IGC 2005 Player

Submitted:	Benjamin Bradley
Posted:	Oct 10, 2005
Synopsis:	After winning "Most Innovative" game at last year's Player's Choice Award, 21-6 Productions spent the year polishing and adding to their game TubeTwist. The work paid off, because TubeTwist walked away with not only the 2005 IGC Player's Choice Single Player award, but also won the Best-of-the-Show award. The other two categories, Best Multiplayer and Most Innovative, were won by Realm Wars and Facade respectively.
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GarageGames Announces IGC 2005 Player's Choice Overall Winner: TubeTwist

As the dust cleared and the drinks started to run dry, the winners of the 2005 IGC Player's Choice Award were announced. After winning "Most Innovative" game at last year's Player's Choice Award, 21-6 Productions spent the year polishing and adding to their game TubeTwist. The work paid off, because TubeTwist walked away with not only the 2005 IGC Player's Choice Single Player award, but also won the Best-of-the-Show award. The other two categories, Best Multiplayer and Most Innovative, were won by Realm Wars and Facade respectively. This was an exciting year for the Player's Choice Award, with over 25 different games gathering multiple votes.

Complete Results:

IGC Players Choice: Best Multiplayer
First Place - Realm Wars
Runner Up - Monster Island

Other Notable Games:
- Oust
- Determinance

IGC Players Choice: Best SinglePlayer
First Place - TubeTwist
Runner Up - Robots Smackdown

Other Notable Games:
- Flash Bios
- Diner Dash

IGC Players Choice: Most Innovative
First Place - Facade
Runner Up - Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa

Other Notable Games:
- Golf?
- Blockland

IGC Players Choice: BEST-OF-SHOW
First Place - TubeTwist
Runner Up - Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa

Other Notable Games:
- Realm Wars
- Blockland

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Matthew Langley (Oct 10, 2005 at 17:34 GMT)

A lot of really well done games at IGC 2005... was very impressive and was a blast :)

Adrian Tysoe (Oct 10, 2005 at 19:03 GMT)

Well done everyone, and nice to see Oust got an honourable mention :). Going to have to check out tube twist and see what it's all about now :)

Joseph Helm (Oct 10, 2005 at 19:55 GMT)

Congrats everyone... but wheres Airace? :p

Todd Pickens (Oct 10, 2005 at 20:08 GMT)

Congratulations!

Hope to be on that list this time next year...with a lot of work, and a little luck.

Andrew Nicholson (Oct 10, 2005 at 21:36 GMT)

Congratulations to all...

Alex Rice (Oct 11, 2005 at 01:27 GMT)

Anyone got a download URL for TubeTwist? Even the name sounds fun.

Ray Depew (Oct 11, 2005 at 04:25 GMT)

Congratulations to everyone on another pumped-up weekend and a bunch of good games. Best of luck to you in the marketplace.

Dave Calabrese (Oct 11, 2005 at 05:55 GMT)

I'd like to personally thank everyone who voted for TubeTwist! Everyone here at 21-6 pushed themselves to the limit to make this game what it is today, and every one of them deserve credit, especially Matt Sayre, who without the music and audio would not even be close to the epic sound it has, and Justin Mette for making sure every corner and crevice of TubeTwist was polished like a chrome doorstop. For those of you interested in playing the game and you were not at IGC, the game is still in an internal-beta state, and we have a little bit of final work to do before it can be released. Don't worry, however, as it shouldn't be too long before you, too, can run Macroton's through tube's and become lost in time.

There were a lot of great games at IGC this year! I personally greatly enjoyed 'Golf?' as it had a wonderful sense of fun with some really neat gameplay mechanics. Congrats to Wildlife Tycoon, my friends at MaxGaming for the award on Lore, and a hearty congratulations to everyone who has the courage to show their games at the IGC!

Andy Schatz (Oct 11, 2005 at 20:21 GMT)

My personal thanks go out to everyone who voted for Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa, and my vehement personal condemnation to those who didn't. Damn you Tubetwist!!!

Actually, I thought Tubetwist was awesome. Very deserving of the award. Congrats, guys. (and congrats to Facade and Realm Wars too)

Dave Calabrese (Oct 11, 2005 at 20:39 GMT)

Thanks, Andy. =)

I played Wildlife Tycoon for a solid 45 minutes... that's the kind of game I could get sucked into and forget to do thins like eat and sleep. Trust me, you've got one purchase already when it comes out. Great job on it!

Andy Schatz (Oct 12, 2005 at 00:07 GMT)

Speaking of which, whats the release date on TubeTwist?

Justin Mette (Oct 12, 2005 at 14:41 GMT)

We are making some changes based on user feedback from IGC and the internal Beta. Then we will open up the Beta for a week or two. We don't have an official release date but barring any unforseen problems, TT should be out in November.

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