IGF Finalists

Congratulations to all of this year's finalsts! Click on a thumbnail to view an enlarged screenshot of each game.

View the 2009 Winners here.

Main Competition Finalists

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HurricaneX2
Yunyun Teck
(Xbox 360, Windows PC)
www.youyungames.com

HurricaneX2 is a 3D Kung Fu fighting game developed by a Chinese Kung Fu practitioner. It is a game for players to express themselves in the form of martial art by the smooth control of various Kung Fu moves acquired in the game. It is a game deeply rooted in the Chinese culture and philosophy. It is a game that emphasizes timing and anticipation over brute strength and provides a variety of fighting gameplay with a unified mechanic.

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Mind Wall
Robinson Technologies
(Windows PC, Mac OSX, iPhone)
www.rtsoft.com

Mind Wall is a completely new idea – a unique 3D arcade puzzler that is instantly understood, beautifully simple to control, and diabolically difficult to master. Tap a cell on the advancing wall to remove it so your shape can fly through before you crash!

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Desaturation
Xun Zhu
(Windows PC)

The game is a horizontal scrolling shooter. The concept was based on theory and skill of Chinese traditional painting, constructing a world with ink and color. The game's mechanic and level design were all based on the balance between these two basic elements. The color palette and unit design also used traditional Chinese painting and decoration as referencce, in order to forge into a whole with the core concept.

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DONOVO
Magic Day Studio
(Windows PC)

At the beginning of the world, which is called "ONE" the earth, contains the desire and emotion. Seal of love, hate, happiness, anger, sadness and fear of six kinds of emotions in the standing stones were on the mainland. The creatures of the earth with the unknown worship, they are slowly changing temperament. All of this should be the prophets, and the whole world will be divided into six faction, DONOVO wars will erupt.
The DONOVO is a 2D magic style card strategy game. In the game, the player will act as a hero commander, command the forces to begin the fight by using the soldiers, the magic weapons etc. to win. In order to build its own forces, it requires to collect more CARDS in the battle.

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Armor Valley
Protégé Production Pte Ltd.
(Xbox 360, Windows PC)
www.protegeproduction.com

Armor Alley combines the thrill of a fast-paced Shooter with the intrigue of a Real-Time Strategy. In a futuristic world engulfed in war and terror, you have been chosen to command the forces of The Federation to maintain global peace. But for the very first time in the history of commanders, you chose to fight alongside your men on the battle frontier. As an ace pilot, you have been granted control of the most advanced aircraft of the Federation - the versatile SilverHawk, the destructive Hellfire, and the supersonic Stormbolt.

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Flatland
Dark Hut Game Studio
(Web)
www.flatlandgame.com

Flatland is a multiplayer webgame. The whole stage is an arena full of blocks and forces. To win the battle, the player has to use user angles to hit other player's border. When the player reaches nine borders, it will turn into a circle and become a winner. Flatland expresses our ideas about the flat world. We would like to prove: game itself is a kind of philosophy.

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Captain Forever
Farbs Farbs Farbs
(Web)
www.captainforever.com

Imagine hijacking the International Space Station and retrofitting laser cannons. This is Captain Forever. With one hand on the keyboard you duck and weave through an endless universe of hostile star-ships. Blast an enemy's command module and its components drift into space. With a flick of the mouse you mount them onto your ship, building a dreadnought brimming with lasers or a sleek starfighter. The choice - and the ship - are yours, Captain.

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S.H.M.U.P
Aaron Styles
(Windows PC)
http://charcoalstyles.com/SHMUP

S.H.M.U.P puts you in command of up to fifteen independent ships, defending your wall against a never ending collection of enemies and massive bosses. To aid you in your defence, you have access to a plethora of upgrades and awesome exploding, homing missiles. S.H.M.U.P features chip tune inspired music from Bart Klepka and Multifaros. The game also features a Twitter integration and extensive modding capabilities.

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Student Competition Finalists

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INK
Singapore Polytechnic
(Windows PC)

INK is designed to make use of simple mechanics in line drawing and colour coordination to create an easy to pick up and yet fun game fit for the whole family. As the chosen saviour of the Monolian race, S.Fear sets out to defeat the invading Gamuts and to restore its lands to its former black and white glory. Your weapon is your stylus and tablet. Use the lines drawn through the stylus to defeat the enemies.

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Marionettes
Singapore Polytechnic
(Windows PC)

A 3D squad-based strategy role-playing action game based on marionettes in a fantasy world, with 4 different character classes, working together to achieve their final goal. The Marionettes work together in squads to reach The Fountain deep in the rocky mountain, guarded with religious fervour by the Worshippers of the Earth.

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COLOR!COLOR!!
Ming Chuan University and Taipei University of Education (Taiwan)
(Windows PC)
http://www.wretch.cc/blog/jincylan

Seeing the fantastic and colorful world, it is a legend that the color face of the world is actually maintaining by a little-known tribe - the Colors. They are given the talent of coloring. As they touching the world, the world would be colored. However, the pollution brings not only damages of the world but another tribe - the Anti-colors. They are brutal, violent, and destroy the color of the world. To defend the world from decoloration, the Colors decide to draw their swords towards the Anti-colors. A great war is now started….

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Dream Land
Commnication University of China
(Windows PC, Mac OSX, Web)
www.kk-studio.com.cn

The story happened on a colorful and fairy-tale like island called dreamland. Stepping in the game you will act as a warrior to protect your homeland. The lovely characters, the breathtaking level, the magical skills you will learn and the most beautiful view you can enjoy during the game. Having played this game, I am sure you will have a unforgettable and fresh experience!

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Bumper Halloween
Beijing University
(Windows PC)

All the spirits and ghosts are coming to attend the Bumper Halloween competition! You need to pick your own character from the four of them, and make use of different items and environment to beat the others, so that you can survive within a square platform. But be aware, the platform is not that stable, don’t fall down!

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Autumn Dynasty: Paper Generals
National University of Singapore
(Windows PC)
www.AutumnDynasty.com

Barbarians, gunpowder and dragons! The traditional Chinese painting becomes an epic battlefield in Autumn Dynasty—an ink-brush, real-time strategy game set in a mystical, Far-Eastern fantasy world. Direct your armies with brushstrokes in the spirit of classical maneuver warfare—employ terrain, positioning and cunning stratagems to defend your lands and conquer your foes!

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