I think we forget this sometimes.

Hey! IGF Submissions are open! So this'll be the first year IGF is happening and I'm off of twitter, so this means it's time to properly migrate over what is a yearly tradition for me: posting a big post for devs who intend to, or are considering, submitting their games to the Independent Games Festival.

First off, some context because I think a decent portion of the audience is going to be new this year; I've been an IGF Judge for something like the better part of 8-9 years now. I was also a member of the Art Jury last year. I've been doing this long enough that I can speak pretty confidently on what might make you stand out - and what pitfalls you might fall into - as a submittee to IGF. So this post is all about that! Among other things.

Part 1: About IGF

Why Submit?

unsurprisingly giga and teddyloid on the production means it's a Certified Banger™

this is, like, kind of an awful trailer but it's still a really exciting thing!

i wish i had the muscle memory to use procreate sometimes but i just can't do it. really curious to see how they actually handle keyframing and all that cuz i've yet to use something that feels really natural, everything is a weird compromise & adjustment