Saturday, April 10, 2010
By: Matthew Doucette
Dream Build Play 2010 finalists have been announced! As posted yesterday, Duality ZF is a finalist for the second year in a row! Here's all top 20 finalist video trailers, sorted alphabetically:
A.R.E.S. - Thailand
Abaddon - United States
Abducted! - United States
Alien Jelly - Australia
Armor Valley - Singapore
Beat Hazard - United Kingdom
Capsized - Canada*
Creed Arena - Australia
Duality ZF - Canada*
Dysnomia - United Kingdom
JoyJoy - United States
King Spray - Australia
Lumi - France
Mind Over Metal - Australia
Ninja Garden - Ireland
Prismatic Solid - Japan
(Video here: http://www.superjai.com/shapeshootervideo/)
Shape Shooter - United States
Shoot 1UP - United States
Soul - France
The Shadows in the Underworld - Canada*
Here's the list without videos:
- A.R.E.S. - Thailand
- Abaddon - United States
- Abducted! - United States
- Alien Jelly - Australia
- Armor Valley - Singapore
- Beat Hazard - United Kingdom
- Capsized - Canada*
- Creed Arena - Australia
- Duality ZF - Canada* :)
- Dysnomia - United Kingdom
- JoyJoy - United States
- King Spray - Australia
- Lumi - France
- Mind Over Metal - Australia
- Ninja Garden - Ireland
- Prismatic Solid - Japan
- Shape Shooter - United States
- Shoot 1UP - United States
- Soul - France
- The Shadows in the Underworld - Canada*
*Canada, excluding Quebec.
Lots of 2D style shooters made the list this year. Shmups are back! Congrats to Nathan Fouts of Mommy's Best Games for winning a top spot with Shoot 1UP. Be sure to check out A.R.E.S. and Prismatic Solid, too. I believe they will be among the top 4 winners. I wouldn't be surprised at all if Capsized is amount the top 4 as well. JoyJoy by RadianGames and Alien Jelly also look great.
A notable mention that I thought would make the top 20, but did not, is Snailien Invasion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhlIjM7WKP8
By country, United States claimed 5 spots, Australia 4 spots, Canada 3 spots, France and United Kingdom each 2 spots, and Ireland, Japan, Singapore, and Thailand each 1 spot, of the top 20.
About the Author: I am Matthew Doucette of Xona Games, an award-winning indie game studio that I founded with my twin brother. We make intensified arcade-style retro games. Our business, our games, our technology, and we as competitive gamers have won prestigious awards and received worldwide press. Our business has won $190,000 in contests. Our games have ranked from #1 in Canada to #1 in Japan, have become #1 best sellers in multiple countries, have won game contests, and have held 3 of the top 5 rated spots in Japan of all Xbox LIVE indie games. Our game engines have been awarded for technical excellence. And we, the developers, have placed #1 in competitive gaming competitions -- relating to the games we make. Read about our story, our awards, our games, and view our blog.