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- The PAX 10 Independent Games Showcase Winners Announced
- Posted 6 months ago by Coop
As part of this year’s Penny-Arcade Expo, the PAX 10 panel of industry experts have picked their top 10 independent games of the year, which will be on display during the convention at the end of August. The list is below, and I am happy to see such favorites as Audio Surf and Schizoidon the list, and while I haven't played the others I look forward to checking them out at the show. Here is the full list:
- The Amazing Brain Train by Grubby Games (puzzle/strategy)
- Audio Surf by Dylan Fitterer (rhythm/action)
- Chronotron by Scarybug Games (puzzle/platformer)
- Impulse by a team of Rochester Institute of Technology students (puzzle)
- The Maw by Twisted Pixel Games (action/adventure)
- Polarity by a team of Carnegie Mellon University students (platformer/puzzle)
- Project Aftermath by Games Faction (tactical/action)
- Schizoid by Torpex Games (action/strategy)
- Strange Attractors 2 by Ominous Development (puzzle/strategy)
- Sushi Bar Samurai by Molly Rocket (exploratory puzzle)
Here is some more of the press release. Has anyone played any of these games? I am sort of in the dark for most of these releases, I'd love to know more.
Announced earlier this year in cooperation with the DigiPen Institute of Technology, The PAX 10 is a games showcase open to independent developers worldwide. The winners will be shown in the PAX Exhibit Hall alongside over 70 other exhibitors - including top publishers like Activision, EA and Ubisoft - allowing those publishers, attendees and media to view their home-grown potential. Attendees will have the opportunity to vote on the exhibited games, honoring one of The PAX 10 with the "Audience Choice Award," to be announced on www.penny-arcade.com following this year's expo."The variety and caliber of the titles blew us away," says Robert Khoo of Penny Arcade. "Narrowing down the group was a challenging process for the judges, but we're incredibly proud to have these ten games as our kickoff showcase and can't wait to see them on the show floor."
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i played amazing brain train yesterday. it's a kid's game, so i wasn't exactly blown away, but it was a nice format and seems like it would hold a young'uns attention for a while at least.