Hello, everyone!
It is officially the end of the Icehouse Jam 2021!
We had a lot of fun organizing it and monitoring your progress during the 3 weeks of creation. Following this, the public votes gave the following results:
1. Francium
2. Projet Z
3. Oblivion
4. Mystery Dungeon
5. The Pity of Thieves
6. Elise: Flower Fiend
We still had to discover who would emerge as the final winners following the judges' votes.
Before publishing the results, we would like to thank the external judges who have participated to this 2nd edition of the Icehouse Jam. For all of us (the Icehouse collective and the Jam participants) it was a chance and an honour to be able to have them by our side. These external judges are people who are active on the independent gaming scene and who no longer have to demonstrate their skills. They are not related to the Icehouse collective, except for our friend Josh, and they ALL rated the 6 games in a total independency. The judges all had different tastes as gamers. Don't forget that being able to present your games and demos to these creators, and then discover the ranking they have established, is an excellent way for everyone to progress. Whatever your ranking is in this Jam, we hope you had fun, learned new things, and will want to make new games!
We would therefore like to remind you of the list of judges and invite you to discover their work on their respective sites. The following studios/creators participated in the votes:
- Aaron Gwynaire (developer of the beautiful Myst-like adventure game Neyyah) https://store.steampowered.com/app/1289720/Neyyah/
- Goloso Games (talented studio that gave birth to the one and only Inspector Waffles) https://store.steampowered.com/app/1055850/Inspector_Waffles/
- Klemens Koehring (a passionate voice actor that you could hear in different games, from Boinihi: The K'i Codex, to Dark Nights with Poe and Munro, and more) https://www.klemenskoehring.com
- Josh Reynolds (member of The Icehouse collective who doesn't specifically make games, but who has helped us so many times... Master at resolving mechanical puzzles)
Here is finally without any further delay the final ranking of the Icehouse Jam 2021!
1 Projet Z
1 Francium
3 Oblivion
4 Pity of Thieves
5 Elise
6 Mystery Dungeon
It has been a funny and good surprise to discover that both Projet Z and Francium end up ex-aequo at the first place, with a score of 6.8/10, followed closely by Oblivion with 6.15/10.
And for those who are at the bottom of the ranking, it does not mean that you have failed, quite the contrary! Don't forget that you have submitted your games in time, which was in itself a huge success!
Please note that the top 3 winners are Icehouse Members, so they're not going to claim any of the prizes.
We hope to see you again for the next Icehouse Jam!
Thank you!
- The Jam organizers