Comments on: An Idea For More Flexible Indie Game Awards

By: T.G. Frumm

T.G. Frumm — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 08:23:31 +0000

Heh! This is basically how Penny Arcade used to do their “We’re Right!” awards, but this one’ll be more than just the two of them for jurors. I’ve been wondering how that system could scale up to have more people involved, so I’m all for this.

By: Jason L

Jason L — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 00:42:06 +0000

Not to mention the Tom-involving Crate and Crowbar’s end-of-year listcast. The idea seems to be in the air right now, in general causing fun and merriment and precision – a bit of a strange brew from the outside.

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 19:58:47 +0000

The IOCCC issues awards this way, and seems to work pretty well. That said, they don’t have a formal ceremony.

By: JJ

JJ — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 18:18:23 +0000

Oh no fail wrong line. It’s Comics Alliance. http://comicsalliance.com/best-comic-books-2014-list/

By: JJ

JJ — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 18:17:29 +0000

This seems like a similar system to how CBR does their best comic book lists each year. They basically decide the best 100 comics and then give each of them a unique title.

http://comicsalliance.com/best-comic-books-2014-list/

By: Pentadact

Pentadact — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 09:31:54 +0000

Yep!

And yes, there’d be a set number of games to be awarded, however many we think is enough without becoming devalued. There would be more than currently, but I think the specificity of the award makes it a more effective recommendation too.

Not all jurors have to agree about an award, it’d just be a case of anyone proposing them, discussing, seeing how many people agree, and then awarding the X games with the most support.

By: LTK

LTK — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 01:59:55 +0000

So, basically the format of Rock, Paper, Shotgun’s advent calendar? I think that’s as good of an idea as any.

The only question is whether to limit the number of games that get nominated. Do all jurors have to agree a game is worthy of an award? Does there need to be a limit to how many games get an award? If there’s a massive inflation of the number of IGF awards, that might diminish the prestige of the awards somewhat.