IGI 2015 GAME CREATOR

AWARD CEREMONY

ABOUT IGI

Icelandic Game Industry

Association of game companies in Iceland

Part of Samtök iðnaðarins

Founded in 2009

Meetups, conferences, game creator

ABOUT GAME CREATOR

Competition about the best video game

4th competition, over 50 games submitted

PROCESS

Four free workshops run by game experts on various parts of the game development process  

Kick-off was January 17th

Deadline was February 14th at 23:59:59

Award ceremony on the University Day

WORKSHOPS17.01 Kickoff! Game Design & Prototype, David Thue, RU  

24.01 Game engineering, Hannes Högni Vilhjámsson, RU

31.01 ART IN GAMES, Ari Knörr, Margmiðlunarskólinn

07.02 EPILOUGE AND HOW TO SUBMIT, David Thue and Jóhannes Sigurðsson with guests Freyr Helgason and Hrafnkell Óskarsson

JUDGES

Marina Dögg Pledel JónsdóttirBerglind Fanndal KáradóttirMarco Bancale Stephan SchiffelPétur Örn Þórarinsson

THE GAMES

Over 60 people participated in workshops

We got 10 games in the completion from 29 team members  

Tiny Knight by Demon Lab

Hrafn Orri Hrafnkelsson Valdimar Jónsson Egill Örn Sigurjónsson

Tiny Knight by Demon Lab

An adventure game in which the player tries to reach the end of the map by getting past obstacles such as moving platforms or enemies.

Timestopper by CodeBros

Henrý Þór Jónsson og Alexander Ingvarsson

You are a cat and someone stole your tuna.

God gave you special time-alteration powers to retrieve your tuna from the enemies that took it.

Timestopper by CodeBros

King Mango by MPW Studio

Ágúst Heiðar Hannesson Árni Víðir Jóhannesson Ívan Bjarni Jónsson Snorri Ágúst Snorrason Sævar Ingi Sigurjónsson Vilhelm Friðriksson

King Mango by MPW Studio

A very simple top down hack'n slash game in a fantasy world.

Video Games Are Hard by Making Play

Darri Arnarson

A game about wanting to make games

Video Games Are Hard by Making Play

Nega-Blast by Cosmosis

Kári Halldórsson Jóhann Örn Bjarkason Ingólfur Halldórsson Carl Andreas Sveinsson Björn Ingi Baldvinsson

Nega-Blast by Cosmosis

Play on your own or with friends and make full use of your device's motion sensors as you steer and blast-jump your gravity pod through mazes and timer gates in this first person 3D puzzle game.

Swap by FlowerPower

Helgi Helgason Magnús Kjartansson Jóhannes Ágúst Magnússon

2D Sci-fi side scroller

Swap by FlowerPower

Polymorph by Daz Team

Alina Vilhjálmsdóttir Sveinbjörn Berent Birgisson Þorvarður Bergmann Kjartansson

Polymorph by Daz Team

A low-poly game in a small-planet-world with explore-and-collect game mechanics.

Birth of a Star Empire by Drifting Mind Studio

Jóhannes Helgi Laxdal Heimir Jónsson

Lead your people into the great unknown and explore space, expand your domain, exploit every resource you need and exterminate whatever stands in your way.

Birth of a Star Empire by Drifting Mind Studio

BlockBuster by Dead End Games

Karl Valdimar Kristinsson

BlockBuster by Dead End Games

Multiplayer team based voxel game

Fungi Forest by Megafungus

Fannar Freyr Kristinsson, Símon Böðvarsson, Tandri Gauksson

Fungi Forest by Megafungus

The dog is missing in the maze

THE RESULTS

Special Mentions

Artistic Achievement

Darri Arnarson

Video Games Are Hard by Making Play

Summary  of  Judges'  comments:  It's  a  wonderfully  funny  commentary  on  what  game  development  is  really  like.

Most Innovative Game

Nega-Blast by Cosmosis

Kári Halldórsson Jóhann Örn Bjarkason Ingólfur Halldórsson Carl Andreas Sveinsson Björn Ingi Baldvinsson

Summary  of  Judges'  comments:  It's  a  very  interesting  use  of  the  sensors  that  come  in  modern  smartphones.

Most Inspiring Game

Polymorph by Daz Team

Alina Vilhjálmsdóttir Sveinbjörn Berent Birgisson Þorvarður Bergmann Kjartansson

Summary  of  Judges'  comments:  It's  a  captivating  world  that  offers  exciting  opportunities  to  add  more.

Winner of Game Creator 2015

Tiny Knight by Demon Lab

Hrafn Orri Hrafnkelsson Valdimar Jónsson Egill Örn Sigurjónsson

Tiny Knight by Demon Lab

An adventure game in which the player tries to reach the end of the map by getting past obstacles such as moving platforms or enemies.

Summary  of  Judges'  comments:  It's  complete,  it's  very  polished,  and  the  controls  feel  really  good.

Thanks to organisers

Katrín Dóra Þorsteinsdóttir David James Thue Ari KnörrJóhannes Sigurðsson

IGI 2015 GAME CREATOR

AWARD CEREMONY