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Seumas McNally Grand Prize
The Seumas McNally Grand Prize is the main award given at the Independent Games Festival (IGF), an annual event that takes place during the Game Developers Conference, one of the largest gatherings of the indie video game industry. It was first awarded as the Independent Games Festival Grand Prize to ''Fire and Darkness'' in the 1999 edition of the festival. The next year, it was awarded to Seumas McNally for his game ''Tread Marks''; following McNally's passing from Hodgkin's lymphoma shortly after, the award was renamed in his honor in 2001. Twenty-six video games have received the award, and more than 50 have been selected as finalists. The award is given alongside a prize of US$10,000. For the 2004 and 2005 years, it was divided into two categories, "Open Category" and "Web/Downloadable", although they were merged back into a single prize in 2006. From 2011 onwards, a list of "Honorable Mentions" was introduced, composed of games that had been considered for the prize but had n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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GDC may refer to: Organizations * Democratic Group of the Centre (Romanian: '), a political party in Romania * Gabriel Dumont College, now Gabriel Dumont Institute, in Saskatchewan, Canada * Gambia Democratic Congress, a political party in the Gambia * General Development Corporation, a defunct American real estate company * General Dental Council in the United Kingdom * Genstar Development Company, a Canadian real estate developer * Georgia Department of Corrections, of the U.S. state of Georgia * Geothermal Development Company, in Kenya * Giordano Dance Chicago, an American dance company * Government degree colleges in India * Gravity Discovery Centre, in Gingin, Western Australia * Society of Graphic Designers of Canada * Virginia General District Court Science and technology * Gadolinium-doped ceria * Game Developers Conference, an annual video game conference * Graphic Display Calculator * Guglielmi detachable coil * GDC, a compiler for the D (programming language), D prog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papers, Please
''Papers, Please'' is a puzzle simulation video game created by indie game developer Lucas Pope, developed and published through his production company, 3909 LLC. The game was released on August 8, 2013, for Microsoft Windows and OS X, for Linux on February 12, 2014, and for iOS on December 12, 2014. A port for the PlayStation Vita was announced in August 2014 and was then released on December 12, 2017. A new port for iOS as well as for Android was released in August 2022. In ''Papers, Please'', the player takes on the role of a border-crossing immigration officer in the fictional dystopian country of Arstotzka, which has been and continues to be in a state of mutual political hostility with its neighboring countries. The player must review travelers' passports and other supporting paperwork against an ever-growing list of rules using a number of tools and guides. Tasks include allowing in those with the proper paperwork while rejecting those without all proper documents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pencil Whipped
Pie in the Sky is a 2.5D and 3D first-person shooter engine most popular in the mid-to-late 1990s by Pie in the Sky Software, also known as Power 3D and the 3D Game Creation or 3D Game Creation System engine. The engine was used in two games by the company as well as many other independent games and amateur projects after it was turned into a commercial game creator, largely because it minimized the amount of computer programming knowledge needed to make 3D games in its editing tools, making it suitable even for beginners with no game-design experience. History The company, formed principally by programmer Kevin Stokes, first dabbled in 3D computer graphics by creating a modestly popular terminate-and-stay-resident 3D screen saver called InnerMission in 1987. When the market for 3D applications started to grow more popular, they developed a 3D flight simulator called '' Corncob 3D'' in 1992. The game was inspired by a similar flight simulator for the Apple II, but impl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kung-Fu Chess
Kung-Fu Chess is a chess variant that removes the concept of turns and allows multiple pieces to move simultaneously. It was created by Shizmoo Games as a "real-time" in the early 2000s and remained on the company's website until the website shut down in 2008. Other online servers have since appeared. It won an award in the 2002 Independent Games Festival. Background The game was conceptualized in the early 2000s by Dan Goldstein as a "real-time" version of chess; it was later developed by him and his brother Joshua Goldstein under the name "Ultra Speed Chess". The name was later changed to "Kung-Fu Chess" to reflect the martial-arts themed sound effects that would play during the players' moves. The game was published by Shizmoo Games on the company's website, and it won the Audience Choice award in the 2002 Independent Games Festival. Following with the martial arts theme, the game also featured a rating system categorized by belt colors. It was later supplemented with addi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insaniquarium
''Insaniquarium'' is a 2001 virtual pets simulator video game, developed by George Fan, Flying Bear Entertainment and published by PopCap Games and MumboJumbo. Before PopCap Games's involvement, the game was a web-based Java (programming language), Java game released in 2001. The game was made downloadable by PopCap Games in 2004 and was ported to mobile devices in 2006 and 2008 by Glu Mobile and Astraware respectively. ''Insaniquarium'' has the player maintain a tank full of fish while protecting it from alien attacks. ''Insaniquarium'' was mainly designed and programmed by George Fan through his company Flying Bear Entertainment. His main intention was to have the game featured in the Independent Games Festival. After learning the game had made it as a finalist, Fan paired up with PopCap Games to make the game downloadable. The game was a success, garnering general praise for its fast-paced gameplay, and was downloaded 20 million times as of April 2006. Gameplay ''Insaniqua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Milk
''Bad Milk'' is a puzzle video game developed by New York City-based developer Dreaming Media, the working name of brothers Ted and Mick Skolnick. It was originally released in November 2000 for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS. Created entirely in Macromedia Director 7 and intended to be an art game, the game features a number of puzzles involving full motion video and audio clues. It won the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at the 2002 Independent Games Festival, as well as the award for Innovation in Audio. Background and development Mick Skolnick told GameDev.net in 2002 that he had worked in the cosmetics industry, retouching photographs for advertisements, after studying art in college; his brother Ted was a software developer and former engineering student. According to the developers, ''Bad Milk'' was created to serve as "video installation art", something the pair were keen to get involved with but which proved too expensive. Mick said the concept of moving this into a video g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takeda (video Game)
''Takeda'' is a real-time tactics video game based on the life of Takeda Shingen was daimyō, daimyo of Kai Province during the Sengoku period of Japan. Known as "the Tiger of Kai", he was one of the most powerful daimyo of the late Sengoku period, and credited with exceptional military prestige. Shingen was based in a p .... ''Takeda'' was developed by Magitech Corporation. Sequels Magitech Corporation also has produced a sequel, Takeda 2, which incorporates more aspects of the individual development of the generals, aspects such as leadership, etc. Takeda 3 was completed in February 2009. References External links *' - Official ''Takeda'' homepage *Magitech Corporation' - Official site of Magitech Corporation *' - Official ''Takeda 2'' homepage (English) *Takeda 3' - Official ''Takeda 3'' homepage (English) 2001 video games Japan in non-Japanese culture Multiplayer and single-player video games Real-time tactics video games Sengoku video games Video games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shattered Galaxy
''Shattered Galaxy'' is a massively multiplayer online real-time strategy game (MMORTS) that was released in 2000 by KRU Interactive, now known as Nexon Inc., after an extensive open beta period. In the US, it was published by Tri Synergy. It combines the attributes of a massive multiplayer online role-playing game and a real-time strategy game. Having won the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at the 2001 Independent Games Festival and hosted through the Game Developers Conference, the game has been commercially unsuccessful due in large part to its dated graphics engine. The game was published under the name ''Tactical Commanders'' in South Korea, published by Nexon until December 31, 2005. This game has also been serviced in Japan, Taiwan, and Germany. Plot ''Shattered Galaxy'' is set in a post-apocalyptic future. A teleportation device was found buried on Earth's surface, though scientists were not able to master its secrets. Various non-living substances were successfully sen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Far Gate
''Far Gate'' is a video game released for Microsoft Windows. It was developed by Super X Studios (formerly Thrushwave Technology) and published by Microïds. The gameplay consists of 3D space-based real-time strategy, and allows players to play as any of three distinct factions employing different units and structures. It was one of the first video games to offer fully 3D space-based real time strategy. Under the title of ''The Rift'', an early version of ''Far Gate'' was the winner of the Audience Choice Award at the 2000 Independent Games Festival. Despite this initial acclaim, however, its eventual retail release suffered from unfortunate timing issues and received mixed critical reviews. Plot ''Far Gate'' takes place in the year 2104 AD where Earth has been left an apocalyptic ruin following a devastating World War III. The player takes the role of Jacob Viscero, a "Han Solo-esque" black marketeer, who is blackmailed into assisting with the human colonization of the Prox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Of Dragon Pass
''King of Dragon Pass'' is a 1999 strategy simulation fantasy video game published by A Sharp. Set in the fictional world of Glorantha, the player controls the fate of a barbarian clan settling in the dangerous frontier region of Dragon Pass. Originally released for PC, the game was a commercial failure. It was ported for iOS in 2011, and was later released for Android and re-released for PCs. The iOS versions were much more commercially successful than the original PC release, leading to a sequel, '' Six Ages: Ride Like The Wind'', being released in 2018. Plot The player controls a clan of Orlanthi (worshipers of the Storm God Orlanth) across several generations. Orlanthi clans bear some similarities to the Iron Age Nordic peoples, such as lawspeakers, fyrds, the worship of a thunder god and a reliance on raiding, as well as Bronze Age Celtic and Italic peoples aesthetically, with the appearance of many of the tribesmen reflecting these origins. At the beginning of the ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longbow Games
Longbow Games is a Canadian video game developer based in Toronto. It was founded in 1997 by Seumas McNally. History Longbow Games was established in 1997 as Longbow Digital Arts by Seumas McNally. In 2000, the company's tank combat game '' Tread Marks'' won the top award at the Independent Games Festival. Shortly thereafter, McNally died of Hodgkin lymphoma aged 21. The Independent Games Festival renamed its grand prize in his honour. Since then, Longbow has been run by McNally's family's father Jim, mother Wendy, and brother Philippe. In 2012, the company had seven employees and an intern, otherwise outsourcing tasks to subcontractors. Projects '' Hegemony: Philip of Macedon'' was a pet project of Jim McNally, who became interested in Philip while researching Alexander the Great and discovering that it was actually his father who had developed the troop types, tactics and infrastructure that enabled Alexander's invasion of the Persian Empire. In hindsight, the early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terminus (2000 Video Game)
''Terminus'' is a space-flight role-playing action video game by Vicarious Visions. It was released in 2000 for Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Apple Macintosh. ''Terminus'' won awards in the 1999 Independent Games Festival for "Technical Excellence" and "Innovation in Audio". Gameplay In Story mode, the player chooses one of four careers (United Earth League military, Mars Consortium militia, Marauder Pirate Clan, mercenary) and follows ''Terminuss single-player storyline, set in the year 2197. In 2000, ''Terminus'' was unusual among RPGs in that the player's actions can affect the ending of the storyline. Failing a mission, for example, may lead to a different ending than would have occurred if the mission had succeeded. One unique feature of ''Terminus'' is the story would progress with or without the player. The player could begin the game in story mode, then go off and do something else and the story missions/battles would still take place, reaching an outcome depending on wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
