WAaAzZAaA 2009-01-10 22:21:07

are you serious?
burn the rope??????

congrats to you.

Starogre 2009-01-10 23:10:22

yea. most of the games i've seen on there (i haven't followed much of it thus far, only from what glaiel has showed me) , they all look too professional. i realize you are considered pro if you make the least bit money off of something, but games that already have a shot at bigger things like XBLA or any other developers, should not be allowed to enter. this festival is for 'beta' games that can be potentially worked out with a developer in the future and made into a full game with a large team.

but the smaller games have no chance in their 'beta' stage when full games are being submitted alongside them. it sucks.

we must protest by tatooing ourselves with newgrounds logos and streaking through the award ceremony

Starogre 2009-01-10 23:54:51

Yeah. You're right, pro wasn't the right word. But I mean, even as a 5 man team competing against a 2 man team, it's unfair and always will be. But it seems like the huge 3d games with tons of models, textures, and all that look like they were made with at least 5 man teams as opposed to one of the smaller, 'plant looking games'.

It just seems like the choices get a bit random when they start choosing 'beta' looking games that have JUST AS GOOD potential, intermixed with 'fully finished and refined' games. Beta games beat out other finished looking games and other finished looking games get beat out by beta games. The whole thing is subjective.

It's just opinion whether or not you like seeing smaller teams of people win with a smaller game to go on and develop it as a fullscale game with a company, rather than a bigger team of people making the entire game and going straight for publicatication.

I don't really know what i'm saying, i'm just ranting but in the end, they should really spend more time looking at who and how many worked on the game as well as the quality. Giving attention to a big group of people really does suck compared to giving it to a couple of kids outta high school who try to hit it big.

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Perry 2009-01-10 23:57:53

Good job, I really enjoyed coil. It was very simple, though the objective in the game was never clear I thought that added to the game.

YHTBTR? Well made? it was nice, but it was more of a joke than anything else. How would I go about entering, I wanna enter for the next year :P.

Starogre 2009-01-10 23:58:26

and yes braid and world of goo kick ass. they finished and polished a game off with a couple people. that's amazing. they look like they were completed by more. that is my bad.

but you're right, they should look more at who developed it as well as the game itself

Kajenx 2009-01-11 00:43:01

Anything where you have to pay for a nomination is broken IMHO.

K0Nx 2009-01-11 03:26:06

I completely agree about the games made by bigger groups...
They shouldn't be going up against wonderful true indie games...

HotDiggedyDemon 2009-01-11 03:57:30

you made Gish? NO WAY! I was just thinking about Gish!

JaY11 2009-01-13 17:57:44

I'll hopefully be able to buy your CD next week brahhh

JaY11 2009-01-17 09:08:30

Just bough your CD <3 :)