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Main IGF Competition 391 entries: http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entries2011.php

Youtube playlist part 1: http://bit.ly/bs6wL8 part 2: http://bit.ly/9tgEOv

Vimeo playlist: http://vimeo.com/channels/igf2011

Description + Picture compilation http://www.mcfunkypants.com/2010/indie-game-festival/

283 Student entries: http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entries2011_student.php

Nuovo Jury: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/31131/2011_Independent_Games_Festival_Announces_Nuovo_Award_Jury.php

Audio Jury: http://www.igf.com/2010/11/2011_independent_games_festiva_4.html

[Paul Eres]

interesting that there were / are only 300 folders but 391 entrants, but perhaps not all entrants are pc download (some might be mobile phone games / iphone games / etc.)

[HD]

Looks like there are some exciting games there!


Note to self: Make sure to name IGF Entries with numbers or symbols first.

[Paul Eres]

nobody will really read that huge list anyway (except other indies or people really into indie games), and judges get assigned specific games so the early-list advantage won't matter much

i do wish though that there were an option to display all the games at once rather than 13 pages of 30 at a time (plus a final page with only one entry)

[phubans]

Same crap, different year. 

[brog]

Looks like some sweet games there.  Healthy competition.  (plus plenty of "this is a rail shooter" or "this is a puzzle platformer with a twist", but never mind.)

judges get assigned specific games so the early-list advantage won't matter much

The judges don't necessarily approach the games they're assigned in order either.  Last year, one of my judges mentioned in his feedback that mine was the first game he judged (perhaps an odd thing to mention, but there you go), and it happened to start with the twenty-second letter of the alphabet, so it's probably unlikely that he was doing them in order.
I guess if you care about marketing there's an advantage to being at the start of the list, because lots of people will look at the first few and go no further.  But I'm happy to lurk at the bottom.

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making a playlist of youtube trailers.

Code:

air pressure
addicube
alphahack
amoebattle
anomaly
antipole
aqueduct
beep
bernie
bit trip
bitejacker
blocktacular
bo
bohm
bugs and kisses
captain dynamite
casey's contraptions
cave story wii
cell
choice of broadsides
choice of the dragon
choice of the vampire
chromania lite
clutter
continuity 2
crush the castle 2
cup stack
dancing lights
dyad
experimental motion
extinction
fantasy university
faraway
fast forward
feign
flipball
fotonica
funky lab rat
gelement
genetic garden
guppy
gyro13
halcyon
hasta la muerte

That's a list of games missing trailers or with vimeo trailers in the list

[googoogjoob]

i like how miegakure and night game are both entered although they were finalists last igf

also probably other re-entered finalists from last year

and by "like" i mean "think is dumb"

edit: haha no wait i guess night game was entered two years ago and was a finalist for the grand prize

[Paul Eres]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdkP8LAQPs4

that's the best trailer of any game in the igf

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Youtube playlist nr 1 http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=EB38EFF7F5490929

The maximum for a playlist is 200 videos, nr 2 forthcoming.

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Second playlist: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D8DFCA2AA7EEEAB9
64 videos.

List of games missing youtube trailers:

Code:

air pressure
addicube
alphahack
amoebattle
anomaly
antipole
aqueduct
beep
bernie
bit trip
bitejacker
blocktacular
bo
bohm
bugs and kisses
captain dynamite
casey's contraptions
cave story wii
cell
choice of broadsides
choice of the dragon
choice of the vampire
chromania lite
clutter
continuity 2
crush the castle 2
cup stack
dancing lights
dyad
experimental motion
extinction
fantasy university
faraway
fast forward
feign
flipball
fotonica
funky lab rat
gelement
genetic garden
guppy
gyro13
halcyon
hasta la muerte
helsing's fire
hohokum
hook worlds
hostile sector
Infinite blank
insecta
it's just a thought
jamestown
jollygrim
journey of fortune
jules unboxing the world
jupiter's moons
kameleon
kory2
koya rift
kubrik
lilt line
loop raccord
lost in the deep
manic miner mobile
mantis shuffle
marvin's mittens
mary mack 5000
mechanicus
meum trail
min me
mobiloid
mustache mercenaries
nature's protector remix
neputune's pride
nightsky
oh bleep!
okabu
pew pew pew
pirates vs ninjas
please send fruit
pocket creatures
p0nd
power defense
project e
project i/o
Prosopamnesia
puma punku
retro city rampage
rotastic
seasons after fall
semblante
sexy adventures
snapshot
specter spelunker shrinks
spirits
starbuster
stardrone
steambirds: survival
super-trance galactic fighter
supernova shootout
sushi cat
symphony
TAoT Deviant Beta
Tentacles
Tesla: The Weather Man
Thank you Mr. Robeato: I can finally watch music videos while playing video game.
the cat and the coup
the game conference
the land of me
the real texas
the tiny bang story
transmove
tumblestone
ultimate fan
ultimate newcomer
unearthed
vibot
Viwawa Buffet Wars
voxatron
wackylands boss
warscale
waveform
What Makes You Tick: A Stitch in Time
word war
world's end
zumfelkin

They might exist, but they either didn't show up, had a vimeo trailer instead, or had no trailer at all

[Hangedman]

I wish there was a plain text list of all entrants.
Far easier to read.

[alphasmart]

Yep, far far far too many games here, and I echo the point about the navigation.  Some of the games look sweet, though - Bastion especially (though I haven't got very far through the list).  Also, how many times has A New Zero been submitted now?

[starsrift]

i like how miegakure and night game are both entered although they were finalists last igf

also probably other re-entered finalists from last year

and by "like" i mean "think is dumb"

I thought it was neat that Eres was re-entering SD, it looks like a very promising game and I can't wait for him to finish it. But on reflection, I have to agree with you, googoogjoob - "Enter as many times as you like until you win" doesn't seem very sporting and probably inflates their game counts. Maybe at least, once the game is complete. I mean, I get that a game might not beat the competition one year and be superior than the next year's entries, but... urgh. Seems to turn IGF into a "Best Indie Games of All Time" cumulative list.

For the record, I don't have a pony in this race and I probably never will, as I'm allergic to volunteering for beatings and detainment by overzealous American border guards.

[jrjellybeans]

For a while, I thought that only completed games should be allowed to enter.  As in games that the audience could play as well.

Then, I realized what the point of the competition is