Vote for Torque: Front Line Award Finalist!
by Deborah M. Fike · 11/03/2008 (4:28 pm) · 15 comments
Here in the United States, tomorrow is a pretty important day. Tomorrow, we will be electing our next president and vice president for the coming four years. Voting is a very important part of the democratic process, and I have already cast my mail-in ballot.
It's an epic battle of Spiderman vs. Batman in tomorrow's US presidential elections.
As it turns out, voting is not just about politics. Every year, Game Developer Magazine holds its annual Front Line Awards to honor excellence and innovation in tools for game development. Five nominees are accepted in the categories of programming, art, audio, middleware, and game engines. And this year Torque Game Engine Advanced 1.7.1 is in the race for the best game engine of 2008! While I wish this announcement could have come just a week earlier to be referenced in my blog last week, I still think this is significant enough to try to encourage people to come on board and rock the vote for Torque.
Why should you vote for TGEA 1.7.1? Well, there are quite a few reasons:
Because lots of games have been made with TGEA. If you don't believe me, check out our ever growing "Powered by Torque" list. We make our own high quality games like Fallen Empire: Legions with TGEA, and other development houses such as Tilted Mill have followed suite. We believe in empowering everyone to make games, and we only expect to see more games made with TGEA in the coming months.
Freedom of Game Development is made possible by the current version of TGEA.
Because we are taking TGEA to new levels in the coming months. We are already kicking it into overdrive with TGEA on a Mac, which will be released as a free beta to all current users very shortly. And we don't plan to stop there. Lead developer Matt Fairfax and the rest of our internal GG dev team has been drafting out the future of TGEA, and given your TGEA wishlist, you ain't seen nothing yet.
It's my Torque on a Mac!
Because you like what we do and you want to see the community grow. The reason we can continue selling AAA engines and tools for all levels of game developers is because the community is willing to spread the good word about us. Just like any business, we thrive on the continued success of the product we sell. You've already voted with your dollars, and we hope we are offering you a product that you will also vote with your Front Line Award ballot. The more people that know about Torque, the more sales we get, and the better community and feedback we have to improving our already awesome line of game engines.
Hothead Games' Vlad Ceraldi made Penny Arcade Adventures for PC, Mac, Linux, and the Xbox 360 and Wideload Games' Alexander Seropian made Cyclomite for Instant Action...all using Torque technology.
Thanks for listening. Obviously, you have many game engine choices and there are some other good solid engines on the Front Line Finalist list. However, we want to continue to be number one on your list of game development tools. So keep giving us the good feedback, please vote for whomever you deem the most worthy, and keep making hundreds more awesome games with Torque. d(^_^)b
It's an epic battle of Spiderman vs. Batman in tomorrow's US presidential elections.As it turns out, voting is not just about politics. Every year, Game Developer Magazine holds its annual Front Line Awards to honor excellence and innovation in tools for game development. Five nominees are accepted in the categories of programming, art, audio, middleware, and game engines. And this year Torque Game Engine Advanced 1.7.1 is in the race for the best game engine of 2008! While I wish this announcement could have come just a week earlier to be referenced in my blog last week, I still think this is significant enough to try to encourage people to come on board and rock the vote for Torque.
Why should you vote for TGEA 1.7.1? Well, there are quite a few reasons:
Because lots of games have been made with TGEA. If you don't believe me, check out our ever growing "Powered by Torque" list. We make our own high quality games like Fallen Empire: Legions with TGEA, and other development houses such as Tilted Mill have followed suite. We believe in empowering everyone to make games, and we only expect to see more games made with TGEA in the coming months.
Freedom of Game Development is made possible by the current version of TGEA.Because we are taking TGEA to new levels in the coming months. We are already kicking it into overdrive with TGEA on a Mac, which will be released as a free beta to all current users very shortly. And we don't plan to stop there. Lead developer Matt Fairfax and the rest of our internal GG dev team has been drafting out the future of TGEA, and given your TGEA wishlist, you ain't seen nothing yet.
Because you like what we do and you want to see the community grow. The reason we can continue selling AAA engines and tools for all levels of game developers is because the community is willing to spread the good word about us. Just like any business, we thrive on the continued success of the product we sell. You've already voted with your dollars, and we hope we are offering you a product that you will also vote with your Front Line Award ballot. The more people that know about Torque, the more sales we get, and the better community and feedback we have to improving our already awesome line of game engines.
Hothead Games' Vlad Ceraldi made Penny Arcade Adventures for PC, Mac, Linux, and the Xbox 360 and Wideload Games' Alexander Seropian made Cyclomite for Instant Action...all using Torque technology.Thanks for listening. Obviously, you have many game engine choices and there are some other good solid engines on the Front Line Finalist list. However, we want to continue to be number one on your list of game development tools. So keep giving us the good feedback, please vote for whomever you deem the most worthy, and keep making hundreds more awesome games with Torque. d(^_^)b
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#2
11/03/2008 (5:10 pm)
I just voted (3X). Level up plz. 
#3
Voting...
11/03/2008 (5:42 pm)
Excellent, now I can express my Torquivism in a fancy democratic way! Congrats on the nomination :)Voting...
#4
11/03/2008 (5:57 pm)
I'm voting for TGEA for sure. If only I could vote for president though. Only 5 or so years left! 
#5
The vote link is tad of buried up there... let's see:
*Rock the Vote Mode On*
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*Rock the Vote Mode Off*
11/03/2008 (6:05 pm)
Woohoo, awesome post Deborah! :)The vote link is tad of buried up there... let's see:
*Rock the Vote Mode On*
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[url=http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=vJam4P5_2b5PSfmrqsfpAAPw_3d_3d%3Cbr%3E]VOTE HERE[/url] [url=http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=vJam4P5_2b5PSfmrqsfpAAPw_3d_3d%3Cbr%3E]VOTE HERE[/url] [url=http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=vJam4P5_2b5PSfmrqsfpAAPw_3d_3d%3Cbr%3E]VOTE HERE[/url] [url=http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=vJam4P5_2b5PSfmrqsfpAAPw_3d_3d%3Cbr%3E]VOTE HERE[/url] [url=http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=vJam4P5_2b5PSfmrqsfpAAPw_3d_3d%3Cbr%3E]VOTE HERE[/url] [/b]
*Rock the Vote Mode Off*
#6
11/03/2008 (6:25 pm)
Awesome news. I voted. (both for tgea and president) 
#7
Go torque.
11/03/2008 (8:54 pm)
I voted for TGEA for president. Stupid touchscreen must have cropped off that option so I carved it in with a pocket knife. :)Go torque.
#8
This is the machine I'm waiting to buy, but I still want to do some trial runs on it before I do.
Regardless, congrats on the latest Mac updates.
Update:
Ah, I see by watching the video again that we're looking at a separate screen. :( Well I'll be trying out the macbook pro later this week anyways.
Cheers
11/03/2008 (9:22 pm)
Was that the new Macbook Pro in the video? It very much like it was.This is the machine I'm waiting to buy, but I still want to do some trial runs on it before I do.
Regardless, congrats on the latest Mac updates.
Update:
Ah, I see by watching the video again that we're looking at a separate screen. :( Well I'll be trying out the macbook pro later this week anyways.
Cheers
#9
...A doubt comes up... do I have to be U.S. resident to vote for TGEA also? LOL :D
11/04/2008 (10:13 am)
Ok, I cannot vote for U.S. president but I can vote for TGEA ... :-)...A doubt comes up... do I have to be U.S. resident to vote for TGEA also? LOL :D
#10
11/04/2008 (10:22 am)
The good thing about the Front Line Awards is that you can vote no matter where you live. Hooray! 
#11
11/05/2008 (7:29 pm)
my vote's in for TGEA 
#12
11/07/2008 (3:00 pm)
Torque got my vote.
#13
Note: It rocks!
11/15/2008 (9:28 am)
I voted for Torque Game Engine Advanced because it's the best game engine that exists in the world.Note: It rocks!
#14
12/03/2008 (5:14 pm)
Voting has closed, just in case anyone is still tracking this. Thanks for everyone's support, and wish us luck!
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