band DVA. It’s about a bunch of five friends - little tree creatures who set out for a journey to save the last seed from their home tree which is infested by evil parasites.
http://botanicula.net
CHASING AURORA
Aerial action game
Chasing Aurora is an explorative 2D aerial action game about the dream of flight. Drop from the cliff and ride the wind from peak to peak. Fight for the beacon of light with up to three friends in the hostile environment of the Alps.
http://www.chasing-aurora.com/
FLIGHT OF THE FIREFLIES
Atmospheric / experimental
Flight of the Fireflies is an experimental video game where you guide a swarm of musical fireflies on an atmospheric journey through places and emotions. Unlike most video games, the focus is not on the challenge – but on the experience.
http://www.flightofthefireflies.com
IBB & OBB
Cooperative Puzzle Platformer
ibb and obb is a cooperative game for two. Work together in this non-newtonian world. In the bottom half of the world gravity is reversed, enabling ibb and obb to walk on both sides of the horizon. Find your way surfing on gravity, soulhopping enemies and collecting diamonds.
http://www.ibbandobb.com
LOOP RACCORD
Puzzle / Experimental
Loop Raccord is a video editing game about synchronizing a chain of video clips in order to create an illusion of continuous movement between them.
http://www.troshinsky.com/loopraccordeng.html
PROTEUS
Exploration/Music
Proteus is a game about the joy of immersion and self-directed exploration, set on a surreal procedurally-generated island. Ruins and strange creatures draw the player into the four seasons of the world and everything around you adds a voice to the dynamically-mixed soundtrack to your wanderings.
http://www.visitproteus.com
TINY & BIG: UP THAT MOUNTAIN
Jump and slice
You are Tiny, a technophile guy with a ray cutter, a gripping device and a fine attitude towards the world. But now your nemesis Big stole the only heritage your grandpa left you: A nice pair of fine rib underpants! And he‘s surely up to no good, why else would he take them up that haunted mountain…
http://www.tinyandbig.com
WHERE IS MY HEART?
Puzzle/platform
Where is my Heart? is loosely based on Bernhard Schulenburg's experience of a sunday hike, which he went on with his mom and his dad. They got lost in a forest and confronted with this problem they came to face each other's negative personality traits.
http://gutefabrik.com/wimh.html
Weitere Informationen zu den Spielen gibt es hier: amaze-festival.de/indie-connect-2012/nominees
Die internationale Jury wird sich nun intensiv beraten, um nach den Kriterien »best in innovation«, »best in subversion«, »best in progression« und »best in culture impact« auszuwählen.
Die Jury ist:
Zuraida Buter (NL) - Global Game Jam Co-Director - www.globalgamejam.org
Thierry Platon (FR) - Game Designer - www.bip-media.fr
Marek Plichta (DE) - Game Designer - www.spacesofplay.com
Chris Adkins (USA) - Games Journalist - www.indiegamemag.com