I had the opposite reaction. Maybe it's a difference in taste. When I browsed through the list, I wrote down games I thought were strong competitors for a finalist spot, and I quickly came up with way more than there's actually space for. And I'm sure there's a bunch of fantastic games I skipped over.
Here were the games that caught my eye 1st time thru:
Innovative artsy games:
- Dyson
- Machinarium (a personal favorite)
- Night Game
- Osmos
- The Graveyard
Neat puzzle and card games:
- Bruiser and Scratch
- Puzzlegeddon
- The Far Wilds
Fun platformers:
- Agatha Ragatha
- Boingo
- Cletus Clay
Slick racing games:
Funny, quirky Flash Games:
- Amateur surgeon
- Gigolo Assassin
RPGs and RTSs with good art and high production quality:
- Aztaka
- Buckaneer
- Krabbit Online
- Iron Grip Warlord
- Project Aftermath
- The Maw
- Zeno Clash
A well-crafted tower defense game:
- Harvest Massive Encounter
Interactive narrative/story games;
- A Street Story
- Bleating Sheep Theater Drinking With God
- Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble
And some neat retro pixel art games:
- Calamity Annie
- Night of the Cephalopods
- Virtual Villagers
I went from being somewhat confident I'd clinch a finalist spot to suddenly not being so sure in a hurry! But it's great to see so many neat things going on in indie-land.
*GASP*
I'm offended man! No love for the shoot em' up games!? Clean Asia was a finalist last year don't under estimate the power of shmups!...........
LOL ok, maybe I went a little over board there lol. I did like a lot of those games you listed though. I loved Aether also. What game did you submit?
EDIT: Just saw Salvation Prophecy in your sig. Probably should get my eyes checked eh?PS:
http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2009.php?id=734 here's my game. And, my site for the curious
www.wingsofapocalypse.com
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