iDevGames has announced the winners of this year’s uDevGames contest. uDevGames happens annually — it’s a game development contest that has been created to encourage the creation of new games and game technology for the Mac platform.
This year’s Best Overall Game Award goes to ShineBug by Charles Gowan. The Best Newcomer Award was presented to Bug Thug by Jonathan Czeck, and the Editor’s Prize Award was given to Feathered Soccer by Ludovico Rossi. Honorable mentions were also handed out to Ark Annoyed 3D by Mike Plouffe, Bit Racer by Will Thimbley, Icarus by Brian Ramagli and Wild Lands Hockey by Kevin Dromereski.
Finalists were determined, depending on the category, either by public votes, “peer” votes by other developers and a select panel of developers. The Editor in Chief of iDevGames, Carlos Camacho, named his Editor’s Prize Award.
Three finalists were each named in six different categories:
Gameplay Category Kill Dr. Cote by Justin Ficarrotta Snowball by Aaron Sullivan 1neum by Rene Bauer
Graphics Category ShineBug by Charles Gowan SolarQuest by Andrew Farley Rescue by Neil Carter
Audio Category ShineBug by Charles Gowan Rescue by Neil Carter Bug Thug by Jonathan Czeck
Originality Category Bug Thug by Jonathan Czeck ShineBug by Charles Gowan Snowball by Aaron Sullivan
Story Category Nanocrisis by Alex Ni Rescue by Neil Carter Dead Days by Tobias Opfermann
Polish Category SolarQuest by Andrew Farley Bug Thug by Jonathan Czeck ShineBug by Charles Gowan
Downloads of all of this year’s entrants are available from the iDevGames Web site.
Macworld magazine was a sponsor of uDevGames 2004.