Thanks for the mention, Polygon!! It’s a huge honor to be listed even on the same page as games like Narbacular Drop, P.B. Winterbottom, and Cloud!!
The Student Competition category received more than 300 entries across consoles, PC and mobile platforms. This brings the total number of competition entries close to 900, the largest number of entrants in IGF history.
The Student Showcase features games by students from university development programs worldwide. Previously featured games includeDigiPen’s Narbacular Drop, the prototype that would become Valve’s Portal. Other past entrants include puzzle platformer The Misadventures Of P.B. Winterbottom, published in 2010 by 2K Games for XBLA and PC, and Cloud, an early title from thatgamecompany.
This year’s entries include DigiPen’s 2D platformer Perspective, experimental horror title Nevermind, and physics-based tower defense game The White Laboratory.
