January 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »
The 2010 nominees for the Independent Games Festival Mobile have been announced. This award is aimed at mobile game developers as well as handheld developers for the NDS and the PSP.
In total, 170 titles have been submitted to the awards, up 65% compared to the 2009 edition.
Best Mobile Game Design:
MiniSquadron (Studio FungFung, iPhone/iPod Touch)
Glow Artisan (Powerhead Games, DSi)
Spider: The Secret Of Bryce Manor (Tiger Style, iPhone/iPod Touch)
Honorable mentions: Ancient Frog (Ancient Workshop, iPhone/iPod Touch), Globulos Party (Globz, DS), Mind Wall (Robinson Technologies, iPhone/iPod Touch).
Achievement In Art
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP (superbrothers + capy + jim guthrie, iPhone/iPod Touch)
Guerrilla Bob (Angry Mob Games, iPhone/iPod Touch)
Zombie Pizza (Appy Entertainment, iPhone/iPod Touch)
Honorable mentions: Tilt: An Adventure In 1.5 Dimensions (XEODesign, iPhone/iPod Touch), Ancient Frog (Ancient Workshop, iPhone/iPod Touch, Minigore (Mountain Sheep, iPhone/iPod Touch).
Technical Achievement
Stair Dismount (Secret Exit, iPhone/iPod Touch)
SCVNGR (SCVNGR, iPhone/iPod Touch)
Tumbledrop (Starfruit Games, iPhone/iPod Touch)
Honorable mentions: Dawn Of Heroes (Wicked Studos, DS), Aera (ichromo, iPhone/iPod Touch), iPixel (Hecticus Software, iPhone/iPod Touch)
Audio Achievement
Lilt Line (different cloth, iPhone/iPod Touch)
MuBlip (para9, iPhone/iPod Touch)
Zombie Pizza (Appy Entertainment, iPhone/iPod Touch)
Honorable mentions: MelodyBloxx (Beatshapers, PSP Minis), Earth Dragon (levitylab, iPhone/iPod Touch), iBlast Moki (Godzilab, iPhone/iPod Touch)
Best iPhone Game
Spider: The Secret Of Bryce Manor (Tiger Style, iPhone/iPod Touch)
Drop7 (Area/Code, iPhone/iPod Touch)
Hook Champ (Rocketcat Games, iPhone/iPod Touch)
Honorable mentions: Minigore (Mountain Sheep, iPhone/iPod Touch). Pocket God (Bolt Creative, iPhone/iPod Touch), Doodle Jump (Lima Sky, iPhone/iPod Touch).
IGF Mobile Best Game
Finalists will comprise the winners of the five above categories, to be announced on Monday, February 8th.