Exciting times! Nidhogg has been nominated for three awards at this year’s Independent Games Festival in San Francisco: Excellence in Design, the Nuovo Award, and the Grand Prize! It also picked up a few other awards along the way.. In the UK it won the Rockpapershotgun Audience Award a the Eurogame Expo as well as the Audience Award at Austin’s Fantasitic Arcade.

If you’re in SF during the IGF/GDC you don’t want to miss the Nidhogg party my girlfriend Kristy is throwing after the awards ceremony on the 2nd. Tournaments + DJs Baiyon and GDFX…

You can also play Nidhogg for a limited time at the “Learn to Play” exhibition in Cupertino… a little practice for the tournament couldn’t hurt!

I’m putting some finishing touches on the game now and plan to have it available for you all sometime soon after the IGF stuff is over with, so think March-ish. I’ll update once I have a firm date.

Also check out some Nidhogg/Messhof writeups in Killscreen #2 and the most recent issue of GEE. Rockpapershotgun wrote up some coverage of Nidhogg from the Eurogamer expo here and look at impressions from a fighting game afficionado here.

Surf’s up, bro- http://games.adultswim.com/pipedreamz-puzzle-classic-online-game.html

the cabinet

Kyle McClusky, the undefeated winner of the tournament

Nidhogg also took home the audience award.

new game made adult swim look

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The Creators Project has two mandates: on one hand it’s a modern day media channel that we will continually identify and celebrate the work of visionary artists wherever they are. On the other hand it is also a content creation studio, an arts foundation of sorts that will facilitate the production and dissemination of new work with these artists and their collaborators.

There’s a short video up, and I’ll be showing Nidhogg and Jetpack Basketball at the New York event on the 26th.

The event is going to be a groundbreaking combination of interactive art and installations, panels, workshops, screenings, and live performances. As much as The Creators Project is a digital archive of our digital world, it is also a testament to the enduring appeal of the Real. Many of the artists within the program explore the way that digitally manipulated images, sounds, and motions converge in real time, in real spaces.

Some things at the New York event you should watch out for…

• London’s UVA (United Visual Artists) will be installing several works including their truly awe-inspiring and rarely viewed Triptych. Stay tuned to the Creators Blog for some exciting news around a customized installation of the piece.

• Nick Zinner, guitarist of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, will also be installing a major image and sound composition—new creative territory for Zinner, who has been obsessed with a particular style of documentary photography for well over a decade.

• There will also be several screenings and “performances” of Spike Jonze’s newest film, the robot love-story I’m Here, complete with a special interactive video booth where viewers will be given the chance to record messages about the film directly to Spike.

• We’re also preparing a global installation with the LA-based directorial duo Radical Friend. Stay tuned for more information on their epic vision as we near the New York launch date in June.

• LIVE MUSIC BY: Interpol, Mark Ronson, Die Antwoord, Neon Indian, The Rapture, Sleigh Bells, Gang Gang Dance, Salem, and Very Special Guests.

• DJ SETS BY: N.A.S.A., XXXChange, Lemonade, and Mira Calix.

• EXHIBITS: The Digital Flesh by Radical Friend, A Sculpture of the Album by xx, Triptych & Hereafter by United Visual Artists, My Secret Heart by Mira Calix, Rainbow Vomit by MOS Architects, Melter 2 by Takeshi Murata, A.D.A.B.A. by Nick Zinner, Cube by Muti Randolph, L.A.S.E.R. Tag by Graffiti Research Lab, O.S.S.I. by Hojun Song, Jetpack Basketball & NIDHOGG by Mark Essen, Frozen Event by Ricardo Carioba, and Shred Master Pro by Legs.

• FILMS: I’m Here by Spike Jonze, ODDSAC by Danny Perez and Animal Collective, A Room With A Cat by Peng Lei, The Face by Ray Lei, Pixels by Patrick Jean, Go Fast Connexion by Ladj Ly, and 3 films by Sun Haipeng.

• One last note: we will be inviting thousands to the New York launch. The event is FREE to the Creator community. That means you. Register here for your chance at free tickets.

Just got back from a great weekend in Toronto with the Hand Eye Society folks. After Brandon Boyer (boingboing) gave his talk on the state of games journalism and the indie game scene I got to demo Nidhogg to a packed crowd at Unit Bar. Mark Rabo took some pictures – http://www.flickr.com/photos/markrabo/sets/72157624168946560/ and there should be some footage from RGBFilter coming along soon.

Also check out some pictures of the NYU “No Quarter” opening – http://gamecenter.nyu.edu/?p=452 This is still up for another week, stop by! (I will take on any challenger if there is money on the table)

I made a page for everything Nidhogg related — http://messhof.com/nidhogg/

This is “Nidhogg” (or sometimes “Raging Hadron”) a game commissioned by NYU for their “No Quarter” exhibition.

Thursday, May 6, 2010
5:00pm – 8:00pm
Tisch Building, 9th Floor
721 Broadway