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Gamasutra mentions DROD: The City Beneath out of the record number of entries to the IGF as one of the submitted titles that's well known to the indie gaming public:

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=15790

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GameSetWatch has what's *basically* a mirror of that article at: http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2007/10/2008_independent_games_festiva_2.php

Meanwhile, Independent Gaming has their own shortlist of the entries which also happens to include TCB: http://indygamer.blogspot.com/2007/10/igf-entrants-announced.html
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And here is the official entry: http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2008.php?id=129

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Eeeew, who chose that screenshot to represent DROD? It really does not capture the variety and richness of elements at all.

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Not only that but it actually leaves out the most fundamental element: The Really Big Sword (TM)

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Heh. I kind of got warm and fuzzy when I saw they used that room. But then again, it's one of mine. Ah, well.

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Incidentally, did anyone else notice that in the screenshot the room has been rendered unsolvable without a restart?

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I'm really curious to see how we do: DROD's a polarising kind of game, I feel, in that it's either made just for you or it doesn't do anything for you. They seem to have farmed these games out to judges semi-randomly, so I suspect our chances depend on what judges we get. On the other hand, I might be too pessimistic: I'm sure it's possible to recognise the game as a good puzzle game, even if you don't like puzzle games that much.

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Yeah. I wonder if we could give the game more notoriety by spreading the word that it's possibly the only puzzle game in existence that had the levels designed by four PhDs. :P

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mrimer wrote:
Yeah. I wonder if we could give the game more notoriety by spreading the word that it's possibly the only puzzle game in existence that had the levels designed by four PhDs. :P
Ah, but does it count if not everyone of them had their PhD when they did the actual designing? ;)

(Then again, I could have an "Ing. HTL" from high school and a master in computer science by now, all I'd have to do would be some paperwork and 3 years of experience for the first and about 100 pages of paper and an exam for the latter, but I guess I'm too fond of procrastinating for both... :~()

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Ah, but does it count if not everyone of them had their PhD when they did the actual designing? ;)
Well, I still don't have mine, but I expect that to change within the next four or five months.

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Right, so let's just make sure to delay the next game until you and Eytan get your PhDs. Oh, and I guess then I'll have to contribute some content instead of just suggestions and playtesting. :P

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Right, so let's just make sure to delay the next game until you and Eytan get your PhDs. Oh, and I guess then I'll have to contribute some content instead of just suggestions and playtesting. :P
Ooooh, I'm getting my PhD in 6 months! Let me contribute a room, and then you've got *another* PhD contributor :)

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I'm a community college dropout, but I should have my PhD in about 22 years. And then I'm gonna show you all.

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ErikH2000 wrote:
I'm a community college dropout, but I should have my PhD in about 22 years. And then I'm gonna show you all.

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But can you do the voice?

You know, the mad scientist voice...

FOOLS! I'll CRUSH THEM ALL!

That voice.

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Not everybody has to be a mad doctor...

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zex20913 wrote:
Not everybody has to be a mad doctor...
Oh, but it certainly helps. :w00t

*puts on his Gumby handkerchief with knotted corners*

Are you... the brain specialist?

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