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IGF 2009 Entries and XNA Game Studio

November 29th, 2008 Michael Klucher

Can you believe we’re only about a month away from 2009? That means GDC 2009 is getting ever and ever closer. It also means that the Independent Games Festival have announced their 2009 entries! I thought I’d go through the list and call out some of the games I recognized that used XNA Game Studio to write their game. This list may not be complete, so if you see one that I don’t have listed here please leave a comment and I’ll update my list!

IGF Main Competition Entries

  • Audiball (Indiecisive Games) – You’ll find this game on Xbox LIVE Community Games!
  • Blueberry Garden – Fly around and give it a try!
  • CarneyVale: Showtime (Singapore-MIT Gambit Game Lab) – The winner of this years Dream Build Play competition!
  • City Rain BS (Mother Gaia Studio) – The winner of this years Imagine Cup!
  • Funky Punch XL (Solus Games) – You can try this game today on Xbox LIVE Community Games!
  • Petank Party (UFO Games) – Another game from Dream Build Play, hopefully we’ll see more of it soon!

IGF Student Showcase Entries

  • City Rain Building Sustainability (Mother Gaia Studio) – The winner of this years Imagine Cup!
  • Skip Lancer (DigiPen Institute of Technology) – Another great XNA Game Studio Game!
  • Zeit2 (Technische Universität Berlin) – Classic shoot em’ up gaming!

Again, Hopefully I didn’t miss your game, If I did please leave a comment and I’ll add it up to the list above. Congratulations to everyone that entered and good luck with the finals!

Update: Added a few games, thanks to Joseph and Epsicode!

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  1. Joseph Molnar
    November 29th, 2008 at 21:49 | #1
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    Hey Michael, I recognized Audiball as an XNA entry: http://www.igf.com/…/entry2009.php

  2. Joseph Molnar
    November 29th, 2008 at 21:53 | #2
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    Also recognized Zeit2 from the student entries: http://www.igf.com/…/entry2009.php

  3. Epsicode
    November 30th, 2008 at 07:55 | #3
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    Blueberry Garden is also made with XNA :-)

  4. Creators Club Communiqué 11
    December 12th, 2008 at 12:22 | #4
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    RE: IGF 2009 Entries and XNA Game Studio

    Xbox LIVE Community Games is well on its way! We’re currently showing more than SEVENTY games in the

  5. Andy Nealen
    December 12th, 2008 at 21:37 | #5
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    Hey Michael, Jugglers is also an XNA entry. It’s submitted to both the student showcase and the main competition: http://www.igf.com/…/entry2009.php

  6. Jakob Tonn (Better Than Work)
    December 13th, 2008 at 01:56 | #6
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    Andy is correct, Jugglers is definitely made using XNA.

  7. D Robert
    December 13th, 2008 at 23:03 | #7
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    My entry, PhysHack Arena, is XNA: http://www.igf.com/…/entry2009.php

  8. クリエイターズ クラブ 公
    December 16th, 2008 at 19:05 | #8
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    RE: IGF 2009 Entries and XNA Game Studio

    2009 年 3 月 23 日から 27 日までの 5 日間 Independent Game Festival がサンフランシスコで開催されます。 XNA Game Studio で制作されたゲームもいくつかエントリーしていますが、

  9. segarr
    January 8th, 2009 at 13:38 | #9
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    Two XNA games nominated for the Grand Prize! :-)

  10. Thomas Bedenk
    January 21st, 2009 at 09:59 | #10
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    We made it to the Student Showcase with our game Zeit²

    :-)

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