We're delighted to reveal the ten 2007 IGF Student Showcase winners, each picked from the 102 excellent student entries submitted this year. And the Student Showcase winners are (in alphabetical order):
- TU Wien's paper cut-out 2D rotation-based title ...And Yet It Moves.
- Koln International School Of Design's extremely Gilliam-esque Flash soccer mini-game pastiche Ball Of Bastards.
- DigiPen's ingenious action-oriented cartoon strategy game Base Invaders.
- Stanford University's touchscreen and voice-controlled multiplayer abstract strategic romp Euclidean Crisis.
- DigiPen's 2D innovative color-absorbing platform action title Gelatin Joe.
- Guildhall at SMU's stylized vertical shooter meets puzzle game Invalid Tangram.
- Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy's interactive singing game vs. action title Opera Slinger.
- SungKyunKwan University's extremely original puzzle-sliding platform game Rooms.
- Hogeschool van de Kunsten, Utrecht's city color-painting roll-around extravaganza The Blob.
- DigiPen's clever 3D block-manipulating shooter Toblo.
Thanks to all entrants! All of these finalist titles have won a travel stipend of $500 to help them attend GDC in San Francisco this March, where they will show their game on the IGF Pavilion, and one of them will be awarded a Best Student Game prize of $2500 at the IGF Awards on the evening of March 7th.
(Two other things to note in passing - the 2007 Independent Games Summit keynote has been announced, and it's indie legend Jeff Minter - so check out the full line-up if you're interested in attending! In addition, there are two IGF-related indie sessions to take place during GDC itself on the Thursday and Friday - more info on those soon.)