In this year’s DICE summit, an award for the best Indy game has seen its first edition with 120 games in contest of which there have been 2 winners: for the non-professional category the winner were a group of students from the Digipen Institute of Technology with “Gear”, a puzzle game; for the professional contest, Lazy 8 Studios got the prize with a puzzle game named “Cogs”.
Both of them have been awarded $100,000 and the first 12 got to meet with publishers like EA and Ubisoft to show off their talent. Epic’s Cliff Bleszinski commented on the growing Indy market:
Both of them have been awarded $100,000 and the first 12 got to meet with publishers like EA and Ubisoft to show off their talent. Epic’s Cliff Bleszinski commented on the growing Indy market:
"These contests provide a crucial amount of visibility for the talent to display their efforts. A resume is a useful tool for getting a job, whereas a fully-functioning game can be a sure fire foot in the door. These games prove that the creators not only have a great work ethic but also have talent, design sense, production experience and the ability to pull something compelling together."Good times for the independent games scene.
Source: Forbes
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