TGEA 1.7.1 is the Front Line Award Engine of 2008
by Deborah M. Fike · 01/05/2009 (3:42 pm) · 32 comments
TGEA 1.7.1 is the Front Line Award Game Engine of 2008!
This is a tremendous honor. For the past three years, the Unreal Engine has dominated this category. Torque Game Builder was a finalist in 2006, but we were unable to fight our way into the top spot. However, this year, we were able to beat the CryEngine, Gamebryo, Source, and others in order to be the final victor.
So how excited are we about TGEA?
I have been seen jumping out from my cardboard fortress to w00t it up.
Matt Fairfax gives it his two thumbs up of approval. He heard about the final decision during a Torque 3D dev meeting (how appropriate!).
Michael Perry literally started climbing the walls and we had to get him down with a ladder.
Davey Jackson has been popping around corners and screaming our success at the office all day.
Matt Langley immediately picked up his Nerf arsenal and began honing his targeting skills for the next release of the engine.
Comrade Ken welcomes the news, since Torque is a community-driven engine.
Steven is...I'm not sure, but he was sure bugging Mich with his unrestricted excitement.
Thanks again for everyone in our community who voted for TGEA 1.7.1. I noticed that Drew posted it before we could write a blog about it; our community members are everywhere! It's your great games and love for this engine that makes these kind of awards possible.
Here's looking to a great 2009 start with Torque 3D!
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#22
01/06/2009 (6:37 pm)
Awe shucks. Oh well. Thanks anyway. :-) (btw, you don't have to answer that email I sent you. It's already been resolved. :-) ) 
#23
01/09/2009 (1:01 pm)
My issue of Game Developer arrived today and I saw TGEA won the Front Line Award in the Engine category, and thought how sweet TGEA is finally getting recognized. Congratulations GG, it was well and truly earned, and thanks for continuing to think about the little guys. 
#24
01/14/2009 (5:48 am)
Congrats!! I am giving everyone in your office a box of virtual-cookies (had to cut expenses during a recession). The award is well deserved, and a about time they noticed.
#25
I voted too. I think a *lot* of us here did. It was nice of them to make it a popularity contest this year, instead of limiting it to a panel of voters. Gave people like GG a chance to use their community's voice, and show themselves off a bit. Congrats on the win! :)
01/14/2009 (5:23 pm)
You're welcome? ;)I voted too. I think a *lot* of us here did. It was nice of them to make it a popularity contest this year, instead of limiting it to a panel of voters. Gave people like GG a chance to use their community's voice, and show themselves off a bit. Congrats on the win! :)
#26
"You're welcome? ;)"
Did you miss this from the blog?
"Thanks again for everyone in our community who voted for TGEA 1.7.1. I noticed that Drew posted it before we could write a blog about it; our community members are everywhere! It's your great games and love for this engine that makes these kind of awards possible."
... and thanks for the congrats, it is appreciated.
01/14/2009 (6:04 pm)
@Kevin: "You're welcome? ;)"
Did you miss this from the blog?
"Thanks again for everyone in our community who voted for TGEA 1.7.1. I noticed that Drew posted it before we could write a blog about it; our community members are everywhere! It's your great games and love for this engine that makes these kind of awards possible."
... and thanks for the congrats, it is appreciated.
#27
The congrats was heartfelt - I truly feel like the success of TGEA in this award was a partnership, between the devs who have worked so hard on TGEA, and the users who voted their hearts on the award polls. *I* am proud that TGEA won too, I guess you could say - as a TGEA user, not a TGEA developer. It was a battle that we won collectively. =)
01/14/2009 (6:32 pm)
No Josh, didn't miss it. Thus the smiley. ;) I didn't mean to imply a negative there.The congrats was heartfelt - I truly feel like the success of TGEA in this award was a partnership, between the devs who have worked so hard on TGEA, and the users who voted their hearts on the award polls. *I* am proud that TGEA won too, I guess you could say - as a TGEA user, not a TGEA developer. It was a battle that we won collectively. =)
#29
congratulate for all garagegames members
this is a great victory for torque and garagegames company
01/19/2009 (3:17 pm)
i am a very very happy congratulate for all garagegames members
this is a great victory for torque and garagegames company
#31
Made of glass and so shiny...
This is what happens when a group of us decide to go take a picture. Organized? Not so much. Fun? Hell yes!
01/29/2009 (3:38 pm)
We got the actual award in the mail today:Made of glass and so shiny...This is what happens when a group of us decide to go take a picture. Organized? Not so much. Fun? Hell yes!
Torque 3D Owner Kenneth Holst
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