IndieCade Raccord Sniper feedback

Hace meses presenté mi juego Raccord Sniper al festival IndieCade. Hoy he recibido un e-mail informandome de que mi juego no ha sido seleccionado. A esta nota adjuntan algunos mensajes de los jurados. Junto a algunas críticas constructivas he recibido la respuesta más surrealista que me pueda imaginar por parte de uno de los jurados. ¡No me puedo creer que alguien pudiera pensar seriamente que un juego como este pudiera estar financiado por Ikea! Nunca se me pasó por la cabeza explicar que tomé sin permiso alguno las imágenes de los catálogos. Abajo dejo el mensaje original.



Some months ago I entered my game Raccord Sniper in the IndieCade festival. Today I recieved an e-mail informing me that my game was not selected. With the note there were some feedback messages form the jurors. Between some constructive feedback I recieved the most surrealistic response to my game I could imagine. I can´t believe that somebody could seriously think that this game was financed by Ikea! I never thought of explaining that I took without permission the images from the catalogues. I pasted the original message below.



Il y a quelques mois j'ai présenté mon jeu Raccord Sniper au féstival IndieCade. Aujourd'hui j'ai réçu un e-mail me communiquant que mon jeu n'a pas été pris. Avec la note il y avait quelques messages des juges. Parmi quelques critiques constructive j'ai trouvé la réaction la plus surrealiste que je puisse imaginer par un des juges. Je n'arrive pas à croîre que quelq'un a pu serieusement penser que ce jeu a été financé par Ikea! Je n'ai jamais pensé à expliquer que je n'avais aucun permis pour utiliser les images des catalogues. J'ai collé le message original dessus.



"I fail to find a sensitive answer to the questions: - Is this a game? - Is this Indie? Considering how much of the IKEA brand is displayed in each level, this does not feel to me like a game to be admitted to the festival.

I have been carefully reading the artistic statements of the developer... Even that seems quite inconsistent. Other question: - Has the game been sponsored by Ikea? No mention about that by the developer... This makes me feel the answer might be affirmative. Imagine the reactions of experts, journalists and other PROs when this game is admitted while other original works are rejected."

Loop Raccord is coming back in September

Work in progress

Estoy preparando el que será mi proyecto de videojuego experimental más complicado y ambicioso hasta ahora. No espero ternerlo acabado pronto. De momento dejo aquí un "concept art" provisional hecho por mi grán amigo Valerio Vidali.




I´m currently preparing what will be my most complicated and ambicious experimental videogame project. I don´t expect to have it finished anytime soon. Meanwhile, I let here some provisional concept art made by my good friend Valerio Vidali.



En ce moment je suis en train de préparer ce qui sera mon projêt de jeu-vidéo experimental le plus compliqué et ambicieux jusqu'au présent. Je n'éspère pas le finir bientôt. Cepandant je laisse ici un "concept art" provisoire fait par mon grand ami Valerio Vidali.

IGF's judges feedback

Acabo de recibir unos pocos comentarios de parte de los jueces del Independent Games Festival por mi juego "Loop Raccord". Me ha hecho ilusión y me ha hecho reír también. Aquí va un "best of ":



Just recieved a little bit of feedback from the Independent Games Festival judges for my game "Loop Raccord. I apprecieate it and it made me laugh. Here´s a "best of ":



Je viens de récevoir un peu de rétour des juges de L'Independent Games Festival pour mon jeu "Loop Raccord". Cela me fait plaisir et m'a fait rire. Voilà un "best of ":




"I kind of want to like this game a lot more than I actually did."

"First of all, congratulations, because I am baffled. I hate this game. Its no-frills presentation is jarringly ugly. It's a YTMD migraine. I'm not even entirely sure it wasn't glitching out in Windows 7. It will never be distributed on Xbox Live Arcade. And it's pointless. It isn't even fun."

"I don't even know what I'm looking at. Is it art? How is this even a game? Is it broken? Is it saying something revelatory? I have no idea what you've made or what you've accomplished here, but whatever the hell this is, you've succeeded."

"neat idea and strangely addictive mechanic. utterly awful presentation which ended up taking all fun out of the experience."

Folderworld on "L´Oujevipo"

Una muy generosa y exaustiva reseña de "Folderworld" acaba de ser publicada en el blog sobre videojuegos independientes "L´Oujevipo". Está en francés.


A very generous and exhaustive review of "Folderworld" has just been published on the independent games blog "L´Oujevipo". It´s in french.


Une trés généreuse et exhaustive critique de "Folderworld" vient d'être publié dans le blog dedié aux jeux-vidéo independents "L'Oujevipo". En français.



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