Duality ZF is a 3rd Independent Game Developer's Competition semi-finalist for technical excellence. The contest is run by indiePub Games.

Duality ZF a semi-finalist, under technical excellence.

Here's the write-up:

Duality ZF - All of the detail involved in building a 4-player shmup (with two simultaneous fighters per person) introduces a lot of technical challenges. Duality ZF does this smoothly, and manages to stay fun and easy-to-play even with the millions-of-bullets covering up the screen.

Kudos to Jason Doucette for winning this recognition for us and his work. His high performance Duality Engine, the backbone of Duality ZF, is what won this prize. Jason is the lead programmer at Xona Games. The Duality Engine is heavily optimized and we are still amazed at optimizations that could still be added. The future is a bright one!

Our predictions on the $100,000 grand prize winner:

Hazard: The Journey of Life

How can it not win?! Good luck Alexander Bruce!

Please check out all the finalists (and community favorite) and semi-finalists, there's some amazing indie games in there.

More Xona.com Links:

• Duality ZF's Bullet Hell Game Mode
• Vote for Duality ZF in 3rd Independent Game Developer's Competition
• Duality ZF Video: 4 Players, 8 Fighters, A Shmup First
• Explosive Duality ZF Footage: Introducing G-MODE
• Duality ZF #1 in Canada #5 in World in Dream Build Play 2010
• Dream Build Play 2010 Top 6 Winners (Videos) (including Duality ZF)
• New Duality ZF April 2010 Gameplay Footage
• Duality ZF Featured Over 100 Times
• Duality ZF Gameplay: Boss Rush
• Duality ZF Named "Double Attack" in Japanese: 双攻
• Xona Games Featured on CBC TV News (Duality ZF coverage)
• Duality ZF #2 in Canada #7 in World in Dream Build Play 2009 (Top 20 Video Trailers)
• Duality ZF: official developer site.

All Our Games:

• Duality ZF (coming soon)
• Decimation X (released)
• All Games (at a glance)

External Links:

• Duality ZF: official game site, forums (xbox.com).
• Xona Games: YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, RSS, and more.
• Soundtrack: Imphenzia
• Xbox LIVE Indie Games* (forums)

*Xbox LIVE Indie Games formerly known as Xbox LIVE Community Games.

About the Author: I am Matthew Doucette of Xona Games, an award-winning, indie game studio I run with my twin brother. Our company, our games, and our engine technologies have all won prestigious awards and received worldwide press. Our company and games have won cash contests up to $100,000. Our games have ranked from #1 in Canada to #1 in Japan, as well as become #1 best sellers in multiple countries. Read about our story, our awards, our games, and our blog.