January 4, 2007

2007 IGF Student Competition Finalists Announced

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.)