Indie Game Contest

[hallsofvallhalla]

Just received this in my email, figures I would pass it on.

http://indiegamechallenge.com/?or=nl

[SpiritWebb]

Way cool!!

[Agent]

aw sweet...

[Jackolantern]

The entry fee is $100

There are better ways for indie devs to get noticed...

I honestly have to agree. For $100k, I am sure there is going to be some serious competition going on, and I would say it would be worth going for it anyway if it was not for the entry fee.

While $100k is not enough to get major commercial studios involved, it would likely be enough to get some mid-sized indie outfits entered. They likely have more resources than your average group of hobbyists can cobble up. I would have to doubt a true hobbyist group is going to take this one.

[kyraneth]

"Contest is open to legal United States residents, including the District of Columbia"

Poop.

[hallsofvallhalla]

$100 entry fee! omg thats not in an indie spirit at all. I hate gamestop anyways, they are crooks. Yesterday I went to trade in Guitar Hero World Tour, I have two copies. They have it on their shelf used for $35, they would only offer me $9 for my copy and it was brand new!! They do this to all their games. I read a funny post months ago about a gamestop worker in detriot saying 95% of their trade ins come from crackheads stealing them. They give cash for them even if its only a few bucks.

I am not going to buy any of my games from them anymore.

[Jackolantern]

Yeah, Gamestop sucks:

-Guy brings in used Fable 2-
Guy: How much is my game worth?
Clerk: Only $9 dollars.
-Guy sells the game to Gamestop for $10-
OtherGuy: How much does it cost for used Fable 2?
Clerk: Only $40.
-OtherGuy buys Fable 2-

I mean, I understand making a buck, but damn...

[hallsofvallhalla]

haha yes, hopefully people will get the picture and stop trading in games. Then they will be forced to raise the trade in values a bit. I hear blockbuster has much better trade in values.

[Noctrine]

I remember when I stopped trading in games, my cousin and I went to go trade in this copy of Crash Bandicoot that we had already both beat. He offered us 9 dollars.

So we are in the game store, and are about to trade it in (we told him if we find something else) so we give him the game. Walk around for a bit, and decide there is nothing in there that we hadn't already beaten and/or didn't want to play.

So we go back up to the desk and get the game back. He had already slapped a 35 dollar sticker on it.

[SpiritWebb]

I remember when I stopped trading in games, my cousin and I went to go trade in this copy of Crash Bandicoot that we had already both beat. He offered us 9 dollars.

So we are in the game store, and are about to trade it in (we told him if we find something else) so we give him the game. Walk around for a bit, and decide there is nothing in there that we hadn't already beaten and/or didn't want to play.

So we go back up to the desk and get the game back. He had already slapped a 35 dollar sticker on it.

Thats a FML post right there...that sucks!