GameTunnel kicks off Game of the Year Awards

[cyrus_zuo]

First of the Independent GOTYs on GameTunnel is up.

Enjoy!

The rest of the calendar follows:
Dec 11 - Sports Game of the Year (http://www.gametunnel.com/articles.php?id=652)
Dec 13 - Casual Game of the Year (http://www.gametunnel.com/articles.php?id=653)
Dec 15 - Sim Game of the Year (http://www.gametunnel.com/articles.php?id=655)
Dec 18 - Action Game of the Year (http://www.gametunnel.com/articles.php?id=654)
Dec 20 - Adventure Game of the Year (http://www.gametunnel.com/articles.php?id=656)
Dec 22 - Strategy Game of the Year (http://www.gametunnel.com/articles.php?id=657)
Dec 26 - RPG Game of the Year (http://www.gametunnel.com/articles.php?id=658)
Dec 29 - Game of the Year: Special Awards (http://www.gametunnel.com/articles.php?id=660)
Dec 30 - Top 10 Games of the Year

[Grey Alien]

Cool! How about breaking Casual Game of the year into categories? e.g. Puzzle, Hidden Object, Card Games (I have a vested interest in this category ;-)), Unique etc...After all Casual is a vast category.

[papillon]

Yeah, but GameTunnel generally tries not to put too much focus on casual... genre-specific casual game awards might be better suited to an all-casual site rather than one that's still at least half trying to promote 'indie'? :)

[cyrus_zuo]

Yeah, I leave the real Casual awards to Joel over at GameZebo. Had through about doing a casual site on the side, but I don't even have time for GT!

So the casual awards on GT will be the Indie casual awards...mostly games that were ignored by the masses, but have that Indie touch to them. So no MCF, Mortimer Beckett, Build-a-Lot or Diner Dash, though it would be fun to do those awards too...especially since I play most everyone of those games at work and enjoy many of them.

I'll probably do a casual games of the year list in the Reflexive blog near the end of the year :).

[Grey Alien]

yep, fair enough. I figured that would be the case. I'll checkout the blog on Reflexive.

[Desktop Gaming]

*buys a bumper box of fake eyebrows, and raises every one @ the winner* o.O

[cyrus_zuo]

Next award is up:

http://www.gametunnel.com/articles.php?id=653

[Ryan Clark]

Wow; awesome! We're very excited to see PFMM in the list!

It's also great that Chocolate Castle got the nod; we here at Grubby Games are Lexaloffle fanboys.

[Midnight Synergy]

Double-yeay on Chocolate Castle and PFMM. Great games for the year - and congrats to Lexagrubbysoft :). I haven't played some of the others yet but will try. I love these end of year lists to catch up on things you might have missed.

[lexaloffle]

Ace! I'm chuffed that CC made it in. And with good company too, I see.

BTW, that's not how you combines word with lexaloffle -- it should be 'Lexagrubble'.

[Midnight Synergy]

I like the sound of that.

Lexagrubble presents "Professor Fizball in the Chocolate Zen Garden"

It's about time we got some Indie Crossover-games going. ;)

(actually, I had hoped to incorporate all sorts of indie cameos into Wonderland Adventures, e.g. Best Friends' Petey and Patty showing up in the arctic regions.... but that was one of the many features that had to be cut to keep development time reasonable.)

[cyrus_zuo]

I like the sound of that.

Lexagrubble presents "Professor Fizball in the Chocolate Zen Garden"

It's about time we got some Indie Crossover-games going. ;)

(actually, I had hoped to incorporate all sorts of indie cameos into Wonderland Adventures, e.g. Best Friends' Petey and Patty showing up in the arctic regions.... but that was one of the many features that had to be cut to keep development time reasonable.)

:( I'd love to see some indie cross-over stuff.

A few years ago I'd talked with some devs about doing a prank news release on April 1 for a game called 'Indie Super Stars.'

A fighting game that featured Gish, Wik, Snowy, Bouapha, Professor Fizzwizzle, Beethro and others. Each with their own special moves.

Of course it was to be fictious fun to draw attention to Indie games. Unfortunately, I didn't find the time to talk to everyone and put things together, and it's now really past it's day, but I greatly enjoyed the idea :). Would love to see more in-humor!

[papillon]

(If anyone wants a cameo appearance of one of my characters in something I'm probably agreeable, although if you do Cute Knight vs Aveyond, The Naked Oil Wrestling Version!!! I'm going to demand a cut.)

[cyrus_zuo]

Sim article is up: http://www.gametunnel.com/articles.php?id=655

[DrWilloughby]

*pumps fist*, *takes day off*, *smiles*

VERY VERY genuine thanks, Russ.

[cliffski]

Oooh I did well :D Cheers Russ!

[Grey Alien]

Yay! congrats guys, *very* well done and well deserved!

[cyrus_zuo]

Action GOTY posted: http://www.gametunnel.com/articles.php?id=654

[Josh Jensen]

I haven't had time to pop in here for a few weeks now, and I find Pathstorm on the Casual Game of the Year list! Thanks not only for this but the Game Tunnel review earlier this year, too.

[Pi Eye Games]

Ha, I knew all those hours playing RType and Nemesis in the arcades would pay off in the end ... wait till I tell my mum :p

Thank you Russ for such a positive end to 2007!

[Grey Alien]

Wow the top two action game slots! Excellent - congrats!. I'm envious ;-)

[BIGZIPZ]

Congratulations to PI EYE Games for the top slots!

[Pi Eye Games]

Thanks, I can't quite believe it myself ... especially considering the other games on the list! I'm trying to get a big update of Pi Eye finished asap so I can display the award image :D

[cyrus_zuo]

Adventure award is up: http://www.gametunnel.com/articles.php?id=656

[lakibuk]

Uh, Aquaria. Good choice!

[cyrus_zuo]

Strategy award is up...starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, I just wish it would stop whistling at me.

http://www.gametunnel.com/articles.php?id=657

[RinkuHero]

Nice review of ID there. Maybe this will motivate me to finally finish up the level editor? :confused:

[jankoM]

Great! I don't like TD games that much but I played ID recently and it impressed me greatly (and it is so much more than just another TD game)

[DrWilloughby]

ID really is a well done game. And Aquaria seems like a no-brainer. I can hear that drom-roll for Game of the Year coming... (I'd put my money on Aquaria, but I can always hope!)

[cyrus_zuo]

Role-Playing Game of the Year posted: http://www.gametunnel.com/articles.php?id=658

...and that hits all the major genres, so Andy, now you can start guessing what the Top 10 will look like :).

(though honestly I'm still not totally sure on the final order...)

[DrWilloughby]

...and that hits all the major genres, so Andy, now you can start guessing what the Top 10 will look like :).

(though honestly I'm still not totally sure on the final order...)
HAHA, OK, here's my guess as to how it will look: (not my opinion, just my guess as to GameTunnel's opinion)
1) Aquaria
2) Depths of Peril
3) Venture Arctic
4) Immortal Defense
5) Mr Robot
6) Knytt Stories
7) Darkside
8) Secret of Bird Island
9) Galcon
10) Reach

[Leon]

Congrats to everyone so far on their wins and top 5 finishes. I really gotta give Mr Robot a try sometime.

[Grey Alien]

May I suggest this Indie role playing game for the 2008 awards:

http://www.basiliskgames.com/book1.htm

It was made by one person over 2.5 years and is REALLY good, like the old Ultima games. Highly recommended.

[cyrus_zuo]

May I suggest this Indie role playing game for the 2008 awards:

http://www.basiliskgames.com/book1.htm

It was made by one person over 2.5 years and is REALLY good, like the old Ultima games. Highly recommended.

Yeah, Eschalon may be a case of getting a game too late to properly consider. However, I really felt the story was rather flat, at least the first few hours of it.

[cyrus_zuo]

Special Awards are up: http://www.gametunnel.com/articles.php?id=660


The Top 10 is written and waiting to be posted.
Website is being stripped of all non-essential server intensive stuff to try and avoid the yearly overload.
12 hours of my Saturday have just disappeared...looking forward to a break with great anticipation :)

[cliffski]

I'm standing by ready to digg it the moment its posted :D more diggs the merrier as ever.

[Leon]

Not if I digg it first. :P But yeah, the more diggs the merrier indeed. Dig people, diiiggggg! ;)