Best Mobile Games are Made For iPod/iPhone!
Posted on Mar 26, 2009 under free ipod downloads |
IGF (Independant Games Festival) ran the first-ever IGF Mobile competition in 2007 (a contest set up to promote innovation in portable games)
and it was a huge success. They ran it again in 2008 - with winners announced yesterday at the Independent Games Festival Mobile Award Ceremony at the IGF pavilion.
These winners were selected from a huge 105 entries that had developed games for a wide selection of platforms - from mobile phone handsets (such as the iPhone), to PDAs, and handheld game consoles including the Sony PSP and Nintendo DS.
On offer was $30,000 in prize money across six categories (two $10,000 prizes and five $2,000 prizes) -plus the chance to showcase the game to visitors at their pavilion from March 25 -27 (yeah, if you live in San Fran you really should go and take a look at what is happening at the show!)
And the winners were nearly all for games developed for iPod/iPhones!
IGF Mobile Best Game (winner gets $10,000): Fieldrunners (Subatomic Studios) for iPhone/iPod touch (top image)
In this game players have to defend and control the field using a various upgradeable towers, tactics and strategies against waves of unique land and air fighters!
Innovation In Mobile Game Design: Galcon (Hassey Enterprises) for iPhone/iPod touch
Galcon (left) is a high-paced multi-player galactic action-strategy game. Platyer send swarms of ships from planet to planet to take over the galaxy.
Achievement In Art: Fieldrunners won this also - iPhone/iPod touch
Technical Achievement: Real Racing (Firemint) for iPhone/iPod touch (right)
Players compete in races (and can unlock new cars and tracks along the way). One compelling aspect of this game is that players can compete against their friends - and compete against the best in the world across the globe.
Audio Achievement: Zen Bound (Secret Exit) for iPhone/iPod touch (left)
Zen Bound is a calm and meditative game of wrapping rope around wooden sculptures - a simple task that can become surprisingly complex.
The Next Great Mobile Game - Presented by NVIDIA: Reflection (Team Reflection) - is the only game not intended for play on the iPod - and is for Nintendo DS.
Best iPhone Game (winner gets $10,000) - Presented by ngmoco: also won by Zen Bound for iPhone/iPod touch.
If these games are not to your tatse - you can check out the rest of the entrants on the IGF site.