Competition

A shortlist of 20 games has been drawn up for the 2011 Creative Game Challenge. Water was the theme for the second annual game development competition for Dutch high school students organised by Mark Overmars’ Utrecht University. All games entered in to the competition were made using YoYo Games’ Game Maker software. With 113 teams submitting […] More

NALGames are holding an invention themed game creation contest at GameJolt. Prizes of indie games are offered for the top three games as judged by a panel of GameJolt members. The contest began last night and runs until February 14th. Full details at GameJolt. More

We’ve been trying to arrange to get some questions answered by Woodley Nye and Lexie Dostal, creators of Dustforce. In the meantime here is a short video interview they gave to IndiePub games after being announced as winners of the $100,000 grand prize. More

YoYo Games’ sixth competition based on the theme of “Discovery” officially wrapped up today with the three winners announced. After approximately one and a half months of judging, the three winners were decided on after thorough examination by the YYG judges. The winners are as follows: First Place ($1000): The Hive by titusthreex Mysterious disappearances […] More

Acrobatic puzzle platformer Dustforce (trailer) created by Woodley Nye and Lexie Dostal has been awarded the $100,000 Grand Prize in IndiePub Games’ latest game development contest. The results of IndiePub Game’s third major competition were announced at GDC Online in Texas. Dustforce was the only Game Maker creation to make the final of the competition […] More

IndiePub Games have announced the 6 finalists and the community choice winner in their $105,000 game development competition.  One of the finalists, Dustforce, described as an ‘acrobatic puzzle platformer’ by creators Woodley Nye and Lexie Dostal, is written in Game Maker. Gameplay trailer below. Last year Game Maker games Climb to the Top of the […] More