IGF 2010 Finalists Announced, More Info on Limbo

As if every other website hasn't already reported this to death, the finalists for the 2010 IGF main competition have been revealed.

There were some expected winners, as well as a few surprises. Quite a few people seem unhappy with the fact that VVVVVVV didn't make it... maybe it's a sign that Ciellus needs to be finished? Hah!

Another interesting read is the IGF judging process, check it out, it's neat.

Now, for the very few who saw this here first, below are the finalists in no particular order:

Seumas McNally Grand Prize:

• Joe Danger (Hello Games)
• Monaco (Pocketwatch Games)
• Rocketbirds: Revolution! (Ratloop Asia)
• Trauma (Krystian Majewski)
• Super Meat Boy! (Team Meat)

Excellence In Visual Art:

• Shank (Klei Entertainment)
• Owlboy (D-Pad Studios)
• Trauma (Krystian Majewski)
• Limbo (Playdead)
• Rocketbirds: Revolution! (Ratloop Asia)

Excellence In Design:

• Miegakure (Marc Ten Bosch)
• Star Guard (Sparky)
• AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! -- A Reckless Disregard For Gravity (Dejobaan Games)
• Monaco (Pocketwatch Games)
• Cogs (Lazy 8 Studios)

Excellence In Audio:

• Super Meat Boy! (Team Meat)
• Shatter (Sidhe)
• Closure (Closure Team)
• Rocketbirds: Revolution! (Ratloop Asia)
• Trauma (Krystian Majewski)

Technical Excellence:

• Closure (Closure Team)
• Limbo (Playdead)
• Heroes Of Newerth (S2 Games)
• Joe Danger (Hello Games)
• Vessel (Strange Loop Games)

Nuovo Award:

• Today I Die (Daniel Benmergui)
• A Slow Year (Ian Bogost)
• Tuning (Cactus)
• Closure (Closure Team)
• Enviro-Bear 2000 (Justin Smith)

Finally, although still no official news on Limbo, we do get some tidbits from various comments:

Boing Boing:

Despite the time between there and here, it still offers pretty much exactly what you wanted it to from that first video teaser above: a warmly and softly lit monochromatic world that stands in surprisingly harsh opposition to the cold realities that await your young adventurer within (that bit with the terrifying tree-monster in the video? That doesn't end so well on your first encounter), and a series of delightfully modeled physics-based challenges that give that world real weight.

And if I recall correctly, there was a post (which I can't find now) in this thread mentioning Limbo plays exactly like the teaser video. Now that's a good thing.

In other news, the makers of Limbo seem to be more active in updating their company website.