s7 Game of the Year (so far) 2008 - Complete!

[Ponch]

For those seeking another gloss on these games...

http://yesterdayssalad.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/screen-5-7-5/

A Barn Runner haiku! I don't think anyone has ever done that before. Neat!

- Ponch

[m0ds]

Teh results are in, no more votes are being counted - and we have a winner! Hoorar!

Out of 104 votes, 4 of which said all the games on the list were great, the rest decided that.....

In third place with 11% of the vote, congratulations to Ponch with...BARN RUNNER 5!!!

In second place with 17% of the vote, first year winner Crystal Shard wins again with QUEST FOR YROLG!

And so in first place with a massive 50% of the vote, Dan Marshall and Ben Ward with BEN THERE, DAN THAT!!!

Well done Nanobots and Once Upon A Crime for coming joint 4th, both just a scratch away from winning 3rd place!!

Congratulations! Hoooraayyy! You will all be contacted in due course about your prizes & of course with details on the trophy for our first place winner! Comiserations to those who did not win, but many thanks for being a part of it. I hope plenty of designers have their games included next year!

I'll update this thread on news of which prizes people won/took and when the html page itself is updated, and hopefully with the photo of me giving Radiant his fantastic trophy from the 2007 awards. YAYA!

They were ALL great! (4)  4%
Reality on the Norm: Au Naturel (0)  0%
Barn Runner 5 (11)  11%
Ben There, Dan That! (50)  48%
Dread Mac Farlane (0)  0%
Lost In The Nightmare (1)  1%
Nanobots (10)  10%
Once Upon A Crime (10)  10%
Quest For Yrolg (18)  17%

[Frodo]

Big congrats to all the gamemakers.  You all did fantastic job.   

[Ponch]

Sweet! Even better than that time I took second place in a beauty contest (though, come to think of it, that may have been in a Monopoly game).

Big congratulations to Crystal Shard, Dan Marshall and Ben Ward on their wins.

So, how does this work exactly? Is it like being in line for the Throne? If something terrible were to happen to those three, would I get the trophy? By something terrible, of course, I mean the sort of something in which they disappear without a trace and no evidence is left behind and the police have no leads to follow. Just asking.

Thanks to everyone one who voted!

- Ponch

[Ghost]

Congrats to the winner(s)- and I am actually very proud to see OUAC "on par" with Nanobots. Sweet!

[m0ds]

Hi Ponch! Sadly the trophy is only available to the 1st place winner! But you and Radiant will both recieve a choice of AGS commercial games to pick one to win as your prizes. If the 1st place winners don't get back in touch (though I haven't got in touch with them just yet, I will do this weekend!) then the trophy will......well, I dunno Go into storage in a large warehouse in area 51 I guess

[Ben X]

Great news! Thanks, everyone, for setting up the awards and voting. It's good to know that after all the hard work, people are enjoying the game. Congrats too, to the other games on the list.

Looking forward to the trophy!

Ben Ward

[Dualnames]

Good job Ponch. Come to think of it 1 and 3rd place have their company logo based on Cows. Cow owns.

[m0ds]

Just to let the winners know that I will be in touch next weekend about prizes. Take care!

[Dualnames]

Well, you gonna show those prizes in public as well?

[thezombiecow]

Did we definitely win this, then?

NOT THAT I'M INTERESTED IN MATERIAL OBJECTS, obviously, it's just I've never won anything before.

[Ponch]

Did we definitely win this, then?

I think so. Though I never heard anything from Mods.

Could be some sort of sinister plot. We all show up to collect our prizes and are never heard from again. But maybe I'm must paranoid that way.

- Ponch

[m0ds]

Yes, I'm dead.

I'm also waiting on something.

I'll be in touch shortly